Father / Child Retreat

Housing for this retreat will be first come, first serve. You will be able to select available housing options upon registration. Details below. 

Retreat Center

Each room includes a private half bathroom with a toilet and sink. Every family will be designated their own shower down the hall to use for the weekend.

Davis Lake Cabins

The multiple windows on the lakeside of the cabins offer a quaint and picturesque view. Just across from the cabins is a bathhouse, which families will share.

activities

• Interactive prayer space
• Crate stacking
• Bonfires
• Hayrides
• Wonderful food
• Free-time activities
• Craft projects
• Throughout the weekend, dads and kids will work together on a work project that has yet to be determined.

2026 speaker: Joel preston 

Joel Preston has been the pastor of Pine City Evangelical Free Church since 2010. Joel was born and raised in southern New Jersey and graduated from Trinity Baptist College. Joel served for eight years as Youth Pastor, and one year as the Christian School Principal at a church in Tampa, Florida.

Joel and his wife Jenine have two sons, J. J. and Jace. Pastor Joel is passionate about expository preaching, theology, building a strong Christian home, and loving people as they are. In his “spare time”, he can be found playing disc golf, reading or just hanging out with his family. Joel was custom designed to live in Minnesota as he loves the cold weather and snow. He is hopelessly addicted to books, diet Mountain Dew and all things Philadelphia.