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Thank you for visiting our website. We look forward to the opportunity to serve you at our 2023 4R Marriage Retreat. We are thrilled that you have planned to spend quality time with your spouse by attending the retreat. We look forward to a weekend to Refresh, Restore, and Replicate.
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Each retreat we pray allows couples to appreciate their relationships and improve communication by engaging in activities and sessions having meaningful conversations, playing games, meeting other couples, and laughter. We pray that each retreat serves as a reminder about our vows made, towards each other and God's purpose for marriage. We hope that each retreat serves as a good opportunity for couples to express their lifelong commitment to each other based upon God's word. And have a fun time in the process!
Below are a few memorable activities.
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Remember, God ordained marriage, and He loves you both immensely!
Active Communication
"Blind Mines"
This activity called for trust and effective communication as one partner coached the other blind folded spouse through the maze. The couple that coaches their spouse to the end of the end of the maze without stepping on a mine wins.
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"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it" Luke 11:28 With this activity the Blindfold represents us needing a guide. We need to be quiet and really listen to know the instructions. When we listen to the voice leading us we stay on the right path. In contrast when we don't listen or move too rashly, we fall off the path that leads to success in life.
"Tied as One"
In this activity couples were tied together by one arm and were timed as they folded a king sized sheet. The couple that folded the sheet with the quickest time won. This couple required coordination, clear communication and direction.
"Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many." 1 Corinthians 12:14- The body is not supported by one person, but by all of us. We are one, we are strongest working together in unity. Operating as one is the key to living life in harmony, so that we can do God's will.
"Back to Back Challenge"
In this activity couples are seated back to back and one spouse describes the shape displayed on a card. The other spouse constructs as the spouse gives clues, without naming the object. The couple that constructs the shape the closest within the given time frame wins, This activity focused heavily on verbal communication and listening skills.
Take Aways
How well did the spouse describe the shape to their partner?
How well did the receiving spouse understand the instructions and how close were they to duplicating the actual shape of the picture?
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"If one gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame." Proverbs 18:13
"Crown One Another"
This was not just a art and craft activity. Couples were supplied with a variety of jewels, lace, beads a variety of resources to design a crown for their spouse. Each spouse later crowned one another during the formal dinner evening.
Many have been stored away or even lost, but crowns received in heaven will be cast before Jesus feet Revelation 4:10 We will lay them down as a tribute to the One who created us, saved us, gifted us, equipped us and lives in us! Everything good and right comes to us through the Lord, so surely He deserves our crowns!
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Evening of Dinner, Dance, Laughter
It is vital to every marriage that time, purposeful planning is done to invest in your spouse. Dating does not end after marriage, it continues creatively. Spending lots of money is not necessary. Small, gentle, thoughtful gestures go along way. When was the last time you dated your spouse?
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1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
"Loving One Another"
Have you found it difficult to lay aside your will, and or desire in order to serve your spouse? How do you reverence your spouse?
Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
