Teens are in crisis. We know the path to peace.
Find the way through the wilderness.
What Wilderness Are You In?
You’ve seen it. Maybe you’re even there right now. This world is broken, and it breaks the things that matter most—our families, our relationships, our connection with God, our sense of peace and purpose. That empty place of pain is like a desert, a wilderness.
It’s a dry, desolate place that feels devoid of life. It’s lonely. It’s hard.
But...
there is another kind of wilderness. A quiet place of beauty and awe, where you can step away from the chaos of the world and experience the peace of God. This wilderness is flowing with streams of living water. We come face-to-face with the God of hope. In this wilderness, we discover who we really are, and who we are meant to become.
In Isaiah 43:19, God says, “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.”
We believe God wants to make a way through your wilderness. At Seeds Wilderness Way, we guide teens, parents, and youth leaders on the path of peace, the way of Jesus.
Hear from those who’ve walked the path with us:
Teens and parents share how they found the path to peace at Seeds.
Our Programs
We recognize that the world is a crazy, broken place right now. Teens in particular are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis that threatens to destroy them.
If your teen is lost in the desolate wilderness of life, we provide the path toward healing and restoration. We combine professional Christian counseling with the peace of God, experienced in wild and beautiful places.
40 Days in the Wilderness for Teens
Send your teen on a deeply transformative, heart-focused journey with a group of peers in the beautiful backcountry of Colorado. Personalized discipleship, community, Christian counseling, therapeutic groups and assignments, and experiential learning all encourage a process of deep heart restoration, renewed identity, and new hope for life for your struggling teen.
Parent Teen Intensive
This 4-day family intensive is all about helping parents and teens build a foundation for genuine connection with one another, in a beautiful setting where they can disconnect from the noise of the world and reconnect with God and one another.
Youth Leader Training
If you’re in youth ministry and encountering situations with teens you’re not sure how to handle, this 8-day course is for you. This training equips ministry and youth leaders in the same emotional and relational skills we teach our staff—including how to build trust, how to connect deeply, and how to respond well to the tough stuff with youth and families.
Parenting Workshop
Spend a weekend learning the most powerful tools for connection and relational healing we know! This workshop was designed to help families with teens in local churches get ahead of the crisis, right in their home congregation.
Our Story
Tucked away in the mountain plateaus around Montrose, Colorado, lives Seeds Wilderness Way. A licensed, Christian outdoor behavioral treatment program that combines the best of Christian counseling approaches with the peace and hope of God experienced in wild and beautiful places. Nature-based therapy is a highly successful intervention for teens who are facing mental health or addiction issues. Seeds has dramatic results in restoring teens who are struggling to a life of purpose, and rebuilding family relationships.
Mission
Seeds Wilderness Way plants seeds of hope and life into families with struggling teenagers.
Vision
Our vision is for the broken-hearted to encounter Jesus and experience restoration in wild and beautiful places, then return home to share the compassion of the Lord with others, bearing life-transforming fruit that multiplies 30,60, and 100 fold (Mark 4:20).
Our Approach
Jesus prayed in the wilderness. He taught his disciples in the wilderness. We use 40 days of wilderness to stretch, grow, and transform students’ thinking and behavior.
Retreat
At Seeds, we invite people to step away from distractions and into the wilderness—where beauty and peace invite reflection, challenge builds trust and dependence on God, and simplicity creates space for deep, transformative relationships.
Restore
Combining the peace and ruggedness of wilderness, encounters with God, Christ-centered counseling, and experiential learning alongside a loving community leads to deep renewal of personal brokenness.
Revive
We believe revival of others is the necessary continuation of the healing journey. Loving your neighbor is both personally transformational and multiplies the Way of peace to others.
Is Seeds Right For Your Teen?
Connect With Us
We’d love to hear from you! If you have questions or need more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You are always welcome here.