A space for men.
A small group. Genuine conversation. Men free to be themselves — with no expectation that you arrive with the right words. Just men, alongside other men, finding common ground.
Whatever you're carrying
It's about brotherhood.
Most men have spent a long time figuring out how to handle things on their own. Work. Family. Marriage. Loss. The weight that comes from being the one everyone else leans on. The quiet ache of carrying it all without ever quite setting it down.
Join us for a regular gathering of genuine men, where the conversations are real, and your burdens are lifted.
You are not alone.
The group meets regularly — sometimes for unhurried conversation, sometimes around a shared activity. A hike. A coffee. A meal. An hour with the same group, in whatever form best invites the kind of conversation men actually have when they're amongst true friends. Whatever the gathering, the rhythm is the same: an open invitation to share whatever you're carrying that week — heavy, light, complicated, ordinary.
What there is: presence, attention, and the slow accumulation of trust that comes from showing up alongside the same group you can look forward to connecting with each week. Many of the men who come find that this hour becomes one of the most grounding of their week.
Dr. Emmanuel facilitates brings his clinical training and his pastoral formation into every gathering, and the group is open to men of any faith or none. Come as you are.
This group is for you.
This group is for any man in any season of life — the husband whose marriage has grown distant, the father whose kids no longer need him in the same way, the son who lost his own father and never quite finished mourning, the man succeeding at a life that no longer feels like his, the man recovering from something hard, the man just trying to get his footing after a job loss or a move or a divorce. It's also for the man who can't quite name what's going on — who just knows he's carrying more than he's saying, and would like to stop being alone with it. It's for any man who has been “fine” for too long and would like to stop having to be. For any man doing well externally and quietly unraveling internally. For any man who simply wants to sit alongside other men who are willing to be genuine.
If you'd like to explore further — let's talk.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." —Psalm 147:3
Join us.
New members are welcomed on a rolling basis after a brief introductory conversation with Dr. Emmanuel — usually fifteen or twenty minutes, by phone or video. This provides an opportunity for you to ask questions, for me to understand a little about you, and give us the opportunity to decide together whether the group feels like a fit.