Couples Attend Love & Respect Marriage Conference

Couples attend Love & Respect Marriage Conference at Walnut Creek Downtown on October 10 & 11.

One way Walnut Creek Church supports strong, Christ-like marriages and families is by hosting a couple’s conference every year. This year, the conference hosted 115 couples for a Love & Respect video conference on October 10 and 11.

Based on the groundbreaking principles taught in Dr. Emerson Eggerichs’ best-selling book Love & Respect, the conference taught couples how to achieve a brand-new level of intimacy as they learn to stop the crazy cycle of conflict, initiate the energizing cycle of change, and enjoy the rewarded cycle of new passion.

“My car needs a tune-up every once in a while. So does my marriage,” said Russ Cross of Walnut Creek South, who has been married to his wife JoDee for 32 years.

“It’s good to refresh,” JoDee added. “The Love & Respect conference is wonderful; very enlightening.”

Jeremy and Ashlyn Oberg of Walnut Creek Downtown have been married for three and a half years. They agreed that it’s important to set aside time to focus on their marriage, especially with having two young children and a hectic lifestyle.

“It’s good to listen to someone walk through examples and experiences who is well rooted in scripture,” Jeremy said. “What he’s writing about isn’t some secular author’s or psychology’s new fad. It’s God – the author of life and marriage – what he’s said the whole time.”

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By Tim Laehn 

Walnut Creek Downtown

Walnut Creek Couples' Conference Featured on The Today Show

We're excited to share that our Couples' Conference with Dr. Gary Chapman was recently featured on The Today Show! Thanks again to Dr. Chapman and to NBC for a great story on his ministry and our church.

Walnut Creek Welcomes Dr. Gary Chapman

Walnut Creek Community Church welcomed Dr. Gary Chapman to The Downtown Church on Saturday, February 18. Dr. Chapman spoke to a packed house about love, communication, sex, and God's design for marriage. Couples drove in from all around the Midwest and helped make it Walnut Creek's largest marriage conference ever.

UPDATE (2/20/2012): We just got the final numbers in and we had over 600 people in attendance at the conference! Please join us in praying for the hundreds of couples who were there and for Dr. Chapman and his wife.

The Marriage You Always Wanted Conference

If you're like me, you probably wait until the last minute to register for things. So I'm giving you (and me) a chance to do the responsible thing and register early for the couple's conference. The Walnut Creek staff is hoping to have most of our members and regular attendees registered by Feb 1.


About the Conference:
Invest in your marriage by attending "The Marriage You Always Wanted Conference" at The Downtown Church. Led by Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the best-selling Five Love Languages, this conference is not a dry, formal marriage seminar—it's a time of fun and discovery that can help you build the love relationship of your dreams. Whether you're getting married in six months—or have been married 60 years—you'll get solutions you can use. With biblical advice and a healthy dose of laughter, Dr. Chapman gives valuable tips on breaking unhealthy patterns and choosing to develop a God-honoring, happy marriage.


Couples both married and engaged will benefit from practical sessions addressing topics like communication differences, dealing with criticism, understanding love languages, and making sex mutually fulfilling. Join us for a day that will be a highlight for your marriage!


More information & registration