Couples Retreat
September 26-28, 2025 | St. George, UT
“I didn’t marry you because you were perfect. I didn’t even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn’t a house that protected them; and it wasn’t our love that protected them—it was that promise.”
Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth
Our retreat goals:
strengthen your love, your marriage, and your promise.
Register now
Registration:
$450/couple
Registration fee includes:
- 2 nights at the resort (Friday & Saturday)
- Friday: Lunch & Dinner
- Saturday: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Sunday: Breakfast
- Retreat Materials
- Activities at the resort
- Snacks throughout the retreat
Space is limited, register early! Once all spaces are filled you will be placed on a waiting list.
Thursday night stay at the resort is available for an additional $150 subject to availability.
About the Retreat
Improving Intimacy in Our Marriages
There are so many facets to intimacy and it’s a vital key within marriages. This weekend will focus on the following ways to increase intimacy.
- Intimacy in general.
- Understanding ourselves and connecting with our spouse.
- Physical Intimacy
- Communication & emotional intimacy
- Understanding our spouse and our relationship.
“Marriage is like growing flowers. You always have to work on it. If you don’t, the weeds start to grow and choke out the flowers. When you garden, it’s important to have good tools. You can even carry water by hand an dig in the dirt with your hands, but it’s much much easier to use a hose and a shovel… [now] we have the right tools and skills to make the kind of marriage we want.”
– Harville Hendrix, Getting the Love You Want
further details
The retreat will begin at 10:00am on Friday morning and continue through Sunday morning at 9:00am.
Further details are forthcoming.
Attendance
We ask that everyone attending the retreat stay at the resort. This will be an experiential retreat, which means that each session will build upon the session before it, so we encourage everyone to participate in all of the sessions. By doing this, you will increase the effectiveness of what you learn during the retreat.
Meals
We will provide lunch & dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast Sunday morning.
Fun & Connection!
Between sessions, there will be down time and planned activites. Additionally, the resort is full of fun things to do. A detailed scheduled will be provided after registration.
Confidentiality
Upon arrival we will ask that everyone sign a confidentiality agreement. Not all who participate are open about their affiliation with the LGBTQIA+ community or other reasons they may be attending this retreat and therefore will we ask everyone to keep the identities of other participants confidential. You are welcome to share with others your experience from the retreat, but we ask that you keep names of other participants private.
For questions, contact tanya.bennion@northstarsaints.org.