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Marriage Retreat 2025
Do you ever feel like you and your spouse need a little time away? Growing as a couple through emotional patterns, communication opportunities, and intimacy within marriage can be exciting yet challenging.
ACCFS will be hosting its 3rd Marriage Retreat on October 10-12, 2025, in beautiful Livonia, MI! Come enjoy time away with your spouse in beautiful Michigan Fall while growing your marriage with teaching sessions, discussion breakouts, activities, and more geared toward encouragement, learning, fellowship, and growth!
Registration is now closed.
This retreat is intended for members and attendees of the Apostolic Christian Church of America as an opportunity to enhance and strengthen their marriages within the context of our denomination.
Main Sessions
#1: Building Connection
The safety and connection we feel as a couple creates a foundation from which we build other aspects of our marriage. This session looks at ways to build healthy connection within our marriage relationship as well as identifies common barriers to this growth. Couples will be given time to reflect on and build their connection during this first evening session.
#2: Navigating our Emotional Patterns
This session focuses on understanding the territory of emotions. Our emotional climate creates patterns and cycles in our marriages. These patterns can either strengthen us or lead us to areas of disconnect and hurt. In this session and its subsequent discussion, learn how to identify these patterns in your marriage and how to shift them into areas of strength.
#3: Reparative Communication
Conflict is inevitable in marriage. But healthy dialogue through differences can actually help deepen a marriage relationship. This session and its subsequent workshop focus on applying helpful communication principles to your marriage and will give participants an opportunity to learn and practice skills which help navigate difficult conversations.
#4: Nurturing Lasting Joy in Your Marriage
Joy in marriage is a powerful bonding agent. This Sunday morning session will walk through several simple, practical, and yet profound ways in which joy can be nurtured in your marriage each day. These simple, nurturing ways can become a powerful legacy for marriage relationships as well as an example for those around us.
Schedule
Friday, October 10th – Phoenix Mill Events, 15000 Edward N Hines Dr, Plymouth, MI 48170
5:30 – 6:00pm Registration Open
6:00 – 7:00pm Meal Together
7:00 – 7:45pm Session #1- Building Connection
7:45 – 8:30pm Couples Time w/ Share Out
8:45pm Dismissal
Saturday, October 11th – Phoenix Mill Events, 15000 Edward N Hines Dr, Plymouth, MI 48170
8:15 – 8:30am Arrival
8:30 – 9:15am Session #2- Navigating our Emotional Patterns
9:15 – 10:00am Couples Time
10:00 – 10:15am Share Out Time
10:30 – 11:30am Session #3- Reparative Communication
11:30am –1:00pm Lunch & Fellowship
1:00 – 1:30pm Reflection time
2:00pm Dismissal
Interested in local afternoon and evening activities? View this list of activities recommended by Livonia locals.
Sunday, October 12th – Livonia Church, 29575 Wentworth, Livonia, MI 48154
10:00 Arrival
10:15 am Song Worship
10:30 – 11:30 am Session #4- Nurturing Lasting Joy in Your Marriage
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch and Fellowship
12:30 – 1:30 pm Worship Together & 2nd Service
1:30 pm Farewells
All times are EST.
Hotel Accommodations
We’ve set aside a block of rooms at the hotels below just for you—click the links below to grab a spot at the hotel of your choice!
- Home2 Suites by Hilton - Northville Detroit
- Make sure to reserve your spot by September 19, 2025 to get our discounted group rate.
- Marriott-Livonia
- Don’t forget to book by September 19, 2025 to get our discounted group rate.
- Holiday Inn Livonia
- Book your room by 5:00pm on September 10, 2025 to get our discounted group rate.
Accommodations with local families are also available. If you are interested, we would be happy to connect you with a local Livonia family during your time at the Marriage Retreat. Just make sure to mark that option in your registration form.
If you have general questions concerning registration or the retreat as a whole, please contact Shauna ([email protected])
Speakers
Donations
ACCFS relies upon donations to cover costs associated with this event. A suggested donation of $250 per couple is recommended to help cover these costs. This donation does not include your personal transportation and lodging costs.
If you feel moved to give, please select ‘Marriage Retreat’ from the drop down menu. We deeply appreciate your support!