The Forge: Father/Son Retreat
Our men’s ministry, The Forge, just wrapped up our inaugural Father/Son retreat. It was an encouraging weekend in which men of all generations were able to pull away from the busyness and make intentional investments into our sons and grandsons—and have some fun while we were at it.
The main charge for our fathers and grandfathers was to invest into the friendship between father and son. Now we highlighted that there’s a perverse view of parent-child friendships that avoids parenting and discipline. That’s not what we talked about. We discussed the importance of investing into the rich friendship that can result and will be essential over the course of our lives.
For, we do not choose our children, but we do choose our friends—and our sons need the joy of being chosen by their fathers in friendship. For, far too many sons in our culture feel that they are an unwelcome burden.
One of the highlights of the weekend was the special time set aside on Saturday mornings for fathers to lead their sons in a devotion from God’s Word. We gave our fathers a new discipleship guide designed specifically for family devotions in the book of James.
They did the first session that morning and were charged to continue using the guide as they sought to bring their sons (and daughters) up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Eph 6:4).
If you missed the retreat and would like one of these guides, you can purchase one at cost HERE.
