An honest room for those who are ready to slow down, tell the truth, and make space for the work only God can do.
Limited seating · Every attendee must have their own ticket.
The Plumb Line
"Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom."
Psalm 51:6
R&R Weekend is not a retreat built on hype. It is not a conference designed to entertain you into a moment. It is a guided, intentional space for people who are tired of surface-level growth and ready for something real to begin.
This is a room set apart for truth, reflection, worship, prayer, teaching, and honest response — not a space where you're pressured to perform, but a space where you are finally free to participate.
We prepare the environment. God does the restoring.
A weekend paced for breath, reflection, prayer, worship, and response — not performance.
A space where honesty is not punished, rushed, or used against you.
Teaching, prayer, journaling, reflection, and intentional pauses to help you engage what is being revealed.
Worship that makes room for surrender, not spectacle.
Gentle enough to honor your capacity, structured enough to help hold the room.
Biblical teaching, prayer, and ministry for the one who is ready to take a step toward restoration.
We are not manufacturing emotion and calling it transformation.
You will not be forced to share, perform, prove, or respond before you are ready.
One weekend cannot undo everything. But it can become a sacred starting place.
No emotional coercion. No spiritualized urgency. No pushing people past capacity.
God does the restoring. We prepare the environment.
This experience is not a replacement for therapy, medical care, crisis care, or professional counseling.
R&R Weekend is not a collection of disconnected sessions. It is designed as a complete flow.
This is why the Full Weekend Experience is the most complete way to attend. You are not just coming to an event. You are stepping into the full flow — from awakening, to processing, to response.
A detailed schedule will be released as the weekend approaches.
Truth is named. The room is prepared.
Friday begins by slowing the room down. This is where we make space for honesty, awakening, and truth — not shame, not pressure, not performance.
The work is engaged. The process is held.
Saturday is the heart of the R&R process, with teaching, prayer, guided reflection, journaling, workbook work, and intentional pauses for processing.
The room responds. Worship becomes the overflow.
Saturday evening closes with a live worship recording and gathered moment of worship, surrender, prayer, and response.
This part is exclusive to Full Weekend attendees.
Friday begins by slowing the room down. This is where we make space for honesty, awakening, and truth — not shame, not pressure, not performance.
After the opening session, Full Weekend attendees remain for Friday Freedom Flow: a worshipful preparation space before Saturday’s live recording.
This is not a casual rehearsal. It is prayer, worship, reflection, and room alignment. It gives Full Weekend attendees the opportunity to participate in the atmosphere and posture of what God is building for the weekend.
“Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” Ephesians 5:14
Saturday is the heart of the R&R process.
This all-day intensive will include teaching, prayer, guided reflection, journaling, workbook work, and intentional pauses for processing.
The pace will matter. This will not be information overload. It will be a held space where truth can land, where God can speak, and where recovery and restoration work can begin.
Saturday evening closes with A Night of Response — a live worship recording and gathered moment of worship, surrender, prayer, and response.
This is not a concert. This is not a show. It is the sound of a room responding to what God has been doing throughout the weekend.
A Night of Response is included with the Full Weekend Experience and Saturday Only ticket. Worship Night Only tickets are available for those attending Saturday evening only.
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2
You can attend Saturday only. You can attend A Night of Response only. But the Full Weekend Experience allows you to move through the entire arc.
You don't have to have the right words. You don't have to have it figured out. You don't have to know exactly what needs to change. You just have to be honest enough to show up.
For the fullest R&R experience, choose the Full Weekend Experience and move through the complete flow from truth, to process, to response.
Choose the option that fits where you are. For the fullest R&R experience, we encourage the Full Weekend Experience.
Most complete way to attend
The complete R&R Weekend flow — from Friday opening to Saturday’s Night of Response. This is the way the weekend was designed to be experienced.
Saturday intensive + evening
For the one who cannot attend Friday but still wants to step into the all-day Recovery + Restoration intensive and closing Night of Response.
Saturday evening access
For the one who cannot attend the full weekend or Saturday intensive but wants to be in the room for A Night of Response.
Limited seating. Every attendee must have their own ticket. Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to another attendee. All ticket purchases are processed securely through Zeffy.
Zeffy may give you the option to add a donation to support their platform at checkout. That optional donation goes to Zeffy, not Iron Gang Ministries. You are not required to add a Zeffy donation to complete your registration.
We are offering 25 partial scholarships for those who desire to attend the Full Weekend Experience but cannot afford the full registration. If approved, the Full Weekend rate reduces to $74. Scholarships are limited and reserved for those with genuine financial need. If you're able to pay the full rate, we ask that you do — your registration helps hold space for others.
Scholarship requests are reviewed separately. Your spot is not reserved until your request is approved and your reduced registration payment is completed.
Process over performance. That is the difference between a moment and a transformation. Most of what we call "stuck" is just a stage we tried to outrun. Real growth doesn't reward your hustle — it honors your honesty. Show up to the stage you're actually in, and the next one will meet you there.
"First the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head."
— Mark 4:28
Jesus showed us the order on purpose. The seed doesn't perform. It cooperates. Our work is not to rush the next stage — it is to be present in the one we're in.
You begin to see what is actually there. Not fix it. Not solve it. Finally see it — clearly, honestly, without performance. Awareness may not feel like transformation yet, but it is where transformation begins.
You begin to understand why it is there, how it formed, and how it has been quietly shaping your responses. Insight without rushing to act on it.
Change becomes consistent and lived out. What was once revelation becomes a way of being. Not because you forced it — because you stayed in the process.
We prepare the environment. God is responsible for the growth.
If someone came to mind while you were reading this page, this section makes it easy to send the invitation. You may be coming alone. You may be bringing someone with you. Or you may not be able to come at all but still know someone who needs to be in the room.
Whether you come alone, invite someone to join you, or simply pass the link along, your invitation can matter.
We are honored to welcome guests traveling in for R&R Weekend. This section is here to help you begin planning with clarity.
Transportation and lodging are not included with registration.
Guests are responsible for booking their own flights, hotel accommodations, rental cars, rideshares, meals outside of the event experience, and any other travel-related expenses.
7615 Granger Rd
Valley View, OH 44125
Use the map option that works best for you when planning your route, rideshare, or rental car details.
Closest major airport: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
CLE will likely be the best option for most guests traveling by air.
Alternate airport: Akron-Canton Airport (CAK)
CAK may be another option depending on flight availability, pricing, and your travel plans.
When looking for lodging, these nearby areas may be helpful starting points:
Guests are responsible for their own transportation to and from the venue, hotel, airport, restaurants, and any other stops during the weekend.
You may want to compare rental cars, rideshares, and hotel distance from the venue before booking.
These hotels are provided as nearby options to help guests begin their search. They are not the only options available, and guests should review all details directly before booking.
Search Hotels Near the VenueHotel pricing, reviews, amenities, parking, distance from the venue, and cancellation policies may change. Guests are encouraged to review all details directly with the hotel, airline, rental car company, rideshare provider, or booking platform before making travel arrangements.
Maybe the timing isn't right. Maybe the miles are too many. Maybe this season is asking different things of you. There's still a way to be in this room — through someone else's seat.
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." — Matthew 6:21
Every gift helps us hold space for someone who couldn't otherwise come. Every partnership extends the reach of Iron Gang Ministries beyond what one weekend can hold.
Cover all or part of a Full Weekend ticket for someone who applied for a scholarship. Your gift becomes their seat at the table.
Sow into a SeatBeyond R&R Weekend. Become a partner of the broader work — discipleship, advocacy, and spaces like this for the next person who needs them.
Become a PartnerIron Gang Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations made directly to Iron Gang Ministries through our giving links support the ministry and its mission.
The Vision
R&R was not created to be a one-time event. The vision is for this space to grow, travel, and reach more people who need an honest room — for truth, for healing, for worship, for growth.
When you register, you are not only investing in your own process. You are helping us build spaces like this for the next person who needs it.
"I planted, Apollos watered — but God gave the increase." — 1 Corinthians 3:6–7
R&R Weekend is hosted by Coach Destiny Whited and Iron Gang Ministries — a 501(c)(3) trauma-informed, faith-based discipleship community creating spaces for truth, healing, growth, advocacy, and biblical alignment after trauma.
Iron Gang Ministries exists to make disciples, not dependents. R&R is an expression of that mission: a structured, sacred space for honest participation, real process, and room for God to move.
"Iron Gang Ministries was not built for people who have it together. It was built for people who are willing to be honest enough to begin."
Iron Gang Ministries
TRUTH · HEALING · TRANSFORMATION
Because while this is not a promise of recovery or restoration, it is a space where both can begin. Come willing. Come honest. Come as you are.
R&R Weekend is designed to create space for reflection, prayer, worship, teaching, and response. We do not guarantee a specific outcome or sell restoration as a product. God does the restoring; we prepare the environment and invite you to participate with honesty, openness, and faith. This experience is not a substitute for licensed therapy, medical care, crisis care, or professional counseling.