Marriage Enrichment!

Every marriage has a next step.
Maybe your marriage is strong, and you want to keep it that way. Maybe you’re newly married and still learning how to do life together. Maybe you’ve been married for decades and wonder if there’s more. Or maybe things feel hard right now, and you’re not sure where to begin.
Wherever you are, there’s a next step, and you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Equip U is for every marriage: thriving, struggling, just starting, or decades in. It’s a chance to step away from the busyness of everyday life and invest in your most important earthly relationship. You’ll gain biblical wisdom and practical tools for the moments that matter most, like how you talk, how you handle conflict, and how you keep Christ at the center when life gets full.
Strong marriages don’t happen by accident. They grow through intention, humility, and grace, one step at a time.
“A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12, ESV)
Take your next step. Grow a more Christ-centered marriage at Equip U on Saturday, January 23, 2027!

Keynote Speakers

Trent and Andrea Griffith have spent their lives building healthy families and churches.​

After marrying in 1994, they spent the first 15 years of their married lives serving with Life Action Ministries as itinerant revivalists. In that time, they served in over 400 churches while living full-time in an RV travel trailer, adding four children along the way. 

In 2009, they planted Gospel City Church in Granger, Indiana. Starting with 13 people, the church grew to over 2000 weekly worshippers and planted 8 other churches in 13 years. 

​In 2022, Trent became Vice President of Content for FamilyLife in Orlando, Florida, while Andrea served as an ambassador for FamilyLife Today, the daily broadcast ministry of FamilyLife. Trent and Andrea continue to speak nationally at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember marriage conferences.

In 2025, they answered the call to plant a new church in St. Augustine in partnership with Parkview Church and the Send Network.  New City Church launched in January 2026, where Trent is now the founding Lead Pastor. ​​​

Andrea serves as a leader in Parakaleo and The Church Hub, ministries that strengthen and encourage pastors’ wives and women in ministry roles. 

Workshops

Communication
  • Hear Me: The Art of Listening
  • Fight Fair: Handling Conflict
  • Money, Expectations & Unity
Connection 
  • Finding Friendship Again
  • Sexual Intimacy
 
Family 
  • Parenting as a Connected Team
Spiritual 
  • Growing Together in Christ
Seasons 
  • Challenging/changing Seasons
Remarriage / Bended Family 
  • How to Do It Well

Schedule

Saturday, January 23
  • 8:30 AM   | Check-in
  • 9:00 AM | Keynote: God’s Design for Marriage
  • 10:25 AM | Workshop
  • 11:35 AM | Keynote: Growing Together When Life Gets Hard
  • 12:35 PM | Lunch

Locations

Main Location
Harvest Bible Chapel
800 Rohlwing Road
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Satellite Location
Harvest Bible Chapel
101 S. Barnes Road
Aurora, IL 60506

Harvest Groups Podcast

Helpful conversations about Community and Discipleship Groups (D-Groups) at
Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago.
Community Group Leader Podcast
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 1
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 2
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 3
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 4
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 5
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 6
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 7
D Group Leader Podcast
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 1 | Share Your Story
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 2 | Goals and Expectations
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 3 | HEAR Journals and Scripture Memory
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 4 | Accountability and Prayer
Conversation 1 D-Group Multiply Guide | Who, Why, Where?
Bonus Episode 1 | Am I Ready to Lead a D-Group?
Conversation 2 D-Group Multiply Guide | Identifying Potential Members
Bonus Episode 2 | How to Select the Right People for Your D Group
Conversation 3 D-Group Multiply Guide | Inviting Potential Members
Bonus Episode 3 | How to Invite People to Your D-Group
Conversation 4 D-Group Multiply Guide | Celebrate & Commission

Community Group Outreach/Service Ideas

Create homeless blessing bags together, distribute to homeless outreach in area or keep in your car to give out.  

Serve at The Ruth Project either downtown Elgin or at the farm 

Serve together at Feed My Starving Children 

Contact campus ministry team to “adopt” a single mother in the congregation, and provide her with ongoing support (babysitting, groceries, gifts of encouragement)  

Contact local elementary/middle/high school and ask to provide regular blessing baskets to teachers   

Contact local senior/assisted living facility and offer to host a praise and worship night or ongoing Bible study 

Serve at local soup kitchen  

Sign up to serve with Habitat for Humanity  

Find more Volunteer opportunities at https://www.volunteermatch.org/ 

Contact the Team