Marriage Retreat

Pre-Nuptial Retreat

Counselors – Joe & Carolyn Hudson, Brian & Jamie Hackney, David & Susan Spivey

Our Marriage Retreat Locations are: 

Meritt Bois-D’-Arc Ranch, Beaumont Ranch, Marriott Las Colinas

For more information, please call Joe Hudson @ 817-306-1818

• How to communicate different positions with respect.

• How to use conflict to deepen your relationship and appreciate better what the other has to give.

• What the rules for fighting fair are, and how you can apply them.

• Why arguing is a waste of time--and the amazingly simple secret to get around it.

• Become a team, even when you feel like confronting.

• Why “winning” a fight is so destructive to a relationship.  You need to avoid winning!

• How to deal with problems involving sex or money.

• How to make paradigm shifts (literally, quantum leaps!) in the relationship.

• Much, much more about how to transform your communication style to reach your partner.

• In short, how to have excellent relationships.

• Learn the power of patience.

• Learn how to serve one another.

• No matter how simple the communication, it can be misunderstood

Saturday

Event	Support Activities	Timing
Breakfast   - Check In		8:30-9:30AM
Marriage-The Beginning	The Adam and Eve Connection-The Ultimate Sin of Selfishness & Disobedience	9:30-10:30AM
Break		10:30-11:00AM
The Power of Communicating	Communication Information	11:00-12:00AM
Lunch	Leisure Lunch	12:00-1:00PM
How Can We Communicate When We Don’t Talk	Communication Styles/Survey	1:00-2:30PM
Break		2:30-3:00PM
Lets Start Communicating	Communication Activities: Trust Walk , Pull Your Own Weight , Building Bridges	3:00-4:00PM
Finding Synergy In The Differences	Marriage Survey- Managing The Differences/Conflicts	4:00-5:00PM
Spending Time Together	Leisure Time Around Lake or Court Yard	5:00-6:30PM
Informal Dinner & Activities	Dinner to Include a choice of: Lobster, Buffalo Steaks or Chicken with all the trimmings and real Texas Tradition Wine	6:30-9:00PM
Dancing	Under The Stars on The Outdoor Veranda or In Grand Ball Room	9:00-11:00PM

The Retreat Counselors

  Each of our counselors is married, Christian, have degrees in guidance and counseling, marriage and family relations, ministry or teaching.  Each counselor has been hand selected for his or her marriage experience and specific area of teaching expertise.

    All counselors are dedicated to the institution of the marriage of one women to one man, as God had intended, and is committed to doing all they can to help build a strong foundation of understanding and open and honest communication that should start the marriage in the right direction.

The Retreat Accommodations

All Meals are of the highest quality and are either catered by one of our many quality vendors or are cooked on premise by one of our traveling chefs.

All amenities are provided including the finest beer and Texas wines with elegant dining in the grand ballroom or on the outdoor veranda.

The ranch is at your disposal:  watch the buffalo roam, take a walk around the pond, go fishing or simply hang out at the gazebo.

Retreat Costs

Your investment in a Pre-Nuptial Retreat is $250.00 Per Couple.

At the Pre-Nuptial Retreat, you will learn:

• take risks to be more open and honest with one another

• build trust in each others as soul mates

• move beyond the attraction to the commitment

• you and your partners communication styles does and don’ts

• understand how to work as a power team of one

• build your capacity for intimacy

• feel more empowered by loving unconditionally

Attending a Pre-Nuptial Retreat will help you:

• Gain valuable new insights about love and relationships

• Create a shared vision of the life you would like to have together

• Know the difference between trusting and appeasing

• Let go of expectations that inhibit closeness and open communication

• Learn what it takes to stay connected while growing as individuals

 

Couples Retreat 

Couples Working Together for Christ through
Adventure Learning

     The objective of the retreat experience is to bring unity to married and engaged couples. You, as a couple can learn how to work together more effectively so as to honor God with your service. The Bible tells us that marriage should be honored by all.

     If the couples are not unified then Satan has the foothold he needs to divide and conquer. God said, “It is not good for man to be alone.” He created a helper for man, to be his teammate for life. Scripture says, “He who finds a wife, finds what is good, and receives favor from the Lord.”

     Adventure Learning is a series of custom experiences designed to help couples, learn to build a life together, as Christ intended. Jesus said, “All men will know you are my disciples by the way you love one another. As I have loved you, you should love one another. If I have faith that can move mountains, but don’t have love, I have nothing. Love is patient, kind, hopes, protects, trusts and never fails. These special couple’s adventure learning experiences help couples develop the close, loving relationships spoken about by our Lord. These adventure learning experiences help couples to:

Better understand and effectively manage changes which occur when following God’s will while experiencing the strength of an empowered couple. Define different characteristics of effective leaders and learn how to identify and display those types of characteristics in a couple’s environment. Define different characteristics of effective servants, and learn how to identify and display those types of characteristics in a couple’s environment. Challenge the couple both mentally and physically in growth experiences that will be easily transferable to couples situations. Define the areas in the relationship where conflict may surface and practice specific ways to manage that conflict. Challenge the couple to use the total range of their God given resources to solve issues they will face through custom designed learning experiences. Understand and begin to appreciate the individual gifts that each was given by God and how they can be applied to reach others for Christ. Be able to understand that mistakes will be made and things will happen that change the dynamics of the situation, but unified couples, through the power of Christ, can overcome any adversity that Satan may dish out and reach God’s targeted goals. Understand and begin to utilize the 6-step servant leading process that includes: evaluating the situation, P & O for the task, laying out the strategy, setting up the lines of communication, carrying out God’s plan and evaluating the results. Learning to have fun and trust your teammate while balancing the flow of action with reflection.

Deliverables

1. A list of specific changes that are taking place and how each member of the couples team can manage the change effectively. 2. A list of the top 5 characteristics of effective servants. 3. Communication approaches to use with each other or others. 4. Develop a couple’s profile focusing on the flexibility necessary by each couple’s member to reach people for God’s family and service. 5. Lay out specific approaches to manage conflict and make decisions that face couples and the ministries they lead, using the simple 4-step method. 6. A leadership and couple’s profile defining gifts each member of the couple’s team has been given by God. 7. A series of defined couple and individual goals for improving your ability to serve God and be leaders in the church. 8. Build a continuous improvement attitude that relieves stress while dumping frustration which allows God to carry the burden.

Timing and Budget

     The Learning E.D.G.E.® can provide custom designed Adventure Learning Couple's Retreats within 10-15 days (depending on the amount of customization needed) from the date of signing the agreed to contract.

     The couple's retreat budgets are given for1/2 and Full day sessions, based on the anticipated time involved in customizing and delivering the Adventure Learning full and 1/2 day workshops for 25-30 people. Minimum group size is 10 people. Minimum workshop fee calculated at 20 people.

Couples Retreat	1/2 day Workshop	Full Day Workshop
Workshop price per person	$175	$200
Total Costs @ 20 people (20 people minimum)	$3,500	$4,000

For larger groups- Multiply the total number X $175.00 for 1/2 day or $200.00 for full day to arrive at the total cost of your outdoor adventure. Included in the fees for full day is a meeting room, Continental Breakfast and 2 breaks, with lunch for the full day.