Spring Canyon Conference Center

Fall Climb
2026-09-18 - 2026-09-20 | Spring Canyon Conference Center, 26000 County Road 344, Buena Vista, CO, 81211
Come join us for a weekend full of mountain adventure with your 8-13 year olds!
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Aspentime
2026-09-25 - 2026-09-27
Speaker: Lt Col Hans Larsen, USAF (Ret.), PhD
Hans Larsen is a combat veteran pilot and a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (class of 1999). He served for over 25 years as a pilot, commander, and educator. Hans served as an instructor pilot in three airframes, the T-38, C-17, and the TG-16. Hans spent the latter portion of his career focused on developing the next generation of leaders at the Air Force Academy, and he now works as a leadership coach, educator, and consultant. Hans was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and grew up in Australia, as his family were missionaries planting churches there. His father had served as a Navy line officer on Destroyers and on riverboats in Vietnam before eventually returning to active duty as a chaplain. It was his dad who led Hans to Christ at a young age, and God used many other believers to help him grow in Christ. Hans has taught numerous Bible studies and discipleship courses over the years in homes, churches, chapels, and on mission trips. Hans married Angela, his high school sweetheart, three days after his Academy graduation, and the two of them have four children (one is married, one is engaged, and two are in high school) and they have a grandbaby on the way.
Topic: “God’s Sustaining Grace in Our Trials”
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted” (Ps 34:18)
What do we do when life doesn’t go the way we think it should? What do we do when we face sufferings and struggles that seem too much for us to bear? How can we trust God when it seems like things are so dark? How do we measure our worth in failure and loss? How do we engage with others when we are barely hanging on? How do we move forward? Join us in exploring these questions together through the lens of one man’s testimony of trial and suffering, and see how the Gospel shines through the darkness and how God’s love and presence makes all the difference.
Guest Ambassadors: COL Steve and Miriam Shambach, USA (Ret.)
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OCF Sisterhood Retreat
2026-11-06 - 2026-11-08
Uniformed women and military wives will spend time building friendship connections, enjoying time to hang out as women who are experiencing the breadth of life’s ages and stages – all while being equipped to face their next set of challenges.
Speaker: TBD
Topic: “TBD”
Retreat Organizer: Kristin Goodrich (kristin.goodrich@ocfusa.org)
Kristin Goodrich (“KG”) graduated from USNA in 1989 and was stationed in Panama and Okinawa. During her final Navy tour, she married her Air Force husband Terry and then left the service. She homeschooled their three military kids, completing his 23-year career at Ft. Riley, KS. After first meeting at OCF’s Rocky Mountain High, they have been involved with local Bible studies and at the OCF conference centers. KG loves encouraging others to take their next step so as to grow in faith and service across the ages and stages of military life. KG is currently serving as the OCF Director of Women’s Ministry.
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Winter Retreat 1
2026-12-19 - 2026-12-26
Speaker: TBD
Biography
Topic: “TBD”
Description
Guest Ambassadors: TBD
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Winter Retreat 2
2026-12-27 - 2027-01-03
Speaker: Lt Col Bob Ewell, USAF (Ret.), PhD
Dr. Bob Ewell, currently serving with The Navigators, uses a ready smile and engaging style to encourage you to be involved in God’s great work. Bob specializes in simple, doable, “start small” processes. His thoughts on “God Uses Flawed People” will motivate and empower you to make a difference in your world.
Topic: “God Uses (Flawed) People”
It’s a good thing God uses flawed people since that’s all he has to work with! But it’s a topic worth exploring from how we respond to the well-publicized failures of Christian leaders, how we live and work day-to-day with flawed people, and how we live with and minister from our own flawedness.
Guest Ambassadors: TBD
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