Growing Together: The Course: A Complete Marriage Preparation Programme

Growing Together: The Course: A Complete Marriage Preparation Programme

by Andrew Body (Author)

Synopsis

Each year 63,000 couples choose to marry in church. Growing Together: The Course is a flexible marriage preparation course for use by church leaders. The course is designed to help couples to develop a shared understanding of their future together through discussion of key issues on married life, and is suitable for those considering marriage or those already engaged and planning a wedding. It can be used alongside the popular Growing Together book which is aimed at the couples themselves. Guidance is provided on using the material with groups of couples over a number of weekly sessions or as a one-day course. Subjects covered include: Past, present and future Reasons for getting married Communication Conflict Spiritual issues Us and them The wedding day Follow-up after the wedding How have we grown - a reunion course A CD-ROM is also included with worksheets, scripts of each session, graphics, a poster and course invitations.

$40.21

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Published: 21 Dec 2007

ISBN 10: 071514135X
ISBN 13: 9780715141359

Media Reviews
'The course is sensible, useful, practical and readable, and the author does deal with all those awkward questions that couples may ask- children, sex, conflict, roles and so on. Highly recommended with a very good resource section at the back.' -- The Good Bookstall
Author Bio
Andrew Body has been a Church of England clergyman and a counsellor for Relate for over 25 years. He was a founder trustee of Family Life and Marriage Education (FLAME). He has been married to Pippa for 35 years and they have four children. Andrew and Pippa are also the compilers of Pocket Prayers for Marriage.