Tree Climbers Guild
A GUILD is a community of people striving together to achieve a common objective.
Boys need strong male role models, and most men want to step up, they just need a clear place to start and a path to stay consistent.
Tree Climbers Guild creates that space. It’s not just a program FOR boys; it’s a shared journey guided BY men.
Rather than a drop-off ministry, it is a hands-on mentorship experience where men and boys learn, play, and grow together.
Every weekly session gives men a practical way to practice leading and discipling the next generation. Whether a boy comes with his father or is paired with a trusted male mentor from the church community, Tree Climbers fosters strong, intergenerational bonds that shape young lives.”
The Goal of Tree Climbers Guild
Mobilize Fathers & Men
Bridge Church & Home
Build Brotherhood
How it Works
We have busy men in mind
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weekly meetings &
A Guided Process
Simple, easy-to-use guidebooks give men clear meeting plans each week that are focused on Bible lessons, nature themes, and practical life skills without overwhelming busy schedules.
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Shared Growth &
Mentorship
Tree Climbers isn’t a drop-off program. Through interactive games, projects, and scripture, fathers and male mentors grow in their faith right alongside their boys.
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Adventure Together &
Real Connection
Through events, service, adventure, and playing together, deeper relationship building happens between boys and their fathers. We help you build this into your ministry calendar.
A Typical Tree Climber Evening
Connection is Key
Before the official start of the meeting, as men and boys are arriving, the children join in Warm-up Games. Have one dad prepare and lead a simple game/s that additional Tree Climbers can join as they arrive.
Call everyone together into a circle with “Tree Climbers, rally!” Welcome all your Tree Climbers and introduce the theme and Bible memory verse for the meeting. Make announcements, such as upcoming field trips.
The boys and dads get to play two games together. Playing together is a great way for dads and sons to learn about each other and to have fun experiences to build on.
This project, activity, or demonstration lets kids and dads/mentors work together. Men and boys build relationship around actives, and skills are learned and passed on. Feel free to substitute activities from your own background or your own ideas in place of the suggested activities.
This is the most significant time of the meeting. Fathers or other mentors and boys learn the short Bible memory verse for the meeting and discuss what it means using the questions provided in this book. The Coordinator calls the group together after 10 minutes and gives every boy one section of the themed sticker for the unit. Each boys place his sticker on his own Tree Climbers Achievement Logbook.
The men and boys sit in a circle as one dad tells the story and makes the final spiritual focus-point of the evening.