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Cord of 3 Marriage Intensive| Trainings

August 17-21, 2026
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Cord of 3 Marriage Intensive
Date: August 17-21, 2026
Time: 8 am- 5 pm
Location: Warehouse 419, 419 Main Street, Blackshear
Hosted by: Cord of 3 Counseling Services

Description:

When marriages face serious challenges, it can feel like hope is slipping away. Our Marriage Intensive is a Christ-centered, immersive experience designed to help couples confront obstacles, heal relational wounds, and rebuild your marriage so that it thrives.

Over a five-day period, couples will engage in intensive counseling, guided experiential sessions, and intentional evening excursions. Each element is designed to strengthen communication, restore trust, and deepen emotional and spiritual intimacy. Couples will work alongside experienced counselors who provide wisdom, encouragement, and practical tools tailored to their unique circumstances.

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This intensive is more than a retreat, it is a transformative journey. Couples leave equipped to navigate conflict with grace, rebuild their connection, and walk forward empowered to pursue God’s design for their marriage. Every moment of the experience is crafted to restore hope, renew commitment, and strengthen the foundation of love and faith in the couple’s life together.

If you do not attend the training, the materials from the training will not be able to be provided to you.

Registration Deadline: August 1, 2026
Space is Limited:  6 Couples per intensive (future dates will be available)
Cost Per Couple:  $3500 (all inclusive:  room, meals, counseling, & excursions)
payment plan options available

 

Your Counselors:

Raye Morgan

Raye Morgan is a Christian counselor at Cord of 3 who works with adult women and children/teens facing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She takes a holistic, faith-integrated approach to care and views counseling as a ministry, walking alongside clients as they pursue healing and restoration.

Stacie Norman

Stacie is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Training Center Coordinator at Cord of 3, and the Director of Play God’s Way, a Christ-centered play therapy model integrating faith with evidence-based care. She is passionate about equipping counselors to serve families with excellence and compassion, and also teaches at Cairn University and Walden University.

Clay Gill

Clay serves as Executive Director of Cord of 3, where he works with individuals, couples, and families, with a particular passion for strengthening and restoring marriages. He brings a biblically grounded, leadership-minded approach to counseling and ministry, serving clients in the Blackshear and Vidalia offices.

Austin Manges

Austin is a Pastoral Counselor at Cord of 3, serving couples, adolescents, and adults in the Blackshear and Hazlehurst offices, as well as via telehealth. He brings a biblically grounded, relational approach to counseling and is passionate about helping marriages realign with God’s design. Austin is married to Alyssa Manges, an LPC at Cord of 3, and also serves as a youth pastor.

 

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