Derek and Missy Irvin lead the Hopeful Tomorrows Marriage Intensive Weekend by authentically sharing real life stories and facilitating a process that helps couples understand each other’s hearts, heal past hurts, and break through barriers that have kept them from the marriage they desire.
The process starts before the weekend even begins with couples completing a confidential assessment which helps the counselors understand the challenges being faced by each couple. Our team of therapists, counselors, and marriage coaches meet individually for an hour with each couple on Saturday night to help couples effectively utilize the tools being taught.
Hopeful Tomorrows intentionally applies timeless Biblical Principals with very practical research-based tools which couples can immediately apply to their marriage. Our weekends are “guy friendly”. There is no expectation of group sharing and we find that men, in particular, really appreciate having tools to navigate their relationship.
Retreat Registration & Weekend Agenda
Hopeful Tomorrows Marriage Intensive Weekend
Fishers, Indiana
$500 per couple
Schedule for the Weekend
7:00-9:15
- God’s Design for marriage: Creating a different kind of marriage
- Identifying where your marriage is and how it got there
- Understanding how your past impacts your marriage
- How couples drift out of love and what to do about it
9:00-12:00
- Understanding what you and your spouse need in marriage
- How to create emotional safety in your marriage
- The four essential skills to develop an emotionally healthy marriage
- How to keep a fight from spiraling out of control
1:00-4:00
- Practical tools to engage in conflict without making things worse
- What to do when one person is detached emotionally and the other experiences lots of emotions.
- Learn how to get your spouse to hear and connect with your pain
- What does forgiveness look like when you have been deeply hurt or betrayed
4:30 to completion
- Experience working through past hurts in a way that brings understanding
- Work individually as a couple with a marriage coach for an hour session
- Learn how to give and receive empathy with your spouse
- Experience the power of connection that comes from forgiveness
9:00-12:00
- How to avoid the four most common marriage pitfalls
- What to do when your spouse pulls away or withdraws
- Rediscover and reclaim feelings of love for your spouse
- How to stop the negative patterns that create conflict and distance
1:00-4:00
- How to create the marriage and life that you want
- Connecting and staying connected with your spouse
- What your spouse needs from you.
- How your relationship with God impacts your marriage
Schedule for the Weekend
7:00-9:15
- God’s Design for marriage: Creating a different kind of marriage
- Identifying where your marriage is and how it got there
- Understanding how your past impacts your marriage
- How couples drift out of love and what to do about it
9:00-12:00
- Understanding what you and your spouse need in marriage
- How to create emotional safety in your marriage
- The four essential skills to develop an emotionally healthy marriage
- How to keep a fight from spiraling out of control
1:00-4:00
- Practical tools to engage in conflict without making things worse
- What to do when one person is detached emotionally and the other experiences lots of emotions.
- Learn how to get your spouse to hear and connect with your pain
- What does forgiveness look like when you have been deeply hurt or betrayed
4:30 to completion
- Experience working through past hurts in a way that brings understanding
- Work individually as a couple with a marriage coach for an hour session
- Learn how to give and receive empathy with your spouse
- Experience the power of connection that comes from forgiveness
9:00-12:00
- How to avoid the four most common marriage pitfalls
- What to do when your spouse pulls away or withdraws
- Rediscover and reclaim feelings of love for your spouse
- How to stop the negative patterns that create conflict and distance
1:00-4:00
- How to create the marriage and life that you want
- Connecting and staying connected with your spouse
- What your spouse needs from you.
- How your relationship with God impacts your marriage
Fairfield Inn: 10495 Crosspoint Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46256
The retreat is held at the Fairfield Inn in Fishers, IN. Please make your room reservations in advance. The Fairfield Inn provides a complimentary breakfast each day and coffee/water all throughout the day. It is located in close proximity to dozens of dining options for your convenience to get lunch and dinner during scheduled breaks. If you are not staying at the hotel, there is an additional $70 fee.
