National Marriage Week 2025: Virtual Seminars Offer Expert Marriage Education

National Marriage Week, an annual celebration promoting the institution of marriage, is scheduled for February 7-14, which is Valentine’s Day. This year’s theme, Pursuing a Lasting Love, speaks to everyone’s core longing to be loved and addresses how to help that love last.

Brand new for this year, the campaign will feature eight consecutive nights of live virtual events and nightly challenges featuring expert guests in conversation discussing this year’s theme. All livestreams will be at 7 p.m. through the National Marriage Week YouTube channel and require advance registration. Scheduled topics and presenters include:

• Day 1, February 7 — Family Roots Impact Your Marriage with panelists Amy Gilford, Scott Kedersha and Michael and Julie Johnson.
• Day 2, February 8 — Building Togetherness While Honoring Individuality with panelists Kim Kimberling, George and Tondra Gregory and John Van Epp
• Day 3, February 9 — Becoming Parents! With panelists Rob Rienow, Dr. Ray Guarendi and Karen Stubbs
• Day 4. February 10 — Coping with Crisis and Adversity with panelists Robert Paul, Russ Berg and Greg and Lisa Popcak
• Day 5, February 11 –: Making a Safe Place for Conflict with panelists Brad Rhoads, Troy and Kathleen Billlings and Sharon May
• Day 6, February 12 — Intimacy in Marriage with panelists Jonathan Daugherty, Laura and Patrick Gallier and Dr. Juli Slattery.
• Day 7, February 13 — Keeping the Fun Alive with panelists Bill and Pam Farrel, Chris and Jamie Bailey and Jim Burns
• Day 8, February 14 — Nurturing Emotions and Romance with panelists Dr. Willard Harley, David and Claudia Arp and Greg and Julie Gorman

National Marriage Week is the brainchild of Richard Kane, who started it in the UK in 1996. Marriage Week then was adopted in the United States in 2002 by Brent Barlow and Diane Sollee of Smart Marriages. In 2009, a group led by Chuck Stetson and Sheila Weber of the Let’s Strengthen Marriage Campaign, working with dozens of organizations in the United States and many leaders in the marriage movement, developed the National Marriage Week USA site.

For more information and to sign up for the virtual events, visit MarriageWeek.org.