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 











 
 

ABF MARRIAGE ESSENTIALS SCHEDULE

 
JUL
 
 Sunday, July 16, 9:00am  NEW! Summer Series Part 1 INTRO and Handouts
 
 
SEP
 
 Sunday, September 17, 9:00am   Part 2 INTRO and Handout
 
 
OCT
 Sunday, October 1, 9:00am  Part 3 in Youth Room (See INTRO on Sep 27)
 
 Sunday, October 22, 9:00am  Back in The Well
 
 

DIRECT ACCESS TO CURRENT AND RECENT HANDOUTS


- VIEW - DOWNLOAD - SAVE - PRINT
- Newest TOPICS are toward the top of this section
- SESSIONS are in numerical order with newest at the upper right (like our other MEDIA pages)
- Beginning September 2023, all NEW documents can ONLY be found on this ME webpage!
 

 

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?


 SUMMER SPECIAL! 
 July 16, 2023
PART 1
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 SUMMER SPECIAL! 
 September 17, 2023
PART 2
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  

 ONE MORE! 
October 1, 2023
PART 3
  INTRODUCTION  
 
 

THE TOP 9½ MARRIAGE BUSTERS


  BUSTER 5 - PART 2  
June 18, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

   BUSTER 5 - PART 3  
July 2, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 


  

RESUMES

AFTER "FUN"

 

 



 


 

 

  BUSTER 4 - PART 3  
March 26, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 4 - PART 4  
April 16, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

   BUSTER 4 - PART 5  
April 30, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
 
  BUSTER 4 - PART 6  
May 14, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 5 - PART 1  
June 4, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

  BUSTER 3 - PART 1  
January 8, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  GEN DIRECTIONS  
 
  2-PAGE TRUST  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 3 - PART 2  
January 22, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 3 - PART 3  
February 12, 2023
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 4 - PART 1  
February 26, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 4 - PART 2  
March 12, 2023
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

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

  BUSTER 1 - PART 2  
October 9, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  7-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 1 - PART 3  
October 23, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  6-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

  BUSTER 1 - PART 4  
November 6, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

   BUSTER 2  
November 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

MAKING THE SEASON BRIGHT - FOR YOUR MARRIAGE


 HOLIDAY SPECIAL! 
 December 18, 2022
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHAT


PART 1
June 12, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  2-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 2
June 26, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 3
July 17, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 4
July 31, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 5
September 4, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

AFFAIR RECOVERY


PART 1
April 24, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 2
May 15, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 3
May 29, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 





 

AFFAIR-PROOFING YOUR MARRIAGE


PART 1
February 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  4-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 2
March 20, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 3
April 3, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  
 





 

WHAT ARE THE HAPPIEST MARRIED COUPLES DOING RIGHT?


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

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

PART 3
January 16, 2022
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  3-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

 

ANGER AND FORGIVENESS IN MARRIAGE


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

PART 2
September 19, 2021
  INTRODUCTION  
 
  5-PAGE HANDOUT  
 

PART 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 90 total)


 - Find MORE Marriage Essentials Handouts and other related documents at MEDIA  |    DOCUMENT LIBRARY  
 - IMPORTANT: To list them in perfect chronological order, you must 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 website videos:

   Intimacy in Marriage    BOOK 
    More than 1,579 have viewed this ABF website video    ABF VIDEO 

   Is There Sex After Kids? (PG-13)    BOOK 
    More than 1,829 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.)

 

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