Events

We invite you to explore your PhaseNEXT by joining us for a Workshop or a Weekend Retreat for a great time of learning, reflection, fellowship and fun.

We schedule PhaseNEXT Workshops periodically at host churches for a deeper dive into one of the pivot points, or other specific topics of interest. (Contact Us if you'd like us to plan a Parenting Adult Children Workshop at your church!) 

We host PhaseNEXT Weekend Retreats for couples at our retreat home on Lake Wateree, near Ridgeway, South Carolina.

  • Reaching Your Prodigal Seminar with Phil Waldrep

    February 2, 2025 — 12:00-1:30 PM
    Cost: FREE, lunch included

    sponsored by Shandon Baptist Church (Gym)

2025 Upcoming Events

  • PhaseNEXT Parenting Adult Children Workshop

    March 30, 2025 — 2:00-5:00 PM
    Cost: FREE (Suggested donation $10 per person for printing costs)

    hosted at Shandon Baptist Church (Rm B103)

  • Custom PhaseNEXT Retreat for Couples
    Request a date for 3-4 couples!
    Lake Wateree, South Carolina
    Cost: (Suggested donation of $200 per couple)

  • Custom PhaseNEXT Parenting Adult Children Workshop
    Bring the PhaseNEXT Parenting Workshop to Your Church!
    Contact Us to connect us with your church leadership

PhaseNEXT Parenting Workshop 

This workshop provides you the tools, path, and support you need during the difficult transition in your relationship with your adult children. Following this three-hour event, you will be invited to join a small group of other couples to continue to learn, gain confidence, and build the peer relationships that are essential to thriving in this new phase of parenting.

This journey is better with a tribe, so you should not be doing this work alone. Through this Workshop and Small Group approach, you will be joined by your peers to talk about and work through the emotions and frustrations you are experiencing. You will be encouraged by Mentor Couples who have walked the path you are now traveling. Together, you will find encouragement, resources, and support for this journey.

During the Workshop, you will begin the process of pivoting from the Control parenting strategy of the past to the Influence strategy that is necessary in this phase. The conversation will help you to:

  • define the challenges that you are facing with your adult children

  • evaluate the goal for your children

  • develop a new strategy to pursue that goal within the new relationship reality

  • create and vision and plan for the future

The 6 follow-up Small Group Sessions will allow you to dig deeper in several areas that are particularly relevant to parenting adult children.

  1. Pressing On

  2. Parenting by Faith

  3. Surrendering Control

  4. Watching the Struggle

  5. Loving Unconditionally

  6. Building Legacy

We hope that you will allow us to guide you on this important journey. We would love to partner ith your church leadership to bring a Parenting Adult Children Workshop to your area! Please let us know if you would like to connect us with your church. We are excited about the amazing blessing that God has in store for you as you continue to lead and minister to your adult children.

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Weekend Retreat for Couples

Retreats begin on Friday afternoon and conclude on Sunday morning. The house can host up to four guest couples. The agenda includes group discussion, time for personal reflection, and guided discussion between spouses, as well as food, fellowship and play time on the water. All meals will be provided on site except for Saturday evening, when we will go into the nearby town of Ridgeway for dinner at the Olde Town Hall (dutch). Donations are accepted to defray the costs of the weekend. (approximate expenses for the weekend are $200 per couple.)

Custom Retreat Groups

If you would like to build your own group of three or four couples, we’d love to reserve one of our retreats or find a custom weekend that works for you.