New Couples' Small Group

Here's just a reminder for those who might need it:

Are you happy in your marriage but longing for it to be all that it can be?
Do you want to grow in your marriage but don't know where to start?
Do you find it difficult to make time for just the two of you?
Do you find yourself disappointed in yourself as a wife or husband?
Do you find that you are more often on different pages than before?
Do you find yourself longing for how things used to be in your marriage?
Do you wonder what God thinks of your marriage?
Do you just want to continue to invest in your marriage and keep your focus where it should be?
Do you want to be challenged to apply the gospel to your marriage on a daily basis?

For a while now we have been considering putting together a small group meeting for couples in our body. Not long ago I tried to get some idea of what interest there might be. I've had some interest expressed so we are going to try to put something together for this fall. It will be a group for any couple regardless of the strengths or weaknesses of the marriage (so it will be for good marriages to continue to grow as well as for those struggling relationships that need encouragement).

Jan and I are not the "marriage experts" but rather we look forward to growing with you in this venture as we go through helpful material prepared by others. If you answered "yes" to any of those questions above, then we invite you to come and be a part of this mid-week small group meeting. The plan is for couples to meet together at our home twice a month. This meeting would usually be the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month unless there was a conflict in the schedule (if so, then we would adjust our meeting time as needed).

As couples we will fashion a visual representation of the "Seven Building Blocks of Marriage" (arts and crafts will be included!) that will help us as we apply them to daily circumstances and opportunities to grow more in oneness.

We will use the same resources that Jan and I are presently using in our premarital counseling. These resources, though, are appropriate for any married couple. These resources include:


Love That Lasts: When Marriage Meets Grace book by Gary & Betsy Riccuci

Counseling Sheets (various) by the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (IBCD)

Seven Gospel Building Blocks for Marriage by us :)

This coming Wednesday night (August 10) we will have an introductory meeting at our house at 7:15 PM for all those who are interested. At this meeting we will see what the interest is and talk about what we have in mind. If you have any interest at all, please join us for the meeting. If, for some reason, you can't make the meeting this Wednesday because of a prior commitment, but have an interest, please let us know.

So we invite any and all the couples in our body to join us for this focus on our marriages to the glory of God.