Resources for Couples
More about John & Ash’s story and overcoming brokenness. There is HOPE!
John & Ash at Generous Giving 2023 telling their story and discussing marriage.
John & Ash at Generous Giving 2017 telling their story.
Short video on John & Ash’s story: Beauty out of Brokenness.
Highly recommended videos or series:
3-Part series on Love, Sex, and Dating by Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church. An excellent resource for married couples as well as singles.
5-part marriage conference series by Pastor Joe McGee of Joe McGee Ministries.
3-Part series on Generosity by Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church. One of the best teachings we’ve ever heard on generosity!
Highly recommended books:
Urgent marriage intensives:
WinShape Marriage
As a Christ-centered ministry, WinShape Marriage creates experiences that help husbands and wives grow closer to each other and to the Lord. Whether they’re feeling disconnected or fully present, the goal is to bring you and your spouse a renewed sense of connection. Refresh and reconnect from the moment you arrive and enjoy intentional time to focus on each other. By combining Bible-based teachings with unforgettable experiences, WinShape Marriage wants you to embrace the journey of marriage.
Offerings:
WinShape Marriage Retreats - A time to get away and reconnect as a couple. Listed below are just a few examples of the retreats WinShape Marriage offers.
Seasons - A self-guided retreat designed to provide couples with rest and restoration
Woven - A well-deserved respite for couples who are fostering or have adopted to care for their marriage
Resist the Drift - Giving couples, who may be feeling disconnected, a safe place to reconnect as soul mates
Vision for Your Marriage - Guiding couples of all ages through defining a vision for their marriage, so they can dream as one
WinShape Marriage Romantic Adventures - A weekend playdate and time to focus on your marriage. Listed below are the romantic adventures WinShape Marriage offers.
Couples Quest - An active weekend where couples will complete challenges while exploring WinShape’s campus
Challenge Course - An exhilarating weekend where couples will conquer high and low ropes challenges together
Play with a Purpose - A weekend playdate where couples will experience the importance of “playing” in marriage
WinShape Marriage Intensives - In the week-long Marriage Intensives, couples participate in small-group counseling that can lead to exposing the root causes of serious marital struggles. Therapists guide you through experiences that will help lead to a renewal of your marriage and a healthier you. The goal is to help struggling couples find lasting solutions through renewed emotional connections, rediscovered intimacy, and genuine healing, both individually and as a couple.
WinShape Marriage Intensives are offered nearly every week through either Focus on the Family or Center for Relational Care. These two ministries register couples and guide them through this experience. Each ministry offers a unique approach.
Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored
Nick and Brooke’s story or reconciliation with help from a Marriage Intensive….
The Ravines Marriage Retreat Center
The Ravines is a retreat center for marriages in crisis and for those who have lost their focus. The Ravines offers Christian intensive marriage counseling to help couples pick up the pieces of their broken (or breaking) relationship, creating a deeper and closer marriage.
We provide a three-day Christian Couples Counseling Intensive experience where couples can find hope, healing, and restoration in their relationship. Couples receive Christ-centered therapy in a private setting and are given the uninterrupted time needed to work through difficult and painful issues.
Couples spend their extended weekend working with their personal counselor in an environment free from the distractions of everyday life. Their intensive counseling time will be done in five three-plus hour sessions.
