LOGOS
Intended for post-high singles and married ages 18-30, RYS offers two LOGOS (meaning Word) events per year for young adults – a winter retreat with one speaker and a more extended summer conference with a main speaker and workshops.
2025 Winter LOGOS
Forgive and Forget
LOGOS Winter Retreat
Jan 2-4, Faholo, MI
“Forgive and forget!” – the phrase rolls off our tongues with ease, as though describing the simplest of acts. Why, then, does it sometimes seem so impossible?
As Christians, we know that we’re called to forgive. But time and again, we find ways to justify refusing to forgive a particularly offensive sin … withholding forgiveness until certain conditions are met … or claiming forgiveness, while refusing any attempts to reconcile.
That’s tragic – because not only are Christians commanded to forgive; our practice of forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools we have for worship and evangelism!
Join us at Logos, as we consider the nature of forgiveness, ponder its importance for Christians … and wrestle with how we can actually offer forgiveness to those who clearly don’t deserve it.
Lord willing, the LOGOS winter retreat, intended for singles and married couples ages 18-30, will be held January 2-4, 2025 at Faholo Conference Center at 3000 Mt Hope Rd, Grass Lake, MI 49240. We look forward to hearing from our main speaker, Rev. Doug Barnes, who is a pastor at Grace URC in Alto, MI.
The cost is $225.00 (U.S.) per person for the program, housing, and five delicious meals (Friday night’s dinner not included). Cost is $410.00 for married couples. If you register before November 30, you will have the option of purchasing our new LOGOS cap! For $13, you can choose between our classic RYS design or our new LOGOS design. Caps come in 2 different styles (flat billed bucket style with mesh or classic cap style) and 2 different colors (black or pink). Married couples will need to order their caps through email. The retreat begins Thursday evening with dinner and concludes with Saturday lunch. The regular registration deadline will be midnight December 16, with late registration ($275.00) for singles and ($510) for married couples being open until December 23 at midnight.
Faholo Conference Center is located 50 miles west of Detroit and features a scenic setting, indoor pool, jacuzzi, and excellent food served in a dining room. Recreational options include swimming, pool volleyball, or sight-seeing in nearby Detroit or Lansing. Please bring some extra cash for bowling (prices TBA). Faholo Conference Center requires females to wear modest one-piece or tankinis (covering midriff and cleavage) with straps and no speedos for males when using the pool. There is a changing area in the pool, so please be covered in all other areas of the facility. We respectfully require that you adhere to the stated rules for the good of the convention and the honor of Christ’s name.
All attendees will reside in the conference center, which includes linens and rooms with private baths. Check-in is between 2:00-5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and our first session. The winter retreat concludes with lunch at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Register at reformedyouthservices.org. and email any questions to rysdirector@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!
EARLY BIRD HAT REGISTRATION
Before November 30, you will have the option to purchase our new hats. Cost of the hats ($13) will be included in your registration purchase if you select the early bird hat registration. Married couples will need to order their hats via email.
3 types of hats: Trucker style with flat bill, Trucker style with curved bill, or the regular firm cap style.
3 different colors:
1) Pink
2) black
3) Pink cap with white mesh (ONLY WITH Trucker style hat with CURVED BILL)
2 logos: RYS or New LOGOS logo hat!
REGISTRATION
RYS LOGOS Dresscode
DRESS CODE FOR POST HIGH ATTENDANTS, COMMITTEE, AND SPEAKERS. The RYS Board and LOGOS planning committee is recommending a policy per I Timothy 2:9, “to dress modestly, with decency and propriety.” It is our responsibility to provide a proper atmosphere for biblical...