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The Annual
Men's Retreat brings men together at a remote location for
Fellowship and Spirtual Growth. A noted retreat leader explores what it
means to build a legacy of faith and life that makes a difference in our
family today and for generations to come!
Four Leaders will lead us through the relationships of the movie's main characters:
Pete Yazzolino: Walt, his sons & their families.
Ken Ewing: Walt & Sue/the Hmong culture
Gary Heikkinen: Walt & Thao
Pastor Jim: Walt & the priest of his wife's church
Our Saturday Guest Speaker, "To Be Decided"; you surely will not want to miss this.
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We have a deficit from last year's retreat. A contribution, in addition to your retreat registration fee, would be greatly appreciated.
"Therefore encourage
one another and build each other up..."
Thessalonians 5:11, NIV
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We highly recommend you watch the movie, Gran Torino, before attending the retreat. In four sessions, we will explore the relationships of the main characters in Gran Torino:
In Michigan, the grumpy widower Walt Kowalski is a Korean War veteran, full of prejudice, that has just lost his beloved wife Dorothy. He is one of the last Caucasian Americans in his neighborhood. Walt, not having a good relationship with his sons and their families and not wanting advice of the priest of his wife's church, is a lonely man with few friends. As such, he lives a solitary life with his pet Labrador retriever Daisy in the same house he has lived in for years.
Recently, the neighborhood has gone through changes. The Lor family, of ethnic Hmong descent, move into the house next door to Walt's, the family which includes two teenagers, streetwise Sue and shy Thao. Initially Walt wants nothing to do with his new foreign neighbors. Slowly, Walt does get involved in Sue and Thao's lives, despite Thao having once tried to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino; a Hmong gang initiation ritual, a gang to which Thao does not want to belong. Walt sets out to reform the youth . Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood
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