ARISE Men's Camp 2026
Genesis 13:17
The preaching, memories, and photos from ARISE Men’s Camp 2026 are gathered here. Read the messages, watch the services, and share your camp photos.
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Worship, prayer, the Word, service, and brotherhood from August 13–15.
ARISE 2026
Revisit the preaching that challenged us to invest, fight, break through, and get off the porch. Read the key takeaways or watch each full service.
Thursday Night
Doug Chapman
A call for men to stop burying what God put in their hands. Invest your faith, strength, and time in people who will carry it forward.
“I’d rather fail at trying to do something for God than to succeed at not doing anything for God.”
“God invested himself into us so that we could invest God into others.”
Friday Morning
Giants are beaten long before the public fight. This message calls men back to prayer, fasting, purity, giving, and the private faithfulness that builds courage.
“Our ability to kill giants is all centered around what we do when nobody is watching.”
“Waiting for perfect conditions will mean inactivity.”
Friday Night
Bobby Wade
A breakthrough is a beginning, not a finish line. Leave the old patterns, change the environment, and move in the direction God has opened.
“Every advancement begins with a departure.”
“If you can’t leave the environment, you got to change the environment.”
Saturday Morning
Recap title
Bobby Wade
Get off the porch. Stop waiting for someone else to change your life. Put God first, break with inherited bondage, and lead your home.
“I’ve come to tell you that your past is not your future. The past is not a predictor.”
“You know why? Because the community you join yourself to is the ones that are going to dictate when you can get up.”
Saturday announcements
A quick record of excursion results, running jokes, and the people who carried the weekend.
Go-karts
Go-karts returned after a three-year absence. Merl was announced in first place; his surname was not captured.
Hear the go-kart announcementClays
Brother Kat was recognized for missing only six shots. The announcement gave recognition, not a placement.
Hear the clays recognitionGolf scramble
The presenter estimated 24 men played the scramble. Four Talents won at six under and received the traveling trophy.
Pickleball
The first-ever camp pickleball tournament ended in a tie: Brother Meyer and Colorado versus Jeff and Tate. All four were called winners; these names are explicitly caption-derived.
Hear the pickleball resultThe seven-member Men’s Ministries team said it maintained a rotating daily fast throughout the month before camp.
Hear the team reflectionThe sanitation team was publicly thanked, complete with a trophy joke.
Hear the volunteer thanksBobby Wade received a commemorative knife as a service gift.
Watch the gift presentationNo fishing winner was announced. Instead, the presenter joked that the displayed biggest-fish image was created with AI.
Hear the fishing jokeAt the close, the speaker announced that 256 men had attended the previous day.
Hear the announced countSource note: These details were reconstructed from machine-generated livestream captions. Names are spelled as captions rendered them, and corrections are welcome.
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