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 Remember that you don't just want to be married; you want to be happily married.
How well do you know your partner?
Strategic Romance - -Jim Mueller, Aug 2, 2002
From Growthtrac: Your resource to spiritual growth and a stronger marriage.
When Sheri and I speak publicly, we almost always make the point that our romantic relationship has never been better. Then I cringe when Sheri goes a step further and says, "After twenty-five years, few couples can say their sex life is better than ever!"
I wouldn't have put it quite the way Sheri did, but she's right. Over the years our relationship is a deeper, more expressive, higher priority partnership.
With a sense of relief and newfound hope, couples talk to us afterward about their concern for fading love. They are encouraged and relieved that a couple who is more mature in calendar years, like us, can still be in love.
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A nine week workshop offered three times a year to equip couples who desire to make a significant investment in their relationship as well as promote healing for those who are experiencing marital difficulties. This Monday evening seminar is held
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. and the cost is
$25.00 a person.
Walk
in registrations accepted throughout this workshop.
Fall: September 15 - November 10, 2008
The workshops are held at
Willow Creek Community Church located at 67 E. Algonquin Road, South Barrington,
Illinois.
For additional information or to register for a workshop go
to: www.willowcreek.org,
or telephone the Marriage Enrichment Ministry at 224.512.1212.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers a weekend experience
designed to give married couples the opportunity to learn a
technique of loving communication that they can use for the
rest of their lives. It's a chance to look deeply into their
relationship with each other and with God. It's a time to
share their feelings, hopes and dreams with each other.
September 19-21, 2008 Burr Ridge, IL Oaks Hotel and Conference Center
For more information call Jim & Kris McCulloch at
1.800.442.3554 www.wwmechicago-gary.org
This two-day PAIRS® workshop is for couples who are
committed to staying or getting more connected. Now more than ever, couples
long to stay together for reasons other than survival and security. They
desire having a relationship built on deeper understanding and acceptance of
one another; an ongoing pursuit of pleasure and enjoyment; and the ability to
solve problems by reaching mutually shared agreements.
Education and research now confirms that couples can learn the skills needed
to create a loving, peer relationship. This workshop provides you with a new
model for having and sustaining the intimate relationship you want and
deserve.
You and your partner will learn to:
- Develop empathy for each other
- Express your inner feelings without restraint or fear of
being misunderstood
- Recognize and shift away from styles of communication
that block listening and movement toward solutions
- Create new “attending” behaviors that nurture
goodwill and strengthen your bond as a couple
September 20 and 21, 2008
Two-day workshop
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Workshops are held in Skokie, IL at Rush North Shore Medical
Center.
For additional information, or to register go to: www.twogether.org
or call 847.581.9444.
Marriage Encounter is a weekend away
from home, family, and responsibilities. Here, in a comfortable, secluded
environment, a couple is guided in the discovery of a new way of communication
that will help them know each other better.
It is not a retreat, but a program designed to give couples the opportunity to
examine their lives together, their strengths and weaknesses, and their
attitudes toward each other and their families.
Assemblies of God Marriage Encounter is based on the belief that the marriage
relationship is the most significant, most intimate relationship on earth.
October 17-19, 2008
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Rockford, IL
For more information contact: Tom & Jan Drake
at 815.398.2383,
e-mail drakegme@insightbb.com
or visit www.agme.org
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