Take a break from the school year with other students, leaders, and your church family at Students City Limits! This annual fall retreat is for 6th–12th graders from all six congregations of The Austin Stone to experience connection and fun in a safe environment.
For one weekend, middle and high school students spend focused time away to grow in faith, build meaningful friendships, and encounter Jesus. The retreat includes:
Take a break from the school year with other students, leaders, and your church family at Students City Limits! This annual fall retreat is for 6th–12th graders from all six congregations of The Austin Stone to experience connection and fun in a safe environment.
*Students attending DCOMMs at Northwest, North, Downtown, or St. John will check in at Northwest, while students attending DCOMMs at South and West will check in at South.
*Students attending DCOMMs at Northwest, North, Downtown, or St. John will check in at Northwest, while students attending DCOMMs at South and West will check in at South.
Will Bostian (North Congregation Pastor) is our SCL 2025 speaker! He is an Aggie at heart, loves pickleball, and is a total girl dad. Will and his wife, Natalie, have two sweet girls, Lucy and Emma. We're so excited to have him lead our students to Jesus at SCL!
Will Sheehan (Northwest Worship Leader) is our SCL 2025 worship leader! He has been the Northwest Worship Leader for almost two years now. He grew up in Houston and is a proud Texas Longhorn who loves writing songs and watching college football.
Take a break from the school year with other students, leaders, and your church family at Students City Limits! This annual fall retreat is for 6th–12th graders from all six congregations of The Austin Stone to experience connection and fun in a safe environment.
SCL is a weekend-long event where students at The Austin Stone gather to spend time with Jesus and build relationships with one another. Each day includes worship, teaching, small groups, devotionals, breakouts, free time, and late-night activities.
Middle and high schoolers will participate in sessions together, but the rest of the retreat will include separate experiences.
SCL is held at Pine Cove Camps in Columbus, Texas. Students stay in bunk houses with other students of their age and gender, and we host all activities on the Pine Cove campgrounds.
Middle and high schoolers will have different sleeping accommodations, with middle schoolers at Pine Cove Outback and high schoolers at Pine Cove Ridge.
Any student currently in 6th–12th grade can participate! Students are encouraged to invite their friends, even if they don’t attend The Austin Stone.
This year, Will Bostian will be the speaker for all of SCL. Will serves as an elder and the congregation pastor for Austin Stone North Congregation. Will Sheehan will lead worship throughout the weekend.
Your students will mainly spend time with their DCOMM (small groups of the same grade/gender) and their DCOMM Leaders. During worship, games, free time, and meals, students will get to spend time with students from other small groups.
Leaders participating in SCL have completed our safety onboarding process, which includes applications, interviews, background checks, child abuse prevention training, and other Austin Stone policy and procedure training. Your students' safety is our TOP priority.
Leaders participating in SCL have completed our safety onboarding process, which includes applications, interviews, background checks, child abuse prevention training, and other Austin Stone policy and procedure training. Your students' safety is our TOP priority.
