Pre - Marriage Preparation 

WHY PRE-MARRIAGE PREPARATION?   Don’t get married without it !

“Marriage preparation, who needs that?”, you may ask.

Our answer is, “Everyone planning to get married!”

Today the average marriage lasts a little over 7 years, according to Kevin Lehman, noted family therapist. One out of every two marriages will probably end in divorce. This is not a very pretty picture for the prospective bride and groom.

Most young couples doubt that they would ever wind up in the divorce court because “they are in love”. But so called “love” can be very deceiving and can quickly grow “cold” when faced with the realities of life. If “love” is only an emotion it will ebb and flow with time and disappear altogether if proper steps are not taken to preserve this relationship.

Divorced people, though they have had previous marriage experience, are often in greater need of pre-marriage preparation than “first timers”, as they frequently carry the same issues they had in the first marriage into the second marriage without recognizing it. Blending children from a previous marriage into a new union further complicates the situation. These marriages have even a higher failure rate.

The Celebrating Marriage Workshop, in conjunction with one-on-one private sessions, should help you accomplish the following:

  • Help you and your partner ascertain your suitability for each other.

  • Help you understand the spiritual significance of marriage.

  • Help you to accept each other’s uniqueness and appreciate your similarities and differences.

  • Afford a platform for you and your partner to dialogue about critical issues openly and honestly that are frequently masked during the dating process.

  • Help you learn life skills and marriage tools that will strengthen your marriage bond.

  • Help you set goals for your marriage.

  • Help you understand each other’s personalities and families of origin through the use of professional assessment tools.

  • Above all, affirm God’s blessing on your union.

REMEMBER, A WEDDING IS BUT AN HOUR, A MARRIAGE IS FOR A LIFETIME!

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