Saying I Do A Marriage Preparation Program

Novalis Saying I Do Facilitator's Book Saying I Do Complete Facilitator Support - The Facilitator's Guide employs a step-by-step approach that allows volunteer facilitators to direct the flow of the sessions with confidence. - All sessions follow the same organization and structure, making facilitating much easier. - Includes instructional material, exercises, sure-fire discussion starters, case studies, ice breakers, and more. - can be used for weekend programs, weekly sessions, individual couple mentoring, and correspondence/e-learning, - addresses questions such as living together before marriage, and interfaith / interchurch marriages, - offers guidance on communication, finances, conflict resolution, sexuality, intimacy, family, and spirituality, - provides practical exercises and abundant opportunities for couple and group discussion - has an easy-to-use Facilitator's Guide to provide volunteer facilitators with all the tools for success, and - allows individuals to reconnect with their faith.

Build a Love that Lasts At a time when more people are delaying marriage or writing it off altogether, those ready to walk the aisle will appreciate a frank and trusted resource to help them start marriage on the right foot. This practical guide will help you explore your relationship in depth and will provide new insight into your partner and how the two of you relate to one another establish your wants and needs as individuals and a couple before your marriage begins lay the groundwork for open and honest conversation for a stronger, healthier marriage reveal how life events and family background can influence decision making in finances, family, education, faith, and career engage you in activities that lead to thought-provoking discussion addressing your past experiences and current expectations Engaging and easy-to-use, Before You Say "I Do" is full of tried and true wisdom to help you plan for your future and build a lasting relationship with the one you love.

Novalis Saying I Do Couple's Book Saying I Do is a flexible, contemporary, and affordable Marriage Preparation Program. Table of Contents 1. Communication: Beyond Words 2. Finances: Money Matters + Conflict Resolution: Working It Out 3. Sexuality: Who Am I? 4. Intimacy: Becoming a Couple 5. Fruitfulness: Our Creative Response 6. Spirituality and Interfaith/Interchurch Spirituality: We Believe Are You Ready for Marriage? - can be used for weekend programs, weekly sessions, individual couple mentoring, and correspondence/e-learning, - addresses questions such as living together before marriage, and interfaith / interchurch marriages, - offers guidance on communication, finances, conflict resolution, sexuality, intimacy, family, and spirituality, - provides practical exercises and abundant opportunities for couple and group discussion - has an easy-to-use Facilitator's Guide to provide volunteer facilitators with all the tools for success, and - allows individuals to reconnect with their faith.

This comprehensive program offers couples the guidance and groundwork necessary to assist them in evaluating their readiness to make a permanent life commitment. Each of the eight chapters deal with critical topics that are addressed in several ways: His and Her pages; Couple and Group discussion questions; Issues of Special focus; and more. Also comes with a complete wedding liturgy planner with Scripture readings.

Nicky and Sila Lee present the five sessions which make up ThePre-Marriage Course. Their talks are interspersed with thoughts from couples who have taken the course, as well as street interviews and marriage insights from around the world.

Where do you seek God? Are you waiting for him to appear in a monumental, life-altering event? In God Moments, Catholic blogger Andy Otto shows you how to discover the unexpected beauty of God’s presence in the story of ordinary things and in everyday routines like preparing breakfast or walking in the woods. Drawing on the Ignatian principles of awareness, prayer, and discernment, Otto will help you discover the transforming power of God’s presence in your life and better understand your place in the world. Andy Otto found God’s presence in surprising moments during his life—when, as a Jesuit scholastic, he taught children in Jamaica and also as he discerned the call to marriage with his wife. By combining elements of Ignatian spirituality with the lessons that came from his experiences, Otto identified three practices that helped him find God in all things: Awareness—Gain an understanding that God is present in the ordinary messiness of our lives such as battle with depression or sharing in the struggle of a friend. Prayer—Develop a prayer life using Ignatian practices such as asking for a morning grace and examining how your prayer was answered at the end of the day. That way you can focus on a personal relationship with God that finds everyday physical activities such as making a meal as an opportunity to talk to him. Discernment—The more you are aware of God’s presence and draw closer to him in prayer, the better you can learn how to plug into God’s narrative of the world in a way that enables you to participate in the divine story through the use of your gifts and talents. With God Moments as a guide, you’ll have a better understanding of how to seek personal wholeness in the reality of God’s presence in the ordinary and learn to accept his invitation to participate in his transformation of the world.