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Marriage

Marriage. q. Identify 5 unhealthy reasons people marry?. q. Identify 5 healthy reasons people marry?. Why do people marry?. A Christian Marriage Is….

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Marriage

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  1. Marriage

  2. q Identify 5 unhealthy reasons people marry? q Identify 5 healthy reasons people marry? Why do people marry?

  3. A Christian Marriage Is… a total commitment of two people to the person of Jesus Christ and each other. It is a commitment in which there is no holding back of anything. a school, a learning and growing environment in which (if everything is as it should be) both partners can grow and develop. The relationship grows along with them. H. Norman Wright

  4. What Does the Catholic Church / Christian Affirm about Marriage? Believing that marriage is a covenant intended by God to be a lifelong fruitful relationship between a man and a woman, we vow to God, each other, our family, and our community to remain steadfast in unconditional love, reconciliation, and sexual love while purposefully growing in our covenant marriage relationship.

  5. What does your church believe about marriage?

  6. What does your church do to strengthen marriages?

  7. A Holistic Approach To Marriage Ministry Outreach Prevention Health Intervention Enrichment

  8. American Experience Marriage is a fundamental social institution. It is central to the nurture and raising of children. It is the “social glue” that reliably attaches fathers to children. It contributes to the physical, emotional and economic health of men, women and children, and thus to the nation as a whole. It is also one of the most highly prized of all human relationships and a central life goal of most Americans. The State of Our unions 2003The National Marriage Project

  9. Did You Know About a third of all children and more than two-thirds of African-American children are born out of wedlock. Since 1960, there has been an 850 percent increase in the number of cohabiting couples who live with children. Roughly a million children each year experience parental divorce and its aftermath. The State of Our unions 2003The National Marriage Project

  10. Did You Know Compared to married fathers, men who are not married to their children’s mothers are significantly less likely to be consistently and positively involved with their children during their growing up years. In reality, marriage is the social glue that holds fathers to their offspring. Marriage encourages regular and routine father involvement. The State of Our unions 2003The National Marriage Project

  11. Did You Know Unmarried cohabiting fathers fail to show as much warmth or put in as much time or money in the care of their biological children as do married fathers. Cohabiting men who are living with nonbiological children pose a risk of physical or sexual abuse to such children. The State of Our unions 2003The National Marriage Project

  12. Consider …the new soul-mate ideal may create unrealistic expectations for intimacy that, if unfulfilled, may lead to disappointment, estrangement and even a search for a new soul mate. The State of Our unions 2003The National Marriage Project

  13. The Marriage Ministry Umbrella

  14. Relationship Skill Development CoupleCloseness Communication Personality Compatibility Couple Flexibility SexualRelationship ConflictResolution Leisure Activities FinancialManagement FamilyandFriends Spiritual Beliefs Areas of Focus

  15. Relationship Skill Development

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