I remember back  when my church had a really good youth group… and then they all went off to college and it entered a Soviet Union-style decline, where it is all but absent now. I gotta say, though, that this shirt brings me back to the glory days.

I like the contrast in this shirt, seen on the front and back. I mean, the front seems pretty austere, although I like the sun being the halo behind Jesus’ head, as the retreat was “Fun in the sun.” The front of the shirt also mentions the fact that it was a retreat. It is the back of the shirt that shows a stick figure reveling with a beach ball.

There are many things to note here… I actually like the fact that the religious part of the shirt is on the front; I’ve seen church shirts where the religious bit is on the back, and it’s kind of like a shock when you see, “Oh, that was religious!” If you’re not religiously inclined, it can feel like a pit trap. I remember back in the beginning of my college career we were all seduced into having Korean barbecue, although the Korean barbecue followed a Christian rock show put on by various baptist and other evangelical groups around campus. My floormates and I bailed in the face of this trickery!

So I do LIKE the ordering of the images; the Mission logo on the front, and revelry on the back.

I also think that the all lower-case letters makes the shirt a bit smoother; I’m no e.e. cummings but I do think that lower-case is more reserved than capitalizing things. The color is pretty cool… alabaster, in honor of it being a “mission” retreat. Good design there.

I additionally like the little reveler being small and near the hip area of the back side of the shirt. It’s more of an accent than a main design (sometimes main designs on the back are awkward, and if the major design of the shirt WERE on the back, the power of the tee shirt would be compromised greatly by wearing a jacket.)

So, I admit this review has been a bit rambling, but I think this is a dandy shirt! Nice job!