Staff Retreat

I'm lucky enough to be working for an organisation that cares for the growth and development of its staff in both a professional development level, plus a personal nuturing level. So much so, that each year the council allows our entire staff (approx 300) to take two days off and participate in a staff retreat.
This year the theme was focusing upon 'faith development'
We had the usual array of guest speakers, staff input, group sessions and workshops.
The program begun looking at faith development as a personal journey, unique and imporant to all, without any right/wrong but rather experiences that you learn/grow from. We were challenged to consider the core values in our lives and then how are actions are demonstrating these (or perhaps the gap between them!)
The focus then shifted to considering generational changes, and how younger generations may build faith understandings in different methods than how baby boomers did (the average staff generation)
We considered the church (as a 'Sunday' model) and how its approach may need to change if it wants to engage and be meaningful to generation X/Y. This is a topic I am interested in, as working with teenagers, in and out of school and being 'semi' young, I can relate to and understand thier subculture's and can see the ways the Church (as a traditional Sunday model) all too frequently misses countless oppourtuinites to create anything meaningful for young people. I'm not suggesting church's need to change its message and mission, but rather consider how it may truley and accuratley promote this to a generation that does not share much in common with previous generations.
Pretty good mind wrestling for two days, hopefully we can see results in the lives of each other and the students. Something that it made me realise is how much I learn about my faith through my involvement with the students. It's a pretty good place to work.