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INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE RETREAT FOR CHRISTIAN COUPLES
Intimacy in Marriage
3-Day Couples' Intensive Workshop | In-Person | For Couples
Do you feel like roommates with your spouse? Are you stuck in recurring conflict? If you’re desperate for love to be restored and searching for guidance, our Intimacy in Marriage retreat cuts through surface-level counsel to address what really divides you and your spouse. You’ll leave as a changed couple with new understandings and renewed spiritual, emotional, and physical intimacy.
Upcoming Dates:
October 17–19, 2025 | Dallas, TX
KEY BENEFITS OF A FAITH-BASED MARRIAGE RETREAT
What You’ll Learn
Through expert teaching and small group work, you’ll develop practical skills for deeper connection. Key outcomes include:
- Understanding attachment styles and how they shape your relationship
- Mastering conflict resolution techniques that actually work
- Processing how your family of origin impacts your marriage
- Building sexual intimacy without shame or insecurity
- Creating a concrete plan for moving forward together
WHAT TO EXPECT AT OUR CHRISTIAN COUPLES WORKSHOP
Who It’s For
This intensive requires courage and commitment from both partners. Our workshop serves all married or engaged couples, and you’ll get the most from this experience if you’re:
- Willing to be vulnerable and honest about your struggles
- Ready to examine your own contributions to relationship patterns
- Open to biblical principles for marriage restoration
- Committed to doing the hard work of change
- Prepared to invest three days in your relationship’s
WHY ATTEND OUR INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE RETREAT?
Why You Should Join
Without intentional work, marriages drift into patterns of avoidance, shallow connection, and quiet resentment. This intensive helps you to break those cycles. Through this experience, you can:
- Learn how to grow closer together—not just tolerate each other
- Find guidance that speaks directly to the issues you’re facing
- Learn the path through surface-level peace to true intimacy
- Gain tools for navigating conflict without destroying connection
- Create a thriving relationship that reflects God’s design for marriage
About the Presenters
Becky Brown
President of New Life
JJ West
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Laura Mangin McDonald
Licensed Professional Counselor
REAL STORIES: HOW THE INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE RETREAT CHANGES LIVES
Intimacy in Marriage Testimonials
Wondering if your relationship can be saved? Despite how you may feel, rebuilding intimacy with your spouse is possible. Watch these stories of redemption to see how God can move in your marriage.
“This workshop is an absolute must for every marriage, regardless of stage. We all need healing and deeper connection with our spouse. New Life’s Intimacy In Marriage workshop provides the tools, resources, and counseling to strengthen your relationship. I highly recommend attending.”
“Thank you so much for the thorough follow-up. We love New Life and appreciate your consistent encouragement. The Intimacy in Marriage Intensive was so helpful, we feel like we are walking in a whole new relationship! I called in last week to thank JJ West for the awesome insights. Laura was so relatable and her and her husband showing us practical tools to build better connection through mirroring neurons was so impactful. We came home and showed my parents how to do the Comfort Circle. I don’t think there will ever be an ideal time to get married, but we walked away more confident that we want to do this with God. With Him, all things are possible!!”
“God took our dead marriage of dried bones and used New Life to speak life and hope into an impossible situation.”
“The intensive was life-changing for us both individually and as a couple. We’ve been in a very different space since attending. The comfort circle has been incredibly helpful in cutting through noise and getting to the heart of issues. While we’re still on our healing journey, we’ve made significant progress and have hope for the future. Thank you for being part of our healing process – it means so much to me, my spouse, our relationship, and our family.”
FOR CONTINUED GROWTH
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TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP THROUGH FAITH & CONNECTION
The New Life Approach to Intimacy in Marriage
True intimacy starts in our hearts, not just in our habits. At New Life, we combine biblical truth with professional counseling to help you build the marriage God designed for you—one marked by vulnerability, trust, and authentic love.
TRUTH
Guidance and wisdom based on God’s Word
Connection
Deep, redemptive relationships that bring healing
TRANSFORMATION
Redeemed lives with renewed perspectives
“My marriage was on its last leg—with no hope and no direction. When my wife told me about the Intimacy in Marriage weekend, I was inches away from a divorce. But now, I want to try. I want to be a better husband, a better father. I want to change my family tree. I want to be more like Christ and give my family a life worth living. Thank you for saving my life.”
“The Intimacy in Marriage intensive was so helpful that we feel like we are walking into a whole new relationship!”
“As someone who fought and had every excuse possible not to come, I ultimately came because I saw how important it was for my husband. I keep thanking my husband for insisting on us coming. I can’t put into words how amazing this event is for couples. The tools and eye-opening experiences I have had are life-changing. I will continue to use the tools I learned here to better our marriage. I told my husband that every couple should go through this experience!”
