By Neil and Sharol Josephson “We want to rewrite history with FamilyLife. We want to do what the residential schools didn’t do… teach couples to be a husband and a wife, a father and a mother.” –Kirby James, a First Nations speaker for FamilyLife Canada. This might be the most inspiring and exciting thing we’ve […]

By Jayna Richardson After thirty years of listening to couples and working with pastors, FamilyLife Canada recognized a common gap in marriage ministry. Many churches offer both pre­-marital counselling and crisis intervention, but little is offered for those in between who could use encouragement, wise input, and practical help. That’s where Marriage Mentoring comes in! […]

by Jayna Richardson When the Coronavirus hit, FamilyLife Canada was forced to cancel four Weekend Getaways. They grieved over the six hundred couples who would not be able to experience these special events to strengthen their relationships. But God had other plans—and those plans allowed the team to reach more than 3,000 couples instead! Through […]

In November of 2016, an indigenous couple from a remote community in northern Ontario accepted an invitation to be flown down to attend the Weekend Getaway at Blue Mountain. Unknown to us at the time, they thought their marriage was over. But the weekend put them on the road to reconciliation, so much so that […]

After 31 years of marriage, Anna and Jeremy (names changed for privacy) were really struggling to find anything whatsoever positive about each other. “My husband and I have been attending marriage counselling (at $200 an hour!) where the big focus was each person following their own dreams, separating their finances and creating their own life […]

Sherman and I had been married barely a year, and already I felt lost and alone. I missed the wonderful, deep conversations we had had during the nine months we dated before our wedding day. I longed for the closeness we had once enjoyed and struggled with the feeling that we had grown apart. As […]

A successful marriage and a godly family can’t be built in just one weekend—both must be worked at 365 days a year. That’s why www.familylifecanada.com exists. Visitors can get the help they need without ever leaving the comfort of their own homes. Some of the family-building tools available through the website include: Marriage and parenting […]