You are not meant
to face life’s
challenges alone.

It doesn’t matter if your challenges are internal or external.
Life is meant to be a team sport.
Deer Camp will equip you to live your best life.

 

“Every man needs to come to a place where he knows himself and to find a place where he can be known. Deer Camp can be both places. God has used Men’s Coaching Weekend to thaw out my heart and reawaken my passion.”

 
 
 
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 You Are Not Alone!

Come to Deer Camp (aka Men’s Coaching Weekend) and experience
what it is to have brothers – True Brothers! – walking with you!

Experience being free – free to be yourself and free to be who you are meant to be.

 

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“Men’s Coaching Weekend encouraged me to keep growing and strengthen my community. This is a place of great men who support each other. It is absolutely a man’s school and the best place I’ve seen to learn how to do life well together.”

“Men's Coaching Weekend helped me realize that I am not alone in my struggles. My favorite part is the connection that we all feel a part of here.”

 
 

 Deer Camp is an investment in you and your relationship with God and with others. 

You, your family, and your relationships are worth it!

 
 

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“Deer Camp saved my life and my marriage. It has helped me to discover the man that God intended for me to be. I feel that I sit in the presence of God in this place. It is definitely a place for being able to grow spiritually and emotionally.”

“Deer Camp helps me to be more confident every time I go home to love on my family. I can clearly see the long-term impact of this ministry in my life and the lives of other men.”

 
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 What Deer Camp
Offers You

 

We know about God’s love, truth, and grace, but we rarely experience them. The Deer Camp Weekend is about experiencing God’s love, truth, and grace in a very real way for ourselves and through each other. We do that by telling the truth of our lives (our story) and connecting with the truth of others. It is the experience of “iron sharpening iron” that leads us to transformation into being our best and truest selves. Deer Camp is the experience of being real and living in the freedom of who you are meant to be in Christ.

At Deer Camp you will learn:

Guidelines for healthy relationship

A framework for better understanding yourself and others

How your story is part of God’s story

How to connect genuinely with others

You will also have the opportunity to participate in a weekly conference call for support and additional learning.

DEER CAMP DETAILS

Weekend Flow Friday Afternoon – Sunday at Noon
Date: March 7-9, 2025
Location: Shalom Retreat Center, Mound City, KS

Cost: $300

Full Payment of $300 or a deposit of $150
with remaining $150 due prior to the weekend

Send check/cash payment to:

Shalom Retreat Center
12985 County Road 1095
Mound City, KS 66056

Note that your payment is for Deer Camp Midwest.

Limited to 12 Participants

 
 

 What Happens After Deer Camp

The structure of Deer Camp includes the weekend and follow-up events. After the Deer Camp weekend, there are weekly gatherings – coaching groups. These groups offer coaching and instruction, a community of support, and a place to openly assess “where are you” in your journey. Through Deer Camp and the weekly gatherings, a man will see his life change as he experiences support from other men. In addition, adventure trips are offered as an opportunity to grow in intimacy with God, deepen the bond of living in community, and equip men to reach out to other men who need community.

Testimonial

“Coming to Deer Camp, is like coming to my healthy home. It’s where ideas can be talked through and experiences shared. It’s where life moves from what I need to do or should do to learning more about who I am. I learn what it means to truly live without being given a to-do list. It removes the legalistic pretenses in exchange for grace. Deer Camp is about the people there. The experience over time can truly change your heart. I love Deer Camp.”

 
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What Participants Are Saying

 
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Each Deer Camp is better than the last because each time I am growing. There is nothing that I have experienced that compares to this weekend.

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Men's Coaching Weekend is a unique opportunity to share with and learn from others in an environment that encourages growth and freedom. It has helped me to see the things motivating me emotionally that I was previously unaware of.

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Deer Camp gave me the ability to get away from the outside world and work on me. I loved all the feedback from my brothers. It was truly the best weekend of my life!

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Through Men’s Coaching Weekend God has rescued me from a pit of despair and I am excited about life again. It’s been a long time since I felt this way.

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Deer Camp is a place where a man can take off his mask and learn to become real through fellowship with other men.

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I came into Deer Camp feeling isolated and alone. I was very skeptical but I left with a feeling of belonging to a community and having a group support system as well. It opened my eyes to all the issues that so many men struggle with and most are very common. I was able to lay down my burdens and find support.

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Every time I attend Deer Camp it continues to reveal areas of growth that I need in my life and how far I need to go to get there. I also realize how much I’ve grown since first attending. This is an experience like no other!

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Deer Camp made me grateful to just sit down, rest, think, listen, pray, and enjoy the company of other men on a similar journey.

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The Deer Camp Midwest Backstory

Deer Camp Midwest is led by Kris Kaase, in partnership with Shalom Retreat Center. Kris is a men’s life coach who became hooked on the Men’s Coaching Weekend process after attending his first weekend in 2013. Kris is passionate about helping men experience the freedom of living authentically. He is co-author of Be the Lion! 10 Guidelines for Men to Be Real and Live Free.

For over 20 years now, men have been experiencing the unique environment of Men's Coaching Weekend. What started as The Men’s Coaching Weekend began in September 2001 with seven men in the woods of Mississippi. Initially, there were two Deer Camps a year. Since then Men’s Coaching Weekend has grown to six Deer Camps in Mississippi and three Fish Camps in Alabama annually. Deer Camp Midwest, begun in 2019, is the latest addition to the Men’s Coaching Weekend community.

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