American Fork East Stake

Built outdoors.
Rooted in Christ.

Young Men · Outdoor Adventure & Resilience

Scouts left the Church. Our boys felt it. This is what comes next — a stake program built around wild country, real brotherhood, and the Spirit of Christ.

— The Vision

Three pieces.
One purpose.

01

Quarterly Campouts

Four trips a year. Real skills — rappelling, canoeing, survival, archery, fire-craft. Real fires. Real change.

02

Weekly Training

Self-defense every Tuesday at the Stake Center gym. All families welcome — focus on the young men. Free.

03

Nightly Firesides

Topics drawn from what your Bishop tells us, confidentially, your young men actually need. No generic talks.

A year in the wild,
shoulder to shoulder.

Four campouts. Different seasons. Different terrain. Every one ends around a fire.

September

Tibble Fork

Pioneering · fishing · fire-craft · camp cooking

November

Moab

Rappelling · canyoneering · navigation · survival

February

Little Sahara

Cold-weather camp · archery · shelter · fire

May

High Uintas

Canoeing · fishing · water navigation · survival

Self-defense.
For every family.

All ages, all members of all families are welcome — our focus is inviting the young men. The strongest man in the room is the one who knows he doesn't have to prove it.

When
Tuesdays
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Where
Stake Center
Gym
Cost
Free
Format
Drop-in
Waiver required
The Curriculum
01
Avoidance & Awareness
Read a room. De-escalate. Walk away when you can.
02
Boundaries
Setting them. Defending them. Protecting others.
03
Defensive Skill
Break grips. Create distance. Escape. Protect.

30 minutes around the fire
that change a year.

Two adult speakers. One youth speaker. Topics chosen from what Bishops tell us — confidentially — their young men are wrestling with.

Pornography Anxiety Faith doubts Loneliness Screen addiction Identity Family hardship Bullying

"No generic talks. Real fire for real fights."

Tell us what
your young men
are carrying.

Two private forms, 8 weeks before each campout. Sign your young men up. Confidentially share what they're wrestling with. We build the firesides — and the activities — around your answers. No youth is ever named publicly.

Bishop Sign-Up Needs Assessment
Needs Assessment
AF East 4th Ward
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"Two of my young men just lost their grandfather…"

Two-deep leadership.
Real medical training.
Risk managed.

Background-checked adults. Activity-specific safety protocols. A certified medic on every campout. Satellite communicators in the field. No phones in tents. Every standard at or above Church guidelines.

Program Lead
Daniel Todd
Stake Young Men Activities Director

American Fork, Utah. Eagle Scout. Search-and-rescue medic. Pilot. Owner of OathOps.com — Outdoor Adventure Training Headquarters.

  • Eagle Scout BSA
  • SAR Medic Certified
  • Licensed Pilot FAA
  • OathOps.com Founder
  • AF East Stake YM Activities

Ready when you are.

First campout: September at Tibble Fork. First Tuesday training: as soon as you say yes.