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Wild at Heart STL

WildHeartSTL

On Mission to see Men live as God designed them

We host two events each year (spring and fall)
at Eagle Sky Camp of the Ozarks.
We facilitate a number of small groups in the St Louis Metro.

Upcoming Events:

WILD at HEART BOOTCAMP March 26-29, 2026  —  SURVIVAL SCHOOL Fall 2026

Why ?

A man needs a deeper understanding of why these longings govern him—and why God made him just like that. And he needs a deeper understanding of why women long to be fought for, to be swept up into adventure, and to be the beauty.

Where

Eagle Sky Camp of the Ozarks is an amazing facility sitting on 5,000 accres and located near Piedmont, MO. 1st class facility and they feed us well! Approximately 130 miles south of Sty Louis Lambert Airport.

Who

Events feature the Wild at Heart team (John Eldredge and associates) via video recorded during a recent Colorado event . Plus, you will enjoy hearing from Missouri’s own WildHeartSTL team.

When

The adventure starts with dinner 6:30pm Thursday evening and concludes Sunday 11:30am (no lunch).  Check-in starts Thursday opens at 4pm.

Wild at Heart BootCamp

March 26-29, 2026

$385

Join us as we celebrate our 10th BASIC BootCamp event.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR FIRST TIMERS...register before February 14th and receive $100 discount on your registration.

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Survival School

Fall 2026

$425

Announcing our NEW EVENT.

Register for our inaugural Survival School event.

This event takes the Wild at Heart message to a a completely different level.

Survival School is ONLY for men who have attended the Wild at Heart BootCamp event.

Register for Survival School

Support WildHeartSTL

Allows Scholarships and Keeps Registration Reasonable

We are a crowd-funded organization and our hope is to for every man to attend these events and your generosity assists the mission. Note: Our team is all volunteer and pay the same registration cost.

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Wild at Heart BootCamp

What Can I Expect?

Wild at Heart BootCamp isn’t just another men’s retreat. That’s the last thing anybody needs. The reason most messages for men ultimately fail is simple: they ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart and try to shape him up through various forms of pressure. Not this. This weekend is an honest, no‐BS trek into the deep passions and desires of a man’s heart, the healing of the wounds he’s taken in this battle, the realm of fatherhood and sex and God and calling ‐ life as it was meant to be lived.

Through the video sessions and times of quiet reflection you will discover something profound about the heart of God and the heart he gave you as a man. You were made in God’s image. He wants you to be passionate, alive, free, and living from the heart, just like Him. God is pursuing you. He wants to rescue you. He wants to transform your life and your heart if you will allow him to do so. He wants to father you through intimacy with Him.

Survival School

Advancing to Another Level

In today’s world, it’s not enough to survive—you need to thrive. Survival School is the manual for doing just that. You’ll be invited to step into the heart of reality, where Jesus Christ is not just an idea but the integrating force of all things, including your life. These sessions are unapologetic, real, and designed to help you navigate life’s deepest challenges with a new strength.

Survival School is intense and unapologetic. It’s a four-day journey designed to push you, challenge you, and strengthen your walk with God in ways that will change your life. Each day, you’ll engage with teachings that get to the heart of what it means to be a man in this hour—inviting you to face the instability of the world with confidence, knowing you are fully equipped to thrive.

Heart of a Man

God created the masculine heart and set it in every man.

We are filled with passion and dignity. From our heart flow all the things that make your life worth living—friendships, love, adventure, career, dreams…and your relationship with God. It’s time to recover your masculine heart

Heart of a Man

The Poser

We have two core questions

1) “Does my dad love me?” and 2) “Do I have what it takes?” How those questions were answered has shaped you into the man you are today. We need to be honest about the Poser we’ve constructed, name it, face it, and lay it down in our search for a deep and genuine strength.

The Poser

The Wound

We Live as Wounded Warriors

We’ve all taken arrows to the heart. Our wounds, and the messages that come through them, have impacted us profoundly. The effects of our wounds play out in a variety of ways, from anger and perfectionism to hiding and addictions. The good news is, the mission of Jesus is all about restoration. He came to heal your heart and restore you as a son…and as a man.

The Wound

The Battle

Born into a World at War

God, who is a great warrior, created man in his image. He set within each of us a warrior heart so that we can fight for everything we love. Discover how to reawaken this fierce quality hardwired into every man…and recover your warrior heart.

The Battle

The Beauty

Nothing captures the attention of a man like a woman.

She is wonderful. She is a mystery. Beauty, Love, Sex—these things run deep in the heart of men. But femininity can feel like such a challenge to our masculinity. Learning to love a woman and fight for the heart are core to what it means to be a man.

The Beauty

The Adventure

Men are wired for adventure.

It nourishes us, calls us out, makes us come alive. Adventure actually has three levels to it—Casual, Crucial and Critical. Discover how God is inviting you into the adventures that feed and nourish your masculine soul.

The Adventure