It’s time for the annual JumpStart Marriage Conference! This is such an important weekend to invest in one of the most significant relationships in your life. Whether you’re engaged, dating, or married, this conference will inspire, educate, and encourage you towards greater intimacy and stability in your relationship.

JumpStart Marriage Conference 2025 is Friday, January 31 from 5:15-9:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 1 from 8:00 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. This year’s special guest speakers are Ron Deal, MMFT and Nan Deal, BSE authors of The Mindful Marriage book.

At the intersection of biblical principles for marriage, social science, and edutainment (education designed to entertain and amuse) is this dynamic and practical marriage seminar which is designed for healthy and distressed couples alike.

This weekend teaches couples:

• How to operationalize the biblical quality of humility in their everyday lives
• How to map their emotionally dysregulated moments (every couple does this!) and examine what drives it
• How to replace those moments with self-regulation, rooted in love and trustworthiness, that fosters peace and emotional safety

And includes on the following topics:

• Why neurological reactivity occurs in every marriage and how it hurts your "usness"
• The pride/humility dynamic in marriage
• The two pillars of healthy relationships and why communication skills are never enough
• The relationship between pain and behavior in marriage
• The four coping reactions to pain: blame, shame, control, & escape
• The four steps of self-regulation and emotional safety that transform relationships
• Healing journey insights

Leave this conference with an intimate plan, specific to your relationship, for building peace and intimacy in your “usness.”

Early bird registration ($40 per person) is available through December 31. Regular price ($50 per person) begins January 1. Childcare is available at no cost, but registration is required and is available upon completion of adult registration. See the conference schedule and register below.

FRIDAY: 
5:15PM - Doors Open & Dinner 
6:45-9PM - Main Session
 The Pride/Humility Dynamic in Your Marriage: Longing for Peace 
9PM - Dismissal  

SATURDAY: 
8AM - Doors Open & Breakfast 
8:45AM - Session 2
 Putting on Humility: Love, Trust, and Growing Up 
10:30-11AM - Break (Snacks in Atrium) 
11AM-12PM - Session 3 
 Humility in Conflict: The Four Steps  
12-1:10PM - Session 4
 From Old to New: Renewing Your Mind, Renewing Your Usness 
1:15PM - Dismissal

More about the speakers:

Ron Deal is a bestselling author of more than a dozen books and resources, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He specializes in both marriage enrichment and stepfamily education. Ron has worked full-time in marriage and family ministry since 1988 serving in both local churches and with FamilyLife®.

Nan Deal has a degree in Early Childhood Education and taught in public and private schools for over 25 years. She is a leader with a local Re-Generation ministry and together she and Ron lead a While We're Waiting support group for parents who have lost a child. Nan speaks with Ron in their The Mindful Marriage Conference (based on the book by the same title) in which they share the principles that have helped transform their relationship from pride, great grief, and alcohol abuse.