What To Expect

Attendees will experience a powerful weekend of spiritual growth featuring speaker sessions, uplifting worship and opportunities for authentic fellowship. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including but not limited to: shuffleboard competition, cornhole competition, disc golf, laser tag, indoor climbing tower, shooting range, hiking trails.

Retreat Theme: HE MUST increase

As a male in the culture that we live we feel so much pressure to be successful. At work, at play, as father, as a husband each role we find ourselves is weighted by societal expectations. It is those expectations that force us to focus on ourselves and ignite in our hearts pride, fear, shame, and even anger. It is in this state that we must heed the words of John the Baptist from John 3:30 “He must increase, But I must decrease” Join for a weekend of fun, fellowship, and exploration increasing Christs Kingship into every area of our lives.

Main Session Speaker - Dr. Calvin Troup

Dr. Calvin L. Troup is Geneva College’s twentieth president since its founding in 1848. Before coming to Geneva, Dr. Troup directed a nationally ranked Rhetoric Ph.D. program in Duquesne University’s Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies. Dr. Troup graduated from Geneva College in 1983 and earned the M.A. (1991) and Ph.D. (1994) in Speech Communication from Penn State.

His books include Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom: The Rhetoric of Augustine’s Confessions (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1999) and Augustine for the Philosophers: The Rhetor of Hippo, the Confessions (Baylor University Press, 2014) in addition to several book chapters and scholarly articles.

Dr. Troup also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh.Prior to his career in higher education, Dr. Troup worked in Washington, DC as a trend analyst and in leadership and board development for a major national non-profit organization. He also served as a press aide in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Troup and his wife, Amy L. (Spear) Troup ‘83, have four married daughters and several grandchildren.