Note: This episode was edited to remove Ken's song based on the Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire as it was flagged for copyright infringement.

In this heartfelt and creatively rich talk, Ken Helser invites listeners into a journey of healing, identity, and spiritual breakthrough. Delivered at the 2025 Shrine Mont CFO family camp, Ken blends personal stories, original music, and reflections on God’s transforming power. From the wisdom of a recovery center cook learning to “stay put,” to a moving story of a suicidal woman whose life was turned around by a song, Ken reminds us that what feels like a lid holding us down is often only an illusion.

Through the voice of his daughter’s poem and his own experiences in ministry and parenting, Ken offers a deeply encouraging message: God has created us to fly, and when we find the faith to spread our wings, nothing can keep us grounded.

The evening closed with the whole room worshiping God with two songs by Ken and Linda's son Jonathan David Helser:

• No Longer Slaves
• Raise a Hallelujah

Ken Helser invites us to the sacred table of a life fully surrendered—what he calls "broken bread and poured-out wine." Drawing from decades of ministry, fatherhood, and spiritual formation, Ken weaves together powerful stories, hard-earned lessons, and humorous honesty to remind us that fruit doesn’t grow on the mountaintop, but in the valley.

With reflections on intimacy with God, generational blessing, learning from failure, and the discipline born of desire, Ken challenges us to take what we've received at CFO and carry it into the world. Alongside his wife Linda, who shares a beautiful story about timing and judgment (and goats and chickens), this final session captures the essence of the week: love that multiplies, truth that humbles, and a God who delights in being with His children.

Whether you're heading home from camp or tuning in from afar, this talk will leave you encouraged to live a life poured out in love, prayer, and purpose.

In this Spirit-led time at the Shrine Mont CFO family camp in summer 2025, Chel Finn invites us into a sacred space of honesty, healing, and participation. With humor, storytelling, and authenticity, Chel shares reflections on ducks and eagles, grief and gratitude—and then hands over the mic.

What follows is a powerful time of testimony and prayer as campers of all ages respond to what God is doing in real time. Vulnerability meets courage as voices rise to share personal breakthroughs, communal healing, and the unmistakable presence of God in their midst.

The gathering concludes in unified worship, led by the camp’s youth, with a moving rendition of All Hail King Jesus.