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Our Match Grant Was Just Increased to $24K
We are pleased and excited to share, our original matching grant of $20,000.00 was just increased to $24,000.00. What does that mean for you and Minnesota Marriage Encounter? It means that dollar for dollar you donate to us during Give to the Max Day is...
Donate on Give to the Max Day to Enable Us Build Stronger Marriages in Minnesota
Our Scholarship Fund enables couples in a dire financial situation to attend a Marriage Encounter free of charge. Couples struggling financially are very grateful for your generous hearts! They are able to attend a Marriage Encounter free of charge to restore their...
Give to the Max Day is Nov 15, 2018
Each year, generous supporters like you celebrate Give to the Max Day by making your online donation on GiveMN.org. Your generosity on this day makes a difference far beyond the 24-hour giving event. Please join us on November 15, 2018, for Give to the Max Day and...
Minnesota Marriage Encounter Celebrates 45 Years!
The Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and its members celebrated 45 years with us on May 11, 2017, with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony and hors-d'oeuvres. We would like to thank the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and everyone who came to help us...
The weekend was better than we’d hoped for – and we already had high hopes going into it!
The weekend was better than we’d hoped for – and we already had high hopes going into it! If Pam and Steve gave us good feedback, it definitely wasn’t just down to me and Liz – a healthy slice of that credit needs to go to them as amazing teachers.
Becoming a Team Couple
Becoming a Team Couple We decided to become a team couple after our weekend retreat in September 2016. I have always been interested in helping married couples (even before I found Seth!) but I wasn’t sure how to do this. After having a wonderful and revitalizing...
A Letter from our Board President
The Lord blesses us each with gifts, Saint Paul instructed the Corinthians in his first letter and offers them to us for our use in building His kingdom. “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,” Paul writes, “and there are varieties of service, but the...
National Marriage Encounter History
The History Behind Today's Marriage Encounter Marriage Encounter began in 1952 in Barcelona Spain, Fr Gabriel Calvo was struck with two moving experiences that sparked the Marriage Encounter program. On one hand, Fr Calvo had couples coming to him with their...
A ”perfect marriage” is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.
