Thanks for a great weekend in Newport!

In spite of the stormy weather, 45 couples made this a marriage-enriching weekend that we will long remember. The encouraging comments continue to bolster our desire and resolve to serve God in this way. The evaluation forms were overwhelmingly positive about every aspect of the weekend, especially the extended couple time on Saturday afternoon and evening. Here are some of your comments:

• Time to discuss content with each other was very beneficial.
• Great to have lots of free time.
• Very much enjoyed the conference.
• Experienced an unexpected and profound breakthrough in our marriage.
• Able to learn a lot from the conference and we were able to enjoy a nice weekend away.
• Thanks for a well-run conference.
• Uplifting, enhances marriage relationship, and brings us back to a more Godly place in our union.
• We appreciate the opportunity to not only get away together but to also grow our marriage through wonderful seminars like this. We would definitely come again.
 

Four days before the early registration deadline we had less than 200 people registered for the conference. We doubled that number in one week and by the time the conference started on March 14 we had tripled that number!

More than 600 people came to Bethany Church in Greenland, NH for our first Relationship Conference. The keynote speaker was Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages and Love as a Way of Life. He spoke three times during the day on the love languages, the languages of apology, and loving as a way of life. Response to his teaching was highly positive.

Our guest artist, Tenley Westbrook, opened two of the sessions with original songs that helped set the tone for the conference. Six workshops were offered after lunch on topics for singles, dating couples, parents, and married couples. Our workshop leaders did a great job in helping us equip people for various types of relationships.

Here are some comments from those who attended:

"Excellent! Highly recommend to others!"
"I hope you have more conferences."
"The overall experience was more than I expected."
"A great way to spend a Saturday with my husband."
"It was great to see this many men at a Relationship Conference."
"I would like to see these workshops offered again in the near future."
"Looking forward to the next one."

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