Reservations are being taken now for:

Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2012.  "Walking Together in Eden: Finding Paradise in a Broken World". This Retreat will be at Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee.  Limited to 25 couples.

Overview

If you want to have a Christian marriage, you have to go to the source; the One who invented marriage.  Too many marriages are social/secular arrangements rather than covenant relationships.  Even Christian marriages are often worldly arrangements with “Christian window dressing.”  (Not that most Christians desire this; they’ve just never been shown there is another way.)

This retreat will focus on Genesis 1-3 and 2 Corinthians 5, looking at God’s design for marriage, a husband and wife’s responsibilities to each other and to God, how to find a greater purpose in marriage, and how to cope with the reality of experiencing marriage in a fallen world.

Friday

The first night will be a bit different from the way we’ve done it before.  We’ll have singing and praise time and then read through Genesis 1-3 in a meaningful and deliberate way.  After the reading, we’ll allow couples to talk about the text for a few minutes, write out any questions they might have, and give them a few things to think about as they look forward to the next day.

Saturday

For the first part of the morning time, we will work through Genesis 1-2, stopping to give couples specific activities/exercises to do along the way.  For example, as we move through chapter 1, we will look at God’s purpose for couples in marriage.  At that point, we might give them a list of questions and tell them to go talk for 15 minutes and then come back.  When we get to the “helpmate” part of chapter 2, we might have some kind of affirmation exercise they can do.  This section will be a very in depth Bible study broken up with practical application.

Then, we will look at chapter 3 and the brokenness that now taints all relationships.  After looking at the biblical text, we will delve into how this is playing out in marriages today.  This discussion would involve talking about everything from depression, to addictions, to dominance struggles in relationships, etc.

During the afternoon free time, we will ask couples to apply the morning’s study, and really think about their joint purpose in marriage and how God can use them to His glory.

Saturday evening, we will focus on 2 Corinthians 5 and the ministry of reconciliation.  We will look at how God through Christ is putting the broken pieces of creation back together, and what the role of marriage is in that.  During this session, we can really focus on the role of forgiveness in a healthy marriage.

Please contact Danny and Gary by email at: information@rememberingourfirstlove.com

Who’s it for:

· Couples with solid marriages

· Couples struggling with some marriage issues

· Couples married anywhere from less than one year to over 50 years

 What you can expect:

· Superb biblically-centered sessions delivered with humor and passion

· To be challenged to make your marriage the most it can be

· Practical and realistic ways of dealing with many marriage issues

· A chance to laugh together and cry together, as we move toward   being what God has called us to be as husband and wife

· Interaction with other married couples who can support and help each other as we grow in our marriages

Pictures from Remembering Our First Love events may be viewed here: Pictures

We Believe Healthy Marriages are the Key to Healthy Families and a Strong Church...

All couples have room to grow as husband and wife. One of the saddest things one can ever hear about is a couple that’s been married for 20+ years, declaring they don’t have anything else to learn as husband and wife.  Regrettably, whether it’s too much attention focused on raising children, being overworked, or just coping with the doldrums of life, many Christians have lost the spark they once had with their mate, and they either don’t realize it or have decided to be content with a marriage that is far beneath what God intended for husband and wife to enjoy together. 

With the sanctity of marriage constantly under attack, it is increasingly important that Christians become proactive in promoting strong, healthy, godly marriages.  And even more significantly, God created marriage to be something spectacular for us to enjoy.  We must recognize the wonderful gift God’s given us.  If we don’t, then we shouldn’t be surprised at the alarming divorce rate occurring INSIDE THE CHURCH as well as outside of it.

Christians must begin to invest significant energy and resources into helping their members strengthen their marriages.  We want to help!  We believe that God created marriage as a covenant relationship unlike any other.  We believe God created marriage to be enjoyed, and as a means to bring a fuller, richer, more spiritually centered life to both spouses.
Through informative and entertaining presentations, small group discussions, and one-on-one prayer and discussion time between spouses, we thoroughly explore God's design for marriage and how to make a life-long commitment work in the realities of today's world.

Please take a few minutes to look over our brochures and make the choice to energize the marriages in your congregation or your own marriage.  Healthy marriages have lasting positive benefits for yourself, your marriage and the entire church.

Please click the following link to download information brochures for two of our programs:             Information Brochures

For further information please contact Danny Camp and Gary Hickerson by email at: information@rememberingourfirstlove.com