Real Stories. Real Transformation.

If you tend to get cold in hotel lobbies or ballrooms, bring a cozy sweater. Check the weather in your location (you don’t want to freeze, sweat, or get poured on). Consider the hotel amenities—want to use the gym, pool, or hot tub? Make sure to bring your gear!

After attending the Weekend to Remember® marriage getaway in San Antonio, my husband and I gained wisdom on how to nurture a deeper connection with each other. Attending a conference filled with godly materials ultimately led us on the right track to cultivating a lasting marriage.
Here are some key points we learned on how to build a solid foundation in your marriage.

After over 30 years of marriage, Al & Roz continue to pour into their relationship and recently attended the Little Rock Weekend to Remember. Follow them through their experience, including each session, their couple’s project, and date night!

Spend the weekend with Kamry & Jacob as they experience a Weekend to Remember for the first time.

You’ve set aside time for your marriage—and that’s already a big win.
Saturday night, Weekend to Remember is all yours. No sessions. No schedule. Just space to connect, laugh, and dream together again.

Think of this weekend as a chance to focus on each other—without logistics getting in the way. Here’s how to keep lodging, meals, and packing simple.

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At FamilyLife, we love to tell stories about what God does in families. He saves marriages. He strengthens homes. He changes lives for eternity through the gospel of Jesus Christ. We hope that you will be encouraged as you read the following stories of real people. Nothing is impossible with God!

Tim and Kathy Bush started their relationship on a path to destruction. From their first date involving alcohol, drugs, and sex, to a marriage highlighted by more drinking, isolation, and affairs, no one would have blamed them if they backed out of a marriage gone wrong.

After being married for four and a half years, Andy (who was a newly commissioned officer in the Marine Corps) and I finally decided to attend a Weekend to Remember® marriage getaway. At the time we were really struggling. We had a 2-year-old daughter and a baby on the way.

Steve was smoking marijuana and I was drinking in bars on the weekends without him. You can imagine the conflict that caused in our marriage.

Bob Lepine is the Lead Pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Little Rock, Arkansas which he helped plant in 2008. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Great Commission Collective, a church planting ministry connecting more than 150 churches world wide.

We like to shower engaged couples with gifts, words of advice, and best wishes. But in doing so we fail to adequately prepare them for the most difficult, life-changing, soul-exposing relationship they will ever have in their life.

This FamilyLife Today episode offers marriage encouragement and practical relationship help for couples who feel stuck and want to reconnect, rebuild, and move forward together

A couple learns that avoiding conflict does not create a healthy marriage, revealing how honesty, communication, and biblical relationship help can strengthen lasting intimacy.

This powerful marriage restoration story follows a wife who had lost all hope, only to discover how God can heal bitterness, rebuild trust, and restore a broken marriage.

In a story of deep despair and renewed hope, this marriage testimony shows how God brought healing, emotional restoration, and new life to a hurting relationship.