A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held tonight - Saturday, Feb. 15 - to help raise funds for kids to attend a Rochelle based retreat that takes place every summer.
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ROCHELLE – A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held tonight - Saturday, Feb. 15 - to help raise funds for kids to attend a Rochelle based retreat that takes place every summer.
R.O.C.K. — Reaching Out to Christ’s Kids — is a retreat that takes place every June and July in either Oregon or Leaf River. The retreat aims to help teenagers between the ages of high school and 20-years-old develop their faith or even lead them to Christ. The retreat includes many different games and activities, music and food for attendees.
Whether religious or not, everyone who attends has something to gain such as strengthening relationships with everyone they attend with.
“Going on the weekend really strengthened my relationship with all of my friends there as well as my boyfriend at the time who I ended up marrying,” explained Miranda Daugherty, R.O.C.K board secretary. “Even if they don’t get a whole bunch out of it as far as religion goes, they get a whole bunch out of it as far as friendship, and that is always important.”
Along with Daugherty, the current pastor and youth pastor at the Rochelle First Presbyterian church have attended previous R.O.C.K retreats.