Growing Together: The Course

A Complete Marriage Preparation Programme

Growing Together: The Course by Andrew Body was published by Church House Publishing in December 2007 and is our 22273rd best seller. The ISBN for Growing Together: The Course is 9780715141359.

Offers a course for marriage preparation that is designed to enable church leaders to run marriage preparation sessions. This book provides guidance on using the material with groups of couples over a number of weekly sessions or as a one-day course. It is suitable for those considering marriage or those already engaged and planning a wedding....

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Each year 63,000 couples choose to marry in church.

Growing Together: the course is a flexible marriage preparation course designed to enable church leaders to run effective marriage preparation sessions. Guidance is provided on using the material with groups of couples over a number of weekly sessions or as a one-day course.

The course is designed to help couples to develop a shared understanding of their future together through discussion of key issues on married life.

Ideal for those considering marriage or those already engaged and planning a wedding;

It can be used alongside the popular Growing Together book which is aimed at the couples themselves.

Key features:

· Helpful introductory notes for planning and leading sessions
· Readymade session plans
· Includes FREE CD-ROM;
· Fully photocopiable and downloadable support material;


Content:

Session 1: Introductions. Past, present and future.
Session 2: Reasons for getting married.
Session 3: Communication.
Session 4: Conflict.
Session 5: Spiritual issues.
Session 6: Us and them.
Session 7: The wedding day.
Follow-up
after the wedding: How have we grown – a reunion course.


CD-ROM features:

· Worksheets;
· Scripts to each session;
· Illustrations from Growing Together – the book for couples;
· Poster and invite