2026 Men's Conference
Not Alone :: Pursuing God’s Good Gift of Friendships
Saturday October 10th 2026 9am-2pm :: Grace Church of Frisco
Registration: $50
Guest Speaker: Justin Whitmel Earley
Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship
God made us to need friendships and they don’t happen by accident. Let’s grow in fostering life-giving, life-long friendships and the individual habits that make them possible.
Loneliness is deadly. We know this mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Sin wants us to be alone, and it often feels like today's world is tailor-made to keep us that way.
In Made for People—Justin Whitmel Earley explains why God made us to experience deep friendship and how we can cultivate them despite a culture of busyness, disconnection, and fear of vulnerability.
Join us as Justin paints a picture of God's design for "covenant friendships." His teaching based on this book will teach us:
· How loneliness points to our God-given needs.
· Why vulnerability is the beginning of real friendship.
· How to deepen the friendships we already have.
· Key habits that create a lifestyle of friendship.
Isolation may be the norm of modern life, but it doesn’t have to be the story of yours, and it isn’t what you were made for. In fact, you were made by God to be among people who know you fully and love you anyway.
Let’s leave behind loneliness and build the life of deep connection we all long for.
About the Speaker:
Justin Whitmel Earley is a lawyer, author and speaker from Richmond, VA.
He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in English Literature before spending four years in Shanghai, China, as a missionary. Justin got his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and he now runs his own business law practice in Richmond, Virginia at Earley Business Legal.
His book, The Common Rule – Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction, was published with InterVarsity Press in 2019. He frequently speaks at businesses and legal events on habits, technology and mental health; and at churches and conferences on habits, spiritual formation and parenting.
He is married to Lauren and has four sons – Whit, Asher, Coulter and Shep.
