Marriage mentors with healthy, stable relationships provide positive role models for these young couples.
«Unfortunately, due to the lack of
healthy marriage mentors, couples don't understand that it is normal to go up and down,» she explains.
Facilitators work with couples in facilitator / couple relationships, small groups, retreats,
marriage mentor programs, church - wide formats, and many other settings.
March 4 - 6, 2016
** Marriage Mentor Training» and «Love for a Lifetime — Marriage Celebration Weekend» Glen Rock.
Her and her husband also serve
as marriage mentors, helping couples find restoration in their marriage.
About 200 small group leaders, counselors and
other marriage mentors gathered to hear great music, a fun game show put on by the pastor and his wife, and then my talk as I shared some of my research about marriage.
Better still, we need
many marriage mentors upstream to help people from falling into the river of poor marriage habits.
Originally written
for marriage mentors, counselors and pastors, this book is also being widely used by individual couples who are interested in learning and developing the skills necessary for building a strong marriage.
Jim and Sheri have served the local church as pre-marriage mentors and have taught and coached
other marriage mentors and churches.
If you don't know other married couples, seek out a marriage mentoring program through a community organization or church, where mature married couples are matched with younger couples to serve
as marriage mentors.
Churches are in the best possible position to establish
a marriage mentor program.
«Because of the guidance we have received from
our marriage mentor couple, we feel that we have an advantage that will help us have a life - long marriage.»
Some churches, especially among the Protestant faiths, have «
marriage mentors» who volunteer their time to meet with engaged couples to answer questions and discuss issues.
While pastors, lay helpers, and
marriage mentors can be wonderful facilitators offering compassion, life experience, and testimonies, that is very different from the type of assistance provided by a trained professional equipped with the knowledge, skills, and experience to address more complex dynamics and deeper needs.
What are some of the specific obstacles that
marriage mentors can help younger couples navigate around or avoid altogether?
When you equip
your marriage mentors with our unparalleled tools, couples will keep coming back for more!
Whether you are a clergy member or
a marriage mentor, you may face some challenges working with couples.
September 4 - 6, 2016 ** Ministry to Marriages and
Marriage Mentor Training, Baxter Institute in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
So I agree with your perspective,
Marriage Mentor, that it takes training and practice for couples to learn to transform their marriage arguments into win - win problem - solving.
Pastors, Counselors,
Marriage Mentors, & Marriage Educators are all invited to this training.