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Family Mission & Vision

Crafting a family vision, mission, and a story worth living in.

Crafting a Summer on Purpose: How Intentional Dads Build Memories That Last

Fathers plan summer with intention — weekly rhythms, life skills, honest screen-time limits — and let simple, repeated moments become the ones their children remember for decades.

From Intention to Impact: Ending the Year Strong as Christian Fathers

A year-end recap of the themes fathers worked through together — anti-fragility, emotional health, hard conversations, and family vision — closing with a summer action plan to keep the momentum going.

Savage Family Mission Vision Statement (Rough Draft)

A family's working mission built around loving God and neighbor, with core values covering prayer, creativity, hospitality, justice, and discipleship — plus rhythms and skills to pass on to children.

The Day They Leave: Fatherhood with the End in Mind

Fathers imagine the day their child walks out the door for good and work backward—naming the skills, character, and faith they want to have passed on through daily liturgy, one-on-ones, and a shared family vision.

A Redeemed Vision of Family: Raising a Multigenerational Team on Mission

Scripture calls fathers to see family as a multigenerational team on a shared mission — not a launchpad for personal achievement — even as individualism and technology pull children another direction.

Building Godly Homes: Leadership, Protection, and Intentionality as Fathers

Fathers explore four pillars: teaching bodily safety, using games to build character, leveraging Christian camps as rites of passage, and serving together to make the gospel visible in daily life.

What Is Your “Aim” In Life

A rich excerpt from Charles Wesley's 'A Plain Account of Christian Perfection' invites reflection on what it looks like to live with God as the single aim of every thought, word, and action.

Intentional Fathers – Week 11 – Starting With The End In Mind

Using the question "what if you had one year to live?", fathers explore how writing a personal eulogy can serve as a plumb line — filtering daily choices and keeping life oriented toward an eternal, God-centered story.

Intentional Fathers Week 10 – Family On a Mission Part 2 – Explore Big Dreams

Fathers are challenged to move from drifting to focused by asking what big vision they want to pursue — and to start dreaming with their spouses about the story they want their family to live.

Intentional Fathers Week 9 – Becoming a Family on a Mission (Part 1) – Writing a Story you want to live in.

A guest speaker challenges fathers to step outside the daily whirlwind, name the narrative void it creates, and craft a family story rooted in God's Kingdom rather than drifting by default.

Intentional Fathers Week 5 – Non-Violent Conflict

A father introduces a storytelling framework for navigating conflict: recognizing that everyone wants to be known and has a purpose, then approaching disagreements with empathy, vulnerability, and an eternal perspective.

Intentional Fathers – Week 1 – Windows of Opportunity

The group kicks off its Intentional Fathers series by exploring how everyday routines, seized opportunities, and Deuteronomy 6 shape children's faith — and how fathers plant seeds while trusting God for the growth.