Get Ready
Prepare for
Called to Build
Everything you need to show up ready — what to pack, how to pray in the days leading up, and how to find Big Canyon Ranch.
Packing List
What to Bring
Mountain mornings run cold, afternoons run hot. Pack in layers.
Sleeping & Bedding
Clothing
Personal Items
Bring Along
Leave at home: alcohol, tobacco, and anything that pulls you back into distraction. This is a weekend set apart.
Prayer Guide · For Men Attending
Prepare Your Heart
The retreat starts before you arrive. Use this simple guide in the week leading up to Big Canyon Ranch.
7 Days Out
Ask God to Break Up Fallow Ground
Pray Hosea 10:12. Ask God to show you where you've grown passive, distracted, or complacent as a man.
"Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord."
5 Days Out
Pray for Your Family
Ask God what it looks like for you to build well as a husband and father. Pray specifically for your wife and kids by name, and for what you're leaving behind while you're away.
3 Days Out
Pray for the Men Around You
Pray for the man God wants to bring across your path at the retreat — someone to encourage, or someone to learn from. Ask for eyes to see who needs a brother.
1 Day Out
Pray for a Ready, Humble Heart
Pray 1 Timothy 6:11–12 over yourself. Ask God to strip away distraction and pride so you can hear clearly and fight the good fight of faith.
"But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith." — 1 Timothy 6:11–12
Men's Retreat Devotional
A 6-day devotional to walk through in the week leading up to the retreat.
Prayer Guide · For Wives
Prayer Guide for Wives
Inspired by Stormie Omartian's The Power of a Praying Wife, this guide helps you intentionally pray for your husband in the weeks leading up to the retreat, throughout the weekend, and in the days that follow.
Prayer Guide for Wives
From the MVF Men's Ministry Leadership Team.
For Dads With Older Sons
A Rite of Passage
Sons ages 16 and up are welcome to attend Called to Build alongside their fathers. For many dads, this weekend can become more than just a retreat — it can mark a real step into manhood.
Consider using the week leading up to the retreat as a season of intentional preparation with your son — a conversation about what it means to become a man, a shared task or challenge, or simply focused time together before you head to Big Canyon Ranch. If you'd like help thinking through what that could look like, reach out to the church office — we'd love to help you build something meaningful.
Required Before Arrival
Sign Your Waiver
Big Canyon Ranch requires a signed waiver before you arrive. Fill it out in advance so check-in is quick — choose the option that fits your situation, including a version for dads bringing a son under 18.
Sign the WaiverWaiver Options
- · Adult Only
- · Adult + Minor (parent signing for a son)
- · Minor Only
Getting There
Big Canyon Ranch
About 45 minutes from Salt Lake City, tucked into the mountains near Wanship, Utah.
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Address
175 Big Canyon Lane
Wanship, UT 84017 -
Phone
(435) 200-1006
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From Salt Lake City
~45 minutes east via I-80, near Park City / Coalville.
Not Registered Yet?
Attending from Center Point Church? Register here.