Transform Your Marriage
AT RESIST THE DRIFT
February 14-15 | Barclay Place Event Center
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WHAT IS RESIST THE DRIFT?

Do you and your spouse feel more like roommates than soulmates?

Love INC of Muskegon presents Resist the Drift, a two-day marriage event in partnership with Focus on the Family!

Join Dr. Bob and Jenni Paul, for a weekend full of in-depth tools and teaching on how to take your marriage from good to great. This inspiring event will help you and your spouse slow down, reconnect, and reignite the flame — all while encouraging a biblical pursuit of one another and your mutual dreams as a couple!

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

Dr. Bob & Jenni Paul

Bob and Jenni have been married for over 40 years and have four adult children and six grandchildren. Dr. Paul currently serves as the Vice President of the Focus on the Family Marriage Institute and is the primary architect of the Hope Restored Marriage Intensive programs. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, he has helped train hundreds of marriage therapists. He has authored and co-authored four books including The DNA of Relationships. Jenni is an accomplished artist and has a master’s degree in Intercultural Ministries from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

Together, Bob and Jenni speak at Focus on the Family marriage events and enjoying helping couples grow and thrive.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

The Resist the Drift Marriage Event is an opportunity to connect with your spouse and discover faith-filled tools that will spark transformation in your marriage. Sessions include:

Session 1 | Roommates to Soulmates

Roommates don’t have time for each other; soulmates use simple, everyday moments to stay connected. One “little fox” in marriage is busyness. It takes a lot to manage our marriage and family. Schedules and demanding responsibilities leave little time for each other. Busyness hijacks connection and ushers in disengagement. Couples will learn how to respond to “bids for connection” and use “connection rituals.”

Session 2 | Close Pursuit Part 1

Roommates are bored and their passion has been replaced by predictable routine; soulmates closely pursue each other in exciting ways. Our love story, like yours, started with passion and excitement as we got to know each other, laughed at new jokes and stories, displayed affection, experienced new adventures, tried new things, and grew closer together. However, once we were married for a few years, many of the fun, romantic and crazy things we did while dating all but disappeared. Like you, daily life consumed us, and we got busy with work, raising kids, hobbies and other pursuits. Couples will learn about cherish and nourish lists and what it means to rediscover your spouse.

Session 3 | Close Pursuit Part 2

Roommates are bored and their passion has been replaced by predictable routine; soulmates closely pursue each other in exciting ways. Our love story, like yours, started with passion and excitement as we got to know each other, laughed at new jokes and stories, displayed affection, experienced new adventures, tried new things, and grew closer together. However, once we were married for a few years, many of the fun, romantic and crazy things we did while dating all but disappeared. Like you, daily life consumed us, and we got busy with work, raising kids, hobbies and other pursuits. Couples will learn about cherish and nourish lists and what it means to rediscover your spouse.

Session 4 | Fully Alive

Roommates are exhausted and have nothing to give; soulmates give regularly out of an abundantly full heart. We live in a fast-paced, busy culture. We have full plates overflowing with good things: Jobs, children, kid activities, household responsibilities, hobbies, church, extended family, and friends. Overloaded schedules lead to hectic interactions that lead to exhausted people who are empty. In the end, our spouse and children get relational leftovers, and relationships can’t survive long on table scraps. Godly self-care is the God-given responsibility to care for yourself so you can love others from a place of fullness and abundance. Couples will learn about how to identify what brings them rest and what brings them life.

Session 5 | In Our Wildest Dreams

Roommates have no long-term plans; soulmates pursue shared dreams together. What you and your spouse can do together is far greater than what you can do on your own. Your combined abilities, experience, gifting, talents and passions create an incredible God-blessed synergy—the two become one. God unites couples to do together what they could never do alone! Thus, we need to develop a shared vision that we are passionate about pursuing together. Pursuing a shared vision together requires you to understand what both individuals feel God calling them to do and what God is calling you as a couple to do together to bless others—the wife, the husband, and the marriage relationship all need to matter. Couples will learn about tools to begin dreaming together and will ask the questions, “What is God calling ’YOU; to do?” and “What is God calling ’US’ to do together?”

Event Start Times

FRIDAY

Doors Open at 6:30pm

Program Starts Promptly at 7:00 pm

Day One Ends at 9:15 pm

SATURDAY

Doors Open at 8:30 am

Program Starts Promptly at 9:00 am

Event Ends at 12:15 pm

 

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TICKETING INFO

One Ticket Covers You + Your Spouse

Premium Experience | $119

Enhance your Resist the Drift experience with our exclusive Premium Experience Ticket! Enjoy the event in a more intimate setting by reserving one of our Sweetheart Tables near the front of the room. Premium Tickets are limited so make sure to get yours today!

General Admission | $99

General Admission includes access to all sessions, providing practical, faith-based tools to help your relationship grow. Seating is first come, first served, so arrive early to choose your spot at one of our many group tables!

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Frequently Asked Questions

A meal will not be served, however heavy hors d’oeuvres will be provided Friday and a continental breakfast Saturday.

Yes! Each ticket provides entry for one couple and covers all costs related to the event.

Nope! Once you register and pay for your ticket you will receive a confirmation email and we will have your name on the list at check-in; there is no physical ticket needed.

Yes! There are no single-day tickets, your ticket covers both days of the event.

This event has a limited capacity and we are expecting it to fully sell out.  If for some reason it does not sell out we may be able to make same-day tickets available, but you shouldn’t count on it.

Love In the Name of Christ has served Muskegon County Neighbors in Need for over 42 years. Love INC helps churches help people.  We are a Christian 501c3 non-profit organization that brings together area churches to provide food, clothing, wheelchair ramps, counseling, appliances, and much more.

Focus on the Family is an international Christian organization that helps families thrive. To learn more visit www.focusonthefamily.com/about

Love INC brings churches together to transform communities. We believe churches can accomplish more by coming together than they can individually.  A marriage conference takes a lot of planning, expense, and logistics, but it is important for churches that want to strengthen families. By taking on the difficult administrative work, Love INC is helping our churches bring this conference to Muskegon.

You should know that all of the content for this conference is aimed at married couples. However, if you are in a serious relationship or hope to be married some day and want to be equipped, you are welcome to attend.  There is no reduced ticket price for individuals.

Yes! Love INC is working with sponsors and individual donors to offer this conference to married couples who might otherwise not be able to afford to attend.  Please contact us for additional information.

No. Unless the event is canceled by Love INC due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances, no refunds will be available.

Just yourselves! Couples will receive a workbook and pen and any other materials needed for the conference will be provided.

When you arrive at the Barclay Place Event Center enter the front doors and you will see our registration table. Give your names and our volunteers will check you into the conference.

No! The funds from ticket sales and our generous sponsors are covering the costs of this conference.

Childcare is not provided for this event. Please do not bring children to this event.

This event is for all marriages.  The principles taught will equip you to improve communication, grow closer, and experience marriage as God intended it.  Whether you have been married for fifty minutes or fifty years, the Resist the Drift marriage event is for you!

Absolutely. The principles taught in this conference are based in a biblical worldview and are helpful to all marriages.

If you have additional questions please call Love INC of Muskegon at (231) 773-3448 or email us at info@loveincofmuskegon.com.

Note

We are photographing/video recording this event. Your attendance constitutes your permission to be photographed/video recorded and for those assets to be used for promotional purposes by Love INC of Muskegon.