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TUNE-UP, REPAIR AND ENRICH YOUR MARRIAGE
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.
In 2020, our monthly Marriage Essentials sessions will provide 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 won’t be just theoretical: We’ll roll up our sleeves and work together on a number of important tasks that will help you build a healthy, thriving marriage.
Our in-house counselor (Teri Reisser, MFT) and family physician (Paul Reisser, MD) will lead these sessions. (Note – Couples pay good money to learn what will be taught here every month. And the coffee and snacks are free!)
When: Sunday, February 16, 2020, 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (and every third Sunday of the month).
Where: The Well
Childcare is available for all ages.
NOTE: ABF Kids BLAST activities are different at 9:00 and 10:45. You can come to both the 9:00 a.m. service (if you haven’t been on Thursday night) and to Marriage Essentials at 10:45 a.m. Your kids will be in good hands for the entire morning.
These Marriage Essentials classes started at Agoura Bible Fellowship in February 2018. We explore a wide variety of helpful marriage-building tools. The workshops are normally held the third Sunday of every month. Recent marriage workshops included romance in marriage and "Hurry Sickness". In February 2019, the topic was “The Priority of Your Marriage”. A healthy, fruitful marriage is not only deeply satisfying, but an embassy for God’s kingdom, an outpost of sanity in a disordered world. This doesn’t occur by accident. Building and maintaining a great marriage requires that it be a priority of mind, heart and shoe leather. Paul and Teri Reisser explored why and how to prioritize your marriage in a world teeming with competitors for your attention. In March 2019, the topic dealt with Communication in Marriage. In April 2019, the topic related to Ephesians 5, the love languages and the powerful interaction of love and respect between husband and wife. In May 2019, the topic asked: Do you have a sense of your spouse's whereabouts on
his or her spiritual journey? How do you handle the differences in this
area? Do you pray together? In
June and July 2019, the topic asked: What exactly is intimacy? What creates it and what
erodes it in a marriage? Intimacy in all of its dimensions can forge an
incredibly powerful bond for a married couple. In August 2019, the topic explored the many ways that our immediate and extended families can both benefit and disrupt our marriages, along with some practical steps to deal with common issues when they arise. In September 2019, the topic was exploring the importance and practicalities of meaningful apologies and forgiveness in marriage. In October 2019, the topic was on money and how to take the drama out of family finances. In November 2019, the topic was on parenting and marriage. So plan to attend in 2020! The new series began on January 19, 2020!
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