What men are saying....
"My life will never be the same. Thank you." - Entrepreneur
“Prior to my weekend, I always sought to be the man that Christ wanted me to be. I felt that it was always a struggle to figure out the "how". After I completed my initial weekend, I emerged as THE MAN that Christ wants me to be and discovered how I was going to live out my life so I will continue being THAT MAN.” – Lenny
"Thank you for bringing Jesus to the people that He wants to touch. Jesus was there hanging out with us this weekend in a way that I haven't experienced in a long time. As we shared dark parts of ourselves, Jesus wasn't judging or condemning, but giving grace."
- Engineer
“Growing up with an alcoholic, abusive father took its toll on all of my relationships, especially the one with my Heavenly Father. I saw Him much the same way I saw my dad--as someone I couldn't trust, someone I was afraid of, someone who didn't show love to me, someone who wasn't all that interested in my life. Further confusing the issue was the fact that my dad insisted we go to church on Sunday, but was drunk Monday through Saturday. Thankfully, with the help of experiences like the Crucible Men's Weekend, I am learning to release my fears, erase the 'old tapes', and discover for the first time who my Heavenly Father really is. I now experience the freedom He longs for me to have.” – Dan
“I had great fear of the unknown prior to coming to the Crucible Men's Weekend. However, I knew that I had to do something radically different to shed the sadness and anger I had been carrying for most of my life. The Crucible Men's Weekend was different and transformed me in such a positive way that now that when I look back I wonder why I let my fear prevent me from starting on this incredible journey years before. I am all in and looking forward to a joyful, powerful, exciting, and Christ-filled new life that has been provided to me through the grace, love and truth that the Crucible Project provides.” – Kenny
" I got my power back. I got a brotherhood. I got my birthright and blessing." - Ministry Leader
“My marriage failed. I had nothing left, not even life seemed important to me anymore. In fact, ending my life felt like the one and only thing I could do right for a change. I lived a passive, 'soulless' life being what everyone else wanted me to be but never knowing or understanding who I was or wanted to be. God was not a part of my life. A friend suggested this 'Crucible thing' and I was hungry to try anything! ...even if it was through this 'God stuff...'
Well, I thank GOD today for staying with me and helping me walk toward this path! Through the Crucible Men's Weekend He has shown me that I have lived a life under shame. The shame was what kept me from having the freedom to believe in Him. I realized that the weekend was just the START to something incredible and LIFE- CHANGING... and it has been. People will tell you I am not the same man as I was just a year ago. This kind of work is work that will last a lifetime and affect GENERATIONS.” – Andy
“My weekend paved the way for my marriage, and my personal journey towards Christ- likeness. Stepping through the fire has changed my life, and remains one of the best decisions I've ever made.” – Mark
"It took the love of God out of my head and back into my heart." - Music Minister
“I came to the Crucible Men's Weekend feeling incomplete as a man, hearing a message that said, 'You're not a real man. You are just a shell of a man. You are a little boy in a man's body.' For years that message had great influence on me. On my initial weekend I felt this great release, like an overbearing burden had been taken off my shoulders. I found courage I never new I had. I found peace, joy, forgiveness and acceptance. I felt the love of God pouring on me and through me. I found freedom from the chains of the past, freedom to soar in the future.” – Leo
"This is a pinnacle moment in my life. Thank you for showing me godly manhood." - Minister
“I had completely given up on life...loss of business, home, wife and now my first grandson. I had no reason, that I could find, to even bother getting up one more morning. I came searching for any reason at all to keep living. God showed up in a huge way on the Crucible Men's Weekend. Since then, life has been turning around, and I have found joy in my everyday life. My business, nor my wife, nor my home has been restored. But my life has most certainly worth living and I am excited about what God has in store in months and years to come.” – Vern
“I came lost and broken. I left renewed and confident. Now I am a better father, husband and continue to seek out God in my life daily.” – Nick
“A friend told me, 'you need to go to Crucible Men's Weekend'–that was it. I knew he was right. I was isolated from men, alone in my methods of coping with life. The Crucible Men's Weekend put me face to face with myself, gave me glimpses of my truth, overwhelmed me with other men's love and acceptance, and changed me forever. I am totally sold on this way of living and haven't missed staffing a weekend since. To say this transformed me is an understatement. It is what I have been looking for decades. I am becoming the man I have always wanted to be.”
– A 64 year old businessman who has struggled with inferiority his entire life.
“The Crucible Men's Weekend has had life-changing effects on me. It has made me a better man, a better husband, a better dad, a better friend. I am a much more authentic person now. That's because I now know who I am...embracing the good, looking at the bad...and above all accepting it as who I am.” – Dan
"I went to the depths of my soul for things I didn't know I had bottled up. It was heart surgery that I have longed for." - College Coach