Colorado is all about the outdoors

so why keep a men’s fellowship confined in a building?

A new approach to men’s ministry developed by Lutheran Men in Mission (LMM) and piloted in Denver, Colorado is now rolling out to congregations all over the country.  This weekend is being held in September. Men can create a "Band of Brothers" through outdoor adventure, fellowship, and a deeper walk with Christ.

The  kick-off  is  a  Men’s  Retreat

on September 10-12 like nothing most men have ever experienced.

 The retreat is only the beginning!

Men who attend the kick-off weekend will continue to meet together in small groups for study, prayer, mission work and outdoor adventures.  The groups will work through a 12 session “One Year to Live” series developed especially for men by LMM and Lyman Coleman, the founder and former CEO of Serendipity Press.

About the Retreat

The retreat will begin promptly at 5:30 pm on Friday, September 10 and finish at 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 12.  Please plan to eat dinner before you arrive on Friday.

The registration cost for the retreat includes lodging and meeting facilities, printed materials, meals from Saturday breakfast through Sunday lunch, and snack / coffee breaks. 

About “One Year to Live”

 “One Year to Live is not about trying to fill parish halls with men,” says Doug Haugen, ELCA Director of LMM.  “It’s about creating places and events where men encounter Christ and where discipleship can take place.  It’s about men who know their lives are a train wreck without Jesus and who are willing to walk with other guys, not only in the good times, but also in life’s dumpsters.  Those kinds of places and events often do not happen within the walls of a church building.”

One Year to Live is a strategy for men to seriously look at their lives, to make significant decisions and work with other men to hold each other accountable for those decisions made about their spiritual journey.  It is an opportunity to explore the difference the Christian faith can make in the lives of men today with families, at work and in the Christian community.

Bethany co-leader Todd Little likes to call One Year to Live “Bible Study Meets Indiana Jones.”  “Our congregation is full of men who are yearning for a spiritual connection with Christ and with their brothers in the church. This new program offers an opportunity to be adventurous and courageous while at the same time spiritual, genuine, and vulnerable.”

 “This is truly a program that helps us men be the husbands, fathers, and friends that God has always wanted us to be!”

Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp is an outdoor ministry resource of the Rocky Mountain Synod, ELCA.  Our main site is located 55 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado.  We are surrounded by Roosevelt National Forest and are three miles north of Rocky Mountain National Park.  Sky Ranch is about 9,000 feet above sea level.  The Sky Ranch property is a 117-acre site including our main lodge, 9 youth cabins, 4 rustic cabins, a historic backpacking center and a campground with 4 tent sites and 13 RV sites with electric

To learn more and for Driving directions check out the Sky Ranch website