It is a weekend experience designed to give married couples the opportunity to examine their lives together...a time to share their feelings, their hopes, disappointments, joys and frustrations...and to do so openly and honestly in a face-to-face, heart-to-heart encounter with the one person they have chosen to live with for the rest of their life.

The emphasis of Marriage Encounter is on communication between husband and wife, who spend a weekend together away from the distractions and the tensions of everyday life, to concentrate on each other. 

It's not a retreat, nor a marriage clinic, nor group sensitivity. It's a unique approach aimed at revitalizing Christian Marriage.

This is a time for you and your spouse to be alone together. To rediscover each other and together focus on your relationship for an entire weekend. Every marriage deserves that kind of attention!

Who Is It For?

Marriage Encounter is not for marriages in trouble, but it is for any couple who desires a richer fuller life together. A marriage can never be too good. Marriage Encounter is designed to deepen and enrich the joys a couple shares together, whether they have been married for only a short time, or many years. Marriage Encounter also provides support and encouragement to priests and religious who are dedicated to their vocation in life.
 

The weekend is Episcopal in orientation and is expressed in the tradition and understanding of the Episcopal Church. It is open to couples of other faiths.

What Happens At A Episcopal Marriage Encounter?

A series of presentations are given by a team of Episcopal couples and a Episcopal Clergy Couple. Each presentation allows you and your spouse a rare opportunity to look at yourselves as individuals, then to look at your marriage and your relationship to one another, and finally to look at your relationship with God, the Church and the world. The weekend starts at7:00 PM on Friday night and runs until about 4:30 on Sunday afternoon.

Does The Weekend Respect The Couples Privacy?

YES. The weekend is oriented strictly to each individual couple. You concentrate on your spouse to such an extent that you are hardly aware of the other couples present. The presentations are given to the group as a whole. After each presentation, the husband and wife have time in the privacy of their room for their own personal discussion.
 

The encounter weekend teaches a communication technique which permits each couple to explore important areas of their relationship in a spirit of love and understanding. By continuing the newly acquired technique begun on the weekend, husbands and wives continually grow closer together to live more joyful and purposeful lives.

When And Where?

Marriage Encounter Weekends are held regularly at local motels and retreat houses. In some areas there is a waiting list for the weekend. So, registration several months in advance may be advisable.

What Does Marriage Encounter Cost?

A $45.00 NON-REFUNDABLE REGISTRATION FEE confirms your food and lodging.  EME Weekends are funded by donations from attending couples and on your Weekend, you will be given the opportunity to make a free-will, confidential donation. No one is ever refused the opportunity to make a weekend because of the lack of funds.

 On Line Registration

To register for the Atlanta Episcopal  Marriage Encounter Weekend, fill out the form and mail with check to: