Youth Leadership Conference 2008

August 4-8, 2008

Mark your calendars...

Students, Mentors, Sponsors; make plans to attend the seventh annual SWA Youth Leadership Conference. This year’s event will provide a challenging and encouraging experience for young people in an interactive, fast-paced and fun format. The conference and retreat will offer constructive learning sessions, spiritual enrichment opportunities, and time for exciting activities; all in a superb natural setting at Shepherd of the Ozarks Resort Retreat Center, in the Ozark Mountains of North Central Arkansas.

Accommodations and Activities

Shepherd of the Ozarks Resort Retreat Center (SOTO) offers 300 acres of rugged and spectacular scenery… beautiful forest, streams,waterfalls, majestic bluffs, along with old-time swimming holes in the crystal clear Big Creek that winds its way through the property.

Guests enjoy 5-star luxury accommodations throughout the facilities. Available activities include hiking and cave exploration, swimming and snorkeling, horseback riding, ropes course challenges, sandpit volleyball and disc golf. The Buffalo Center at SOTO provides a 500-seat dining room and state of the art meeting facilities.

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