What you and your spouse will hear during the Weekend to Remember marriage conference is not just one couple’s opinion on marriage. Instead, it is the result of more than three decades of biblical research by a team of men and women who distilled what it takes to have a successful marriage and family. You will learn about timeless blueprints for marriage, commitment and communication, and about romance and resolving conflict.
Friday Night
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Registration |
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| 7:00-8:30 pm |
Session 1 - Why Marriages Fail
Identify and understand the 5 threats to marriage.
• Difficult adjustments
• The world's pattern
• Inevitable difficulties
• Extramarital "affairs"
• Selfishness
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| 8:30 - 8:45 pm |
Break |
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| 8:45 - 9:30 pm |
Session 2 - Can We Talk?
Discuss factors that make communication difficult as well as tips on how to listen and express yourself well with your spouse during trhe weekend.
Session includes an application project for you and your spouse.
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Saturday
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| 8:00- 8:30 am |
Resource center and ballroom open |
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| 8:30 - 9:20 am |
Session 3 - Unlocking the Mystery of Marriage
Realize God's plan for marriage.
• Marriage is far more important than you may have thought.
• There is opposition to God's purposes for marriage.
• Recognize that your spouse is not your enemy. |
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| 9:20 - 9:35 am |
Break |
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| 9:35 - 11:40 am |
Session 4 - From How to Wow
Achieve God's plan for marriage by leaving, cleaving and becoming one flesh.
Session includes an application project for you and your spouse. |
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| 11:40 - 12:30 pm |
Session 5 - What Every Marriage Needs
Discover how your marriage is dependent upon your own personal relationship with God.
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| 12:30 - 2:00 pm |
Lunch break (lunch not provided) |
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| 2:00 - 3:35 pm |
Session 6 - Rules of Engagement
Conflict is common in all marriages. Recogonize the goal of marriage is not to be conflict-free but to handle conflict correctly when it occurs.
Session includes an application project for you and your spouse. |
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| 3:35 - 3:50 pm |
Break |
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| 3:50 - 5:00 pm |
Session 7 - Two Becoming One
A satisfying sex life is the result of a satisfying marriage relationship. Uncover intimacy from God's perspective. |
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| 5:00 pm - 'til ... |
Date Night - on your own! |
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Sunday
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| 9:00-11:15 am |
Session 8 - Woman to Woman & Man to Man
God has given husbands and wives different roles. Spouses attend separate sessions to learn how God has defined their role in marriage.
Each spouse completes an application project.
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| 11:15 - 12:00 pm |
How Marriages Thrive
Learn the three essential elements to a healthy marriage |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 pm |
Putting a Stake in the Ground
Detect and implement your family's legacy. |
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| 12:30 pm |
Conference ends |
*Premarried breakout sessions occur Saturday morning 10:25 to 11:40 and Saturday evening 3:50 to 5:00.
Weekend to Remember 