Location: The Venue
Start Time: Sat 27, Sept. 2025, 8:30 a.m.
End Time: Sat 27, Sept. 2025, noon

“To thrive in marriage over the long haul, we need to care for our spouse as a whole person. That means seeing how God’s good news speaks not only to their sin but also to their suffering, weakness, family history, disappointed dreams, physical limitations, and changes in sexual appetite. Lasting marriages need more than just luggage sorting. They need to know how Jesus can help them navigate the complexities of growing old together.”

—Dave Harvey, I Still Do

Whether you are single, engaged, or married, we invite you to examine the ingredients for a lasting marriage when author Dave Harvey returns to Parkside for a half-day Marriage Matters workshop on September 27.

This workshop will examine topics covered in Harvey’s most recent marriage book, I Still Do: Growing Closer and Stronger through Life’s Defining Moments. Learn about a marriage’s defining moments and discover how to navigate those conflicts in a grace-filled, Christlike manner.

Over the course of three sessions, Harvey will talk about starting together, sticking together, and ending together:

1. My Brokenness Is Broader than Sin (9:00am-9:45am) | Understand that brokenness stems from other forces beyond sin (our bodies, upbringing, spiritual forces, etc.), and learn to relate to one another with grace.
2. Sex (10:00am-10:45am) | Learn God’s good plan for sex in the context of marriage.
3. Marriage and the Captivity of Closure (11:00am-12:00pm) | Explore what to do when our desire for resolution becomes a demand.

Saying “I do” does not stop after the wedding; married couples must choose to say “I do” to each other every day afterward. Couples of all stages will find something they can learn about the core principles that define a biblical marriage, and even singles can benefit from learning more about this unique relationship God designed.

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Registration closes September 24.

About the Speaker

Dave Harvey is a pastor, author, and international guest speaker. He received his Doctor of Ministry degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and has 33 years of pastoral experience. He’s written several books, including When Sinners Say I Do and I Still Do. He currently serves as the president of the Great Commission Collective, which is a church planting ministry in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Dave resides in southwest Florida and is married to his wife, Kimm.