Growing Together: The Course

Description

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.