Lost Valley Men’s Retreat 2026
Lost Valley Men’s Retreat is right around the corner…Friday, February 27th – Sunday, March 1st, 2026. Important details are as follows:
• Check-In begins at 2:30 pm on Friday afternoon
• Retreat begins with dinner at 5:00 pm Friday evening
• Retreat ends at 10:45 am Sunday morning. All speakers will be part of a Q&A session Sunday morning, and we encourage you to arrange your travel plans to attend this session.
This year’s retreat theme is Colossians 1:28-29
“We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every
man complete in Christ. For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power,
which mightily works within me.”
Our speakers from across the country will be Jerry Bangert (Dermatologist – Tucson, AZ), Matt English (Attorney – Beachwood, OH) Jim Gustafson (Real Estate – Northville, MI), Mitch Hershey (Real Estate – Lancaster, PA), Chris Martin
(Real Estate – Lancaster, PA), and Winston Parker (Businessman – Jacksonville, FL).
Each speaker will challenge our thinking and encourage our spirit. You can log on to www.mimcolorado.com for speaker
bios and further retreat information.
The all-inclusive retreat rate is $340 per man. This includes all meals, two nights lodging, and all retreat programming.
Register online at www.mimcolorado.com OR send the enclosed form along with a check made payable to MIM
Colorado for $340 or half for deposit to the address below. The remaining $170 balance is due upon arrival, also made
payable to MIM Colorado. Credit cards will be accepted at the Ranch for remaining balance.
The retreat capacity is 100 men for this event, and reservations are recorded on an as-received basis. All reservations
MUST include your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number of each participant, including the
deposit. If you are registering for yourself and another man, be sure to register SEPARATELY with this information and
payment.
Please mail/drop off checks and reservation forms to: MIM Colorado C/O Crestone Comp., 3205 N. Hancock Avenue,
Colorado Springs, CO 80907, or register online with a credit card.
Finally, don’t let finances keep you from coming. If you need financial assistance, please contact John MacKay at
719-492-4259.
Speakers
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Jerry Bangert
Jerry Bangert received his BA and MD at the University of Arizona. He retired from the practice of dermatology in 2017. He has written many scientific publications, and his major fields of interest/study are Dermatopathology and Lupus Erythematosus. Jerry and his wife Gail are residents of Tucson, Arizona and have two adult children and two grandchildren.
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Winston Parker
Winston Parker is a Colorado native and a graduate of Colorado State University. He is a businessman, living in Jacksonville, Florida. Winston is a widower with four adult children, three grandsons and nine great grandchildren.
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Jim Gustafson
Jim Gustafson resides with his wife Diane in Northville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He has been in the real estate business, both as an owner and owner’s representative, mostly for corporate users’ interests. He has four sons, all of whom are grown and developing their own families. He began his spiritual walk at Lost Valley Ranch.
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Chris Martin
Chris Martin is the owner of Millpond Properties, LLC, a real estate investment company in Lancaster, PA specializing in buying, renovating, and reselling residential properties. He is a graduate of Grove City College and prior to his real estate business, he was involved in equipment financing while living in Phoenix, AZ. He currently resides in Lancaster, PA with his wife and has three children, two adult daughters, and a 13-year-old son.
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Matt English
Matt English is an in-house attorney for a German chemical company. He graduated from Michigan State University and got his law degree from Case Western Reserve University. Matt resides in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he lives with his wife, Samantha. He has two kids in college and one high school senior.
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Mitch Hershey
Mitch Hershey is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Heather are looking forward to celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary later this year and have three kids – Peyton (8), Nora (6), and Drew (4). After graduating from Penn State University, Mitch worked in the banking industry before transitioning to real estate. He worked in the residential home sale space for 9 years and now works for a real estate investment company that buys, rehabs, and resells homes in southcentral Pennsylvania.
