More Than A Weekend Retreat, This Is An Experience To Change Your Life
What if there is more to the story of your life than you ever dared to believe?
The Heart of a Warrior Encounter is a weekend getaway that invites you to discover your place in God’s story — and your place in God’s heart. Through sessions featuring material from Michael Thompson’s book The Heart of a Warrior, powerful time alone with God, and opportunities to share the journey with other men, you are invited to recover the truth of your core identity, reclaim the lost ground your heart has experienced, and become the Kingdom warrior God always intended you to be.
Online Registration Opens Soon | $495/man
Meet With God In the Mountains
Rockbridge Alum Springs Young Life Camp in Goshen, Virginia, is located in the Shenandoah Valley, deep within the rolling Appalachian Mountains. Rockbridge features acres of lush pine forest, bubbling streams, and a lake stocked with fish, in addition to upscale resort-style facilities.
Powerful Sessions
Biblically-rooted sessions presented by a team of men with decades of experience guiding other men into spaces of intimacy with God
Time Alone With God
Periods of guided quiet time, during which you will have the opportunity to listen for God’s voice as you engage in a rhythm of ask-and-listen journaling
Deepen Community
Opportunities to build friendship with like-hearted men who are also on the journey to recover their hearts and deepen their walk with God
The remedy for a wounded heart is an encounter with the God who sees you and loves what he sees.
Go beyond another task list or program to “try harder, do better.” During the Encounter weekend, you will be guided into spaces where you can discover how the wounds of the past impact the struggles of today, and you will learn how to invite God to bring restoration to your heart. You will return home equipped with the tools to continue living in a growth cycle of healing and training each day.
Opportunities for Adventure
Free time is an integral part of The Heart of a Warrior Encounter experience, where your heart can remember what it’s like to be carefree, to play wildly, and maybe even to step into something new and unexpected.
- Upscale resort-style facilities
- Hiking in the beauty of the Appalachian mountains
- Fishing in the camp lake
- Clay shooting at on-site shotgun range
- Blacksmithing led by Forged in Fire champions
What you'll get ...
- Encouragement, teaching, and stories from the lives of who have walked this road before
- Fresh encounters with God and his heart for who you are as a man
- A path forward to move into the healing and restoration of your own heart, and then the hearts of your family and friends
- Opportunities to form lasting brotherhood with other strong men
- An invitation to share any struggles or heartache and pray with a trained medic in a safe environment during a one-on-one hour long medic appointment
Registration Includes:
- A free copy of the devotional based upon Michael's book The Heart of a Warrior
- On-site lodging in upscale bunk rooms
- All meals Thursday dinner -Sunday breakfast
- A seat in all sessions
- A journal and pen for Time Alone with God
- On-site free time activities (archery, frisbee golf, climbing wall, game room, gym, hot tub
- Clay-shooting (additional $15 to cover gear and costs)
Does Not Include:
- Books and gear from the Zoweh Outpost store
- Drinks and snacks from the on-site coffee and snack bar
- Items from the YoungLife camp store
- Gear for fishing
- Transportation to any off-site free time activities
- Transportation to and from the event
Are you a pastor of a church?
Getting away for a weekend can be difficult to manage for pastors. Pastors attending The Heart of a Warrior Encounter for the first time are eligible to receive $195 (40%) off the registration cost.
For more information, please email events@zoweh.org.