Every Marriage Needs Time, Attention, and Nurturing
Minnesota Marriage Encounter gives couples an opportunity to step away from everyday distractions and focus intentionally on their relationship. Whether your marriage is strong and you want to make it even better, or you are experiencing stress, distance, or communication struggles, Marriage Encounter provides tools and experiences that help couples reconnect emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.
Our weekend experience encourages honest and open communication in a private setting between you and your spouse. There is no group sharing required.
WHY MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER MATTERS
We Invest in Careers. We Must Also Invest in Marriage.
Most people spend years developing careers, improving skills, and pursuing personal growth, yet many couples struggle to find intentional time together. We attend seminars, continuing education classes, and professional training to strengthen our work lives, but marriages often receive far less focused attention.
Marriage is one of the most important lifelong commitments we make. Like every meaningful relationship, it requires care, communication, encouragement, and time together.
Marriage Encounter provides couples with the opportunity to invest in their relationship and strengthen the foundation of their marriage for years to come.
Our Latest Articles
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...