CLARITY RETREAT:
"The First Bricks"

For future church planters before they build.

 

April 28-30, 2026
Horse Stamp Inn · Waverly, GA

This is not about fixing bad systems, undoing poor hires, or correcting momentum you’ve already burned through. It’s about helping you think clearly before you build anything.

We’ll strip away anxiety, overcomplication, and borrowed assumptions—and replace them with confidence, simplicity, and a clear next-steps plan that actually fits real life.

About Your Hosts

Swebb
Church builder, leadership coach, and former expansion pastor who has helped launch and lead multiple campuses, build systems, and coach pastors in the gritty realities of church growth.

Mark & Lori Neal

Founders of Clarity and hosts of the retreat experience. Mark serves leaders through both Aspire and Clarity organizations, and Lori creates the environment and hospitality that makes this more than a meeting—it’s a reset.

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Who This Is For

This retreat is designed for:

  • Planters before their public launch

  • Teams in the idea, gathering, or pre-preview phase

  • Leaders who feel the pressure to “get it right” but don’t want to copy-paste someone else’s model

If you’ve already launched and are trying to undo systems, staffing mistakes, or cultural drift—this isn’t the right room.
This is for leaders who want to start clean.

(Swebb also offers custom coaching from 20+ years of church-building experience for those who have already launched. But that's just not this retreat.)

Core Topics

 

1. Budgeting & Finances (Before You Panic)

  • Why you are already fully financed

  • What actually matters financially in year one

  • Why most planting budgets create anxiety instead of clarity

2. Mapping Momentum

  • How momentum really works before launch

  • Why rushing kills energy

  • How to time effort, gatherings, communication, and launch decisions

3. Team Deployment

  • Why paying people early often slows momentum

  • How to deploy volunteers without burning them out

  • The difference between “helping” and “owning”

4. Launch Pressure & Decision Fatigue

  • Why obsessing over where you meet is a trap

  • Why the “perfect launch date” doesn’t exist

  • How anxiety masquerades as wisdom

5. Thinking Like a Builder (Not a Borrower)

  • Why “building the plane while flying it” is usually an excuse

  • How to build intentionally without over-engineering

  • What actually creates trust, credibility, and growth early

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What You’ll Leave With

When you leave this retreat, you will have:

  • More confidence in yourself and your calling

  • Less anxiety about what you haven’t done yet

  • A simpler next-steps list than any planting network offers

  • Clarity around money that replaces fear with stewardship

  • A framework for decisions that will serve you for years

You won’t leave with a thick binder.
You’ll leave with clarity—and start to discern the momentum.

VIP Experience – $979 (5 spots)

VIPs stay on-site in King suites inside the main house at Horse Stamp Inn and enjoy an elevated, highly relational experience.

VIPs receive:

  • On-site King suite accommodations at Horse Stamp Inn

  • All meals throughout the retreat

  • Unlimited access to Swebb and the Neals throughout the retreat

  • After-hours conversations and behind-the-scenes insight

  • Luxury swag bag and upgraded in-room touches

  • Snacks and additional refreshments stocked for VIPs

  • A more immersive, “inside-the-room” experience for processing decisions and strategy

If you want maximum access, maximum proximity, and maximum processing, this is your lane.  

*** Spouses are able to attend for an additional $249.
Choose this option on the checkout page. ***

Regular Experience – $779 (5 spots)

Regular attendees stay at a nearby hotel (details will be provided upon registration) and join the full group for all retreat sessions and shared meals at Horse Stamp Inn.

Regulars receive:

  • Hotel accommodations nearby

  • All retreat sessions and materials

  • All meals during the retreat at Horse Stamp Inn

  • Same content. Same conversations. Slightly different level of access and environment.

 

*** Spouses are able to attend for an additional $249.
Choose this option on the checkout page. ***

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Travel Details

You’ll fly into:
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)

From there, it’s approximately a 45-minute drive north to Horse Stamp Inn in Waverly, Georgia.

  • Rental cars, ride-sharing, or shared transportation with other attendees is recommended.

  • We’ll provide exact address and arrival details in your confirmation email.

  • Anyone with private flight access would choose Brunswick or Saint Simon's Island.

VIP

$979

  • On-site King suite accommodations at Horse Stamp Inn

  • All meals during the retreat

  • Unlimited access to Swebb and the Neals throughout the retreat

  • After-hours conversations and behind-the-scenes insight

  • Luxury swag bag and upgraded in-room touches

  • Snacks and additional refreshments stocked for VIPs

  • A more immersive, “inside-the-room” experience for processing decisions and strategy

*** Spouse highly encouraged to attend. You can add them on the checkout page for $249. 

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Overflow

$779

  • Hotel accommodations nearby
  • All retreat sessions and materials
  • All meals during the retreat at Horse Stamp Inn
  • Swag bag of gifts tailored to you
  • Same content. Same conversations. Slightly different level of access and environment.

*** Spouse highly encouraged to attend. You can add them on the checkout page for $249. 

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