Become the husband, father, and man your family needs you to be.
Maybe your marriage isn’t where you want it to be, and you’re not sure how to make things better.
Maybe you and your wife have grown distant, trust has been damaged, or conversations about separation or divorce have started happening.
Maybe the pressure of work, finances, marriage, and family has been piling up, and you know something needs to change.
Or maybe there are patterns in your life, like anger, drinking, pornography, shutting down, or pulling away, that you know are affecting you and the people you love.
You may even have a pretty good life. You work, provide, handle your responsibilities, but you know things could be better:
Your marriage could be stronger.
You could be more present with your kids.
You could handle pressure differently.
You could make better decisions with your money.
You could have greater control over the habits and patterns that keep getting in your way.
You could become a stronger husband, father, and man.
That’s why we created the Brave Faith Men’s Encounter.
THIS IS ABOUT CHANGING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO HOME.
It’s about addressing what's affecting your marriage, your family, your finances, your relationship with God, and your future. Because if you want different results in your life, something has to change.
Over the course of the Encounter, we’re going to help you identify the areas that need your attention and start making practical changes where they matter most.
Not six months from now, but when you go home.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE?
- YOUR MARRIAGE
Maybe you and your wife have become distant. Trust has been damaged. Communication has broken down. Or your marriage is facing a difficult season, and you don’t know what to do next.
You can’t control your wife or the decisions she makes, but you can control the husband you become from here on.
We’ll help you take responsibility for your part and begin building greater trust, connection, consistency, and strength into your marriage.
- YOUR FAMILY
Providing for your family matters, but your wife and kids need more than what you provide. They need your presence, consistency, involvement, and leadership.
We’ll challenge you to look at how you’re showing up at home and help you become the husband and father your family can depend on.
- YOUR PATTERNS
Anger. Alcohol. Pornography. Isolation. Avoidance. Control. Escaping into work. Shutting down when things get uncomfortable. Sometimes the very patterns we use to cope with pressure eventually create even more problems.
This Encounter will help you stop managing the symptoms and start addressing what’s driving those patterns, so you can respond differently when you get home.
- YOUR FINANCES
Money problems can put pressure on almost every area of your life.
Maybe you’re carrying debt, avoiding your finances, disagreeing about money with your wife, or simply know you need a better plan for your family.
We’ll address what it looks like to take responsibility for your finances, make better decisions, and build greater stability for your family.
- YOUR DIRECTION
A man can spend years working hard without stopping to consider what all that work is actually building.
What kind of marriage are you building?
What kind of relationship will you have with your kids five or ten years from now?
What are you building financially?
What kind of man does your family experience every day?
You don’t need another motivational speech, you need to decide what needs to change and start changing it.
WHAT SHOULD BE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GO HOME?
Our goal isn’t for you to leave saying: “That was a great weekend.”
We want your wife to notice something different.
We want your kids to experience something different.
You’ll be challenged to take ownership of what is yours, deal with things you may have avoided, make decisions you’ve been putting off, and put practical changes into action.
There will be teaching, honest conversations with other men, prayer, worship, and time to work through the areas of your life that need attention, but none of those things are the finish line.
The finish line is what you do with them.
You can’t go backward and change what’s already happened, but you can decide what kind of man moves forward from here.
We look forward to seeing you there!
DETAILS
Check-in: Thursday, October 29th at 5 pm. Early arrivals can't be accommodated on-site, but local coffee shops/restaurants are ~15 min from Crestview if needed.
Check-out: Saturday, October 31st at 11 am (morning session only). Late check-out can't be accommodated. Consider visiting Multnomah Falls or downtown Troutdale (~15 min away) if you're staying in town longer.
Includes: Meals and shared bunk-style lodging at Crestview Equipping Center. (No private rooms available.) The grounds have moderate hills, stairs, and uneven terrain, and require moving between buildings.
Transportation: No airport transportation is provided —plan for a rental car, Uber/Lyft, or Turo from PDX.