Family Lines

Fight Absence. Choose Presence. Engage Restoration.

Millions of children do not have a "present" father.
There is a “father factor” in nearly all societal issues facing us today. This is a crisis and Family Lines provides fathers with the tools, resources, experiences and opportunities necessary to make a change and help facilitate intentional presence in their homes and community.

Family Lines staff are lifetime wilderness guides and filmmakers, leveraging their talents along with a passion for fishing to fight absence in fatherhood. Through their films, signature expeditions, hands on workshops, and investment in volunteer facilitators and field instructors [aka "Dadvocates"] Family Lines capitalizes on the intentional space of fishing to challenge fathers to fight absence, choose presence and engage restoration with their children.

EXPERIENCES	Single to multi-day trips that create opportunities for you and your child to be present together in the wilderness.
FLY FISHING ACADEMY	The academy gives the general public exposure to the mission of Family Lines, as well as helping generate income for operations.
EXPEDITIONS	Three to seven days of uninterrupted, intentional, facilitated time between you and your father or child while experiencing the trip of a lifetime.
MENDING LINES	A story-based video curriculum designed to bring the "campfire conversation" to your living room. Raw. Unscripted. Broken. Messy.
FLY TYING KIT	Fly Tying Kit and curriculum will help you sit shoulder to shoulder with your child, talk, and learn together. In those moments, you will tie threads between your heart and the heart of your child.

A Local Connection:

Jon & Julie Hagedorn
Founder | Academy Director | Guide
jhagedorn@familylines.org

As much as the trips and activities themselves, Jon enjoys building relationships and memories with others, especially families.

Plain Community Church, through the congregation's regular offerings supports Family Lines monthly. Individuals may also support Family Lines:

Please visit the Family Lines website to learn more.