Against the Current

Culture or Scripture: What Is Shaping Your Home?

October 23–25, 2026 • Branson, Missouri

Families today are facing real pressure. Marriages are stretched by stress, busy schedules, emotional distance, and the constant demands of everyday life. Parents are raising children in a world shaped by screens, anxiety, comparison, busyness, and competing voices. Culture offers plenty of answers, but many of them leave families exhausted, disconnected, and spiritually distracted.

That is why this year’s HomeBuilders Fall Retreat is designed to give couples something they deeply need: time away, biblical encouragement, practical help, and space to reconnect.

This year’s theme, Against the Current, invites couples to step away from the noise and ask an important question: Culture or Scripture — what is shaping your home?

Joshua 1:8 points us to a better way: to study God’s Word continually, meditate on it day and night, and obey what it says. Throughout the weekend, couples will be encouraged to see how Scripture gives wisdom for marriage, parenting, priorities, finances, technology, and spiritual life.

Led by experienced HomeBuilders speakers with biblical teaching, marriage and family ministry experience, and counseling insight, this retreat will offer practical encouragement for real-life family challenges. The goal is not just to inspire couples for a weekend, but to help them return home with biblical clarity, renewed connection, and practical steps for strengthening their family.

Set in the beauty of the Ozarks, Branson provides the perfect backdrop for a meaningful weekend away. Couples can enjoy fall colors, scenic views around Table Rock Lake, great restaurants, Branson Landing, live entertainment, shopping, and time to relax with other believers. Whether you come for quiet conversation, a date night, fellowship, or simply a break from the normal pace of life, this weekend is an opportunity to breathe, reconnect, and refocus.

Come away for a weekend that can help strengthen your marriage, encourage your parenting, rebuild important relationships, and equip your family to move Against the Current with wisdom, courage, and hope.

FRIDAY EVENING kicks off your get-away with dinner at the Pavilion and a time to experience food, friends, and fellowship.  The first general session will be Friday night, and don’t forget afterwards the refreshments, free time, and fellowship.

SATURDAY‘s schedule allows you to customize the conference to meet your specific needs in the areas of marriage, parenting, personal growth, health, family relationships, and finance with concurrent morning sessions followed by Connect Time to allow you to discuss what you have just learned in the sessions.  Saturday afternoon is set aside as free-time to enjoy Branson area attractions.

SATURDAY EVENING includes a time of worship and  a Q&A session with the presenters to address your specific topics and concerns followed by a challenge.  Afterwards enjoy refreshments, camp fire, free time, and fellowship.

SUNDAY’s schedule again allows you to choose between concurrent sessions pertaining to the family to tailor the morning to your specific interests.  The general session wraps up the retreat with a summary and challenge.  For those desiring extra time away, accommodations can be arranged with the Westgate Resort or other establishments within the area to enjoy the many Branson area attractions.

Come renew your relationship with the Lord, your mate, your future mate, or friends while learning practical application of Biblical principles to every-day family life.