ABF Marriage Essentials










   MARRIAGE ESSENTIALS
   TUNE-UP, REPAIR AND ENRICH YOUR MARRIAGE

At Marriage Essentials, we explore a wide variety of helpful marriage-building tools. If you are married, or plan to be, there is no more important human relationship than the one you have with your spouse, or with the one to whom you are engaged.  
AGOURA BIBLE FELLOWSHIP schedules Sunday interactive workshops twice a month to supplement your weekly visits to ABF during most of the year.

















    Our ABF Marriage Coaches:
 Paul Reisser, M.D.   Teri Reisser, MFT 











 
 

TWO ABF MARRIAGE ESSENTIALS SESSIONS IN MARCH

 

FIRST SESSION FOR MARCH:
    Sunday, March 12, 2023
         Handouts are posted for review
SECOND SESSION FOR MARCH:
    Sunday, March 26, 2023
        9:00am in The Well
        Then attend the 10:45am ABF Worship Service
        Nursery and Kids BLAST during both services

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DIRECT ACCESS TO HANDOUTS FROM CURRENT AND RECENT SESSIONS


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Newest Topics are toward the top of this section
Sessions are in numerical order

 

THE TOP 9½ MARRIAGE BUSTERS


1:            BUSTER 1  
September 18, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  

2:
October 9, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  7-PAGE HANDOUT  

3:
October 23, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  

4:
November 6, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  

5:           BUSTER 2  
November 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  


6:           BUSTER 3  
January 8, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  GEN DIRECTIONS  
 
  2-PAGE TRUST  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

7:           BUSTER 3  
January 22, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  

8:           BUSTER 3  
February 12, 2023
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

9:           BUSTER 4  
February 26, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  

10:          BUSTER 4  
March 12, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  


11:           BUSTER ?  
March 26, 2023











 

MAKING THE SEASON BRIGHT - FOR YOUR MARRIAGE


 HOLIDAY SPECIAL! 
December 18, 2022
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  


 

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHAT


1:
June 12, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  

2:
June 26, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

3:
July 17, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

4:
July 31, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  

5:
September 4, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  


 

AFFAIR RECOVERY


1:
April 24, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

2:
May 15, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

3:
May 29, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  






 

AFFAIR-PROOFING YOUR MARRIAGE


1:
February 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  

2:
March 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  

3:
April 3, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  






 

WHAT ARE THE HAPPIEST MARRIED COUPLES DOING RIGHT?


1:
November 21, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  THANKSGIVING HANDOUT  


2:
December 12, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  CHRISTMAS HANDOUT  

3:
January 16, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  

 

ANGER AND FORGIVENESS IN MARRIAGE


1:
August 22, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  


2:
September 19, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  

3:
October 17, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  





 

GETTING OUR RELATIONAL PRIORITIES STRAIGHT


July 18, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  1-PAGE HANDOUT  


 

MAKING WISE MEDICAL DECISIONS AS A COUPLE


April 18, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  


 
 

HOW TO LOCATE ME HANDOUTS DATED PRIOR TO APRIL 2021  (more than 60 total)


 - Find MORE Handouts and other related documents at MEDIA  |   DOCUMENTS 
 - IMPORTANT: To get them in perfect chronological order, you need to Sort by Specific Category: ABF Marriage Essentials 
 - After you Select the "Sort by" drop-down, documents will magically appear in chronological order with most recent at the bottom

THE SORT CODE
  ME + Year + Month + Day - #
EXAMPLE: [ ME221023-2 ] for an October 23, 2022 Handout
The Dash Number is used on Sundays that have multiple Handouts and the INTRODUCTION is always -1

 
 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ABF MARRIAGE ESSENTIALS

These Marriage Essentials classes started at Agoura Bible Fellowship in February 2018, but there were some special Tuesday night programs in January 2014 that were very popular also. John Erwin hosted Dr Paul and Teri in the Worship Center while the AWANA children's program was happening on the rest of the campus. Many parents attended these seminars and ABF produced videos:

   Intimacy in Marriage    BOOK 
    More than 1,501 have viewed this ABF website video    ABF VIDEO 

   Is There Sex After Kids? (PG-13)    BOOK 
    More than 1,748 have viewed this ABF website video    ABF VIDEO 

During the pandemic in 2020, Marriage Essentials was limited to Online presentations on a few Saturday evenings during that period.

Then on October 18, 2020, it resumed in The ("wide-open") Well at Agoura Bible Fellowship.

On April 3, 2022, Marriage Essentials doubled to two sessions per month.

At Marriage Essentials, we explore a wide variety of helpful marriage-building tools. If you are married, or plan to be, there is no more important human relationship than the one you have with your spouse, or with the one to whom you are engaged.   

A healthy marriage:
  - Honors God. 
  - Benefits individuals, children, families, communities and nations
  - Is ground zero for spiritual and personal growth
  - Requires ongoing attention and effort, like any worthwhile endeavor

Our Marriage Essentials sessions have been providing some valuable tools to help you assess both strengths and areas that could use some growth – or perhaps some major repair work -- in your marriage.  This isn’t just theoretical: We’ve rolled up our sleeves and worked together on a number of important tasks that are helping you build a healthy, thriving marriage. Join us!

Our in-house counselor (Teri Reisser, MFT) and family physician (Paul Reisser, M.D.) are leading these sessions.  
(NOTE – Couples pay good money to learn what we are teaching here FREE.)

 

   MORE RESOURCES BY DR PAUL & TERI     - See green links for BOOKS and to view other VIDEOS


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