FamilyLife Co-Founder and Author Dr. Dennis Rainey Challenges Metroplex Couples to...

FamilyLife Co-Founder and Author Dr. Dennis Rainey Challenges Metroplex
Couples to Celebrate Healthy Marriages this Valentine's Day
FamilyLife Weekend to Remember event to be held Feb. 13 - 15

DALLAS, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- FamilyLife, the global, non-profit leader
in marriage conferences, will present Weekend to Remember in Dallas on Feb.
13 - 15. The Weekend to Remember marriage conference aims to strengthen
healthy marriages and heal troubled ones in an engaging, supportive and
non-threatening environment. Speakers at the Dallas conference will include
Dr. Dennis Rainey, president, CEO and co-founder of FamilyLife. The
Valentine's Day weekend event marks Dr. Rainey's only scheduled Weekend to
Remember appearance this year.
Dr. Rainey and his wife Barbara, who co-founded FamilyLife in 1976, have
chosen to attend the Dallas conference because of volunteer and participant
involvement and their strong commitment to strengthening marriages in the
area. More than 600 volunteers assist with the FamilyLife ministry in Dallas,
and since the city's first Weekend to Remember conference in 1982, attendance
has increased by over 650 percent.
"Of the 100+ markets where FamilyLife hosts a Weekend to Remember, Dallas
is by far one of our strongest markets. The DFW area has one of our largest
radio audiences, and the Dallas Weekend to Remember conferences always draw
some of the events' largest crowds," said Dr. Dennis Rainey, who hosts the
nationally syndicated radio program FamilyLife Today. "We are so inspired by
the Dallas community's commitment to family and marriage, and we are proud to
be a part of it."
Valentine's Day weekend will kick off Weekend to Remember's 2009 series of
more than 130 scheduled conferences across the US. The Dallas event is
expected to be one of the largest events of the year, with more than 2,500
attendees anticipated. The conference is being held at the Gaylord Texan
Resort (1501 Gaylord Trail in Grapevine) and will feature Dr. Dennis Rainey as
well as three other key speakers.
"While this conference can assist those couples looking for an overhaul,
it's also a positive way to impact and fine-tune all marriages," said Dr.
Rainey. "We live in stressful, distracting times, and amid the blur of modern
life it becomes alarmingly easy for couples to grow apart. That's why it's
critical to strengthen your connection before the gap between you grows too
wide. We developed the Weekend to Remember program to do just that: help
couples enhance and strengthen their marital bonds."
Since marrying in 1972, the Rainey's have been devoted to supporting
families by strengthening marriages. They have also have co-written eight
books on relationships and family issues, including the best-selling Moments
with You, Building Your Mate's Self-Esteem, Pressure Proof Your Marriage and
Rekindling the Romance. Dr. Dennis Rainey graduated from Dallas Theological
Seminary with a Masters in biblical studies.
"If more than 30 years of marriage have taught me anything, it's that you
can really never stop working on your relationship - both struggling and
healthy marriages require constant effort," said Barbara Rainey, co-founder of
FamilyLife and best-selling author. "It's amazing how quickly complacency can
lead to neglect. Weekend to Remember conferences are so beneficial because
they provide practical and accessible ways to remind couples why they got
married in the first place, so they can reignite that spark and maintain its
glow."
Couples interested in more information or registering for an upcoming
FamilyLife Weekend to Remember conference can visit www.familylife.com/weekend
or call 1-800-FLTODAY (1-800-358-6329). To donate to FamilyLife, a 501c3 non-
profit organization that assists couples in Dallas and around the world build
healthier marriages and families, please visit www.familylife.com.
About FamilyLife
For more than three decades FamilyLife, a global non-profit organization
co-founded by Dr. Dennis and Barbara Rainey, has focused on the mission of
using practical, biblical principles to build healthier marriages and families
through conferences and media channels. FamilyLife, a 501c3, works in 100
countries around the world to help to transform lives and restore hope through
its Weekend to Remember marriage conferences, Homebuilders Bible studies,
FamilyLife Today radio broadcasts, Hope for Orphans orphan care ministry,
FamilyLife publications, and the internet. For more information visit
FamilyLife.com.
SOURCE FamilyLife

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