Money impacts all relationships, but especially romantic ones. Learn about 7 common money issues in marriage and how to start the conversation about these issues to foster a stronger relationship. You will learn strategies to empower you as a team to tackle this tough topic.

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Speaker: Olivia Zeman

• Cost: $20/person (includes dinner)

Registration closes 4/3

Based upon Dr. Gottman’s four decades of research with thousands of couples, this workshop is designed for couples of every age, ability, and stage of relationship. You will learn practical skills to improve your friendship and leave with your relationship strengthened!

• Location: Blessed Trinity Church, Sheboygan Falls

• Speakers: Roger & Jann Blanchard

• Cost: $5/person (dessert & beverages included)

Registration closes 3/13

This event is about helping people identify what’s really important in their lives, identify their different roles, and then create a strategy to find balance. 

• Location: St. John Evangelist Catholic Church, Kohler

• Speaker: Pastor Andy Shanholtz

• Cost: $5/person (includes materials & snacks)

Registration closes 2/18

Discover the transformative power of conflict in relationships, learning how disagreements can foster deeper emotional connections. Explore practical strategies for 'fighting fair,' enhancing communication, and building resilience in an interactive session aimed at strengthening the foundations of lasting and fulfilling relationships.

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Speaker: Travis Nugent

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

Leslie discusses what healthy sexual intimacy looks like between a husband and a wife; when it's appropriate to withdraw sexually from your partner; how to respond to broken trust and betrayal; and the importance of an I-Thou over an I-It relationship.

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Facilitator: Jocelyn Medrek, Executive Director

• Speaker: Video from “Married Sex Conference”

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

In this event, led by Pastor Andy Shanholtz, we will look at 3 viruses that attack our marriages and God’s Antidote for each. These viruses enter at different seasons of our marriage and can be prevented if we take action! Learn to identify early on where and how these viruses enter so you can take a proactive stance against them, thus helping to have the kind of marriage God intended.

• Location: Word of Grace Church, Sheboygan Falls

• Speaker: Pastor Andy Shanholtz

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner & materials)

Often in relationships there will be “tough talks” about all sorts of topics, and knowing how to get through those conversations is key. When these talks are intense and the outcome is impactful it is critical to learn how to best communicate to avoid a breakdown and achieve breakthrough. Learn the skills to tackle tough talks!

• Location: Great Marriages Office, 612 Center Ave, Sheboygan

• Speaker: Kristin Grunewald

• Cost: $10/person (includes materials & snacks)

Join Great Marriages and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Travis Nugent, as we discuss how to thrive in your relationships! 

We will discuss the following topics:

Family Dynamics and Relationship Patterns

Communication and Conflict Resolution 

Emotional Intimacy and Connection 

Maintaining Healthy Relationships 

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Speaker: Travis Nugent, LMFT

• Cost: $15/person (dinner included)

Great Marriages has a wonderful group of women who get together on the 2nd Thursday of each month to support one another in their journey through widowhood. 

This month, on September14th, they are bringing in guest presenter, Susan Dollhopf from Appleton. Susan will be sharing her heart and journey through widowhood, along with her thoughts on considering dating and possibly remarriage for widows.  

RSVP by 9/12/23 to programs@great-marriages.org

Grab dinner from the Plymouth Culver’s on Monday, September 11th and support Great Marriages!

A portion of sales from 4-9pm on September 11 will go to benefit Great Marriages.

Tell your family and friends, make dinner simple, and support a great cause!

Join us for a Family Fun Day at Sunset Hills Golf Course in Sheboygan Falls!

There will be something for everyone!

• Brat Fry

• Raffles

• Games

• Mini Golf

• Golf Outing

The Flag Page is your chance to see how you succeed in life, what motivates you most, and how you’re different from the people close to you. It’s simple to do (5 minutes), easy to understand, and best of all, gives you a vision for your future… where you will succeed and why. In a world that seems to always be looking for what’s wrong with you, isn’t it time you find out what’s RIGHT about you?

The first 40 people to register will receive a FREE Flag Page ($25 value!) thanks to Laugh Your Way!

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Speaker: Donn Davis

• Cost: $5/person (includes beverages and snacks)

Join us for a romantic picnic dinner on the beach at King Park, then learn about the 5 Love Languages with your sweetheart. You will discover what your Love Language is, and how to speak your spouse or significant other's language. Enjoy a walk on the beach or trail as you discuss ways to speak each other's languages. Limited to 7 couples.

• Location: Meet at King Park Pavilion, then we will head out to the beach

• Speakers: Steve & Donna Schelfhout

• Cost: $15/person (includes picnic dinner)

Join us for a romantic picnic dinner on the beach at King Park, then learn about the 5 Love Languages with your sweetheart. You will discover what your Love Language is, and how to speak your spouse or significant other's language. Enjoy a walk on the beach or trail as you discuss ways to speak each other's languages. Limited to 7 couples.

• Location: Meet at King Park Pavilion, then we will head out to the beach

• Speakers: Steve & Donna Schelfhout

• Cost: $15/person (includes picnic dinner)

Please join us for our 16th Annual Fundraiser!

May 16, 2023

The Bull at Pinehurst Farms

Have you heard about the “love languages,” but haven’t taken the time to really learn them? Join us to learn what your love language is, what your spouse’s love language is, how God speaks our love languages, and how to bring this knowledge into practice.

• Location: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Plymouth

• Speaker: Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: $5/person (includes drinks and snacks)

• Childcare is available, signup during registration

Blended & Blessed® is the only one-day livestream just for stepfamily couples, single parents, dating couples with kids, and those who care about blended families. Join us as we unpack strategies that are crucial to healthy stepfamily marriages. With some of today’s most trusted and respected experts, Blended & Blessed will challenge, inspire, and encourage you.

• Cost: $5/person (includes drinks and snacks)

• Location: Great Marriages, 612 Center Ave, Sheboygan

Blending a family has its unique challenges. Join us as we learn ways to help make the process a little smoother no matter how long you've been a stepfamily, or if you are about to create one.

• Location: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Elkhart Lake

• Speaker: Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: $5 (includes snacks and beverages)

• Childcare is available, signup during registration

We fall in love and decide to get married. But will that initial euphoria of love carry us through to a happily ever after fairy tale romance? Sadly, no. If a livelong/successful marriage would be attainable merely by falling in love, then why are there so many marriages that end in separation or divorce? 

 The fact is, to sustain a loving/healthy relationship, both spouses in a marriage must find ways to keep connected to, grow with, and support their shared journey--together. An early step in this process is working together to clarify expectations, make plans, and establish goals. Does that sound too boring? Well, I can assure you that a loving marriage is anything but boring!!

 Join Certified Professional Christian Life Coach Shane Hansen for an interactive seminar designed to help engaged and newlywed couples get their marriage started on the right track. Shane will apply the proven processes associated with the discipline of life coaching to the focus of happily planning for (and living) your ever after. 

 "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." -Lewis Carroll

 This fun/interactive seminar will facilitate thoughts/conversations that couples can utilize to help their ever-afters get off to a great start. There will be portions of the seminar where couples will have the opportunity to simply focus on each other, as well as some small group discussion times to share out with other couples that are in a similar stage of life.

• Speaker: Shane Hansen

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

• Limited to 20 people

This event is about helping people identify what’s really important in their lives along with their roles in life and then creating a strategy to find margin. Participants will receive a copy of a time management calendar to use as a template!

• Location: Great Marriages Office, 612 Center Ave, Sheboygan

• Speaker: Pastor Andy Shanholtz

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

Do you show the love of Christ to your spouse? Do you feel loved in your relationship? If the answer is "no" or "sometimes", you might not be speaking each other's love language! Join us to learn what your love language is, how God speaks our love languages, and how to keep your partner's "love tank" full at all times.

• Location: Our Savior's Lutheran Church, West Bend

• Speaker: Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: $15/person (breakfast included)

• Childcare is available, signup during registration

Some of the most important decisions you and your significant other will make involve retirement. When, where and how to retire – and, last but not least, how to pay for it all. Retirement is a major financial and life transition, and the more planning you can do on the front end, the better.

This event will provide couples with discussion points as well as a roadmap to prepare for retirement – both financially and relationally!

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

• Speaker: Tom Rice & Michael Vaszily

• Location: Great Marriages Office

A great sex life is something you make, not something you find. If you feel confused or frustrated about your sex life–or simply wonder, "Is there more to it than this?" then this event is exactly what you need to make your marriage stronger, in and out of the bedroom. Learn about different types of desire, “ideal” frequency, and how to have a “successful” sex life!

• Location: Great Marriages Office, 612 Center Ave, Sheboygan

• Speaker: Video from Married Sex Conference, facilitated by Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

Blending a family has its unique challenges. Join us as we learn ways to help make the process a little smoother no matter how long you've been a stepfamily, or if you are about to create one.

• Location: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Plymouth

• Speaker: Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: Free!

• Childcare is available, signup during registration

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day are special times of the year and while most people look forward to these celebrations with great anticipation, stress can quickly set in. Gift giving and other seasonal expenses, family gatherings and stress are all interrelated. During this session, we will explore some common sense tips to keep these holidays memorable, meaningful and economical.

• Location: Great Marriages Office

• Speaker: Daryl Mangeri & Robert Horne, CCCS

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)

Do you show the love of Christ to your spouse? Do you feel loved in your relationship? If the answer is "no" or "sometimes", you might not be speaking each other's love language! Join us to learn what your love language is, how God speaks our love languages, and how to keep your partner's "love tank" full at all times.

• Location: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Elkhart Lake

• Speaker: Jocelyn Medrek

• Cost: Free!

• Childcare is available, signup during registration

Join us for a day of fun and friendship at Spieker’s Pumpkin Farm!

Great Marriages will be at Spieker’s Pumpkin farm on October 8th to celebrate fall fun with your family.

We will have several raffles available and you will get a voucher for a free pumpkin (up to 10lbs) for every $5 you spend on raffle tickets! Plus, the first 50 people to purchase raffle tickets get a voucher for free entrance to the corn maze!

Raffle tickets will be $1/ticket, $10 for 12 tickets, or $20 for an arm length.

Spieker’s has something for everyone, including a petting farm, a corn maze ($6), hay rides to get your pumpkin, concessions (prices vary), and pumpkins galore!

We will have a table set up from 11am-5pm, and we hope to see you and your family there!

Marriage is a covenant union where two individuals become, "one flesh" before God and by God. This means that two individuals, two souls, with two personalities, two different paradigms of experience, expectation, and aspiration, are brought into a relationship that is meant to function as if it were not two, but one. How can all of those variables come together in a harmonious way in which each individual is fulfilled, and God is glorified? In this teaching, Pastor Stephen will discuss the challenges that couples face with their differences, and how the same faith in Christ that reconciles us to God and empowers us to serve God, is the same faith that reconciles us to each other and empowers us to serve one another.

• Speaker: Pastor Stephen Maris

• Location: Word of Grace Church, Sheboygan Falls

• Cost: $15/person (includes dinner)