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Couples in Community

Couples in Community. Some needs. Christianity 101 Leaders Goodies on Sunday mornings Meals for new parents. Coming Attractions. February 1st - “Couples in the Bible Series: The Honeymoon is Over--The Adam and Eve Story” - testimony with Doug and Lindsey Greenwald.

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Couples in Community

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  1. Couples in Community

  2. Some needs • Christianity 101 Leaders • Goodies on Sunday mornings • Meals for new parents

  3. Coming Attractions • February 1st - “Couples in the Bible Series: The Honeymoon is Over--The Adam and Eve Story” - testimony with Doug and Lindsey Greenwald

  4. Other 2009 dates to ink in • April 3-5 Couples Retreat, Colorado Springs Glen Eryie Retreat Center--$200/couple---donors needed for underwriting and scholarships • April 12th-- Easter, no class, meet at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater at 10 AM • May 17th, Chapel class at 10:45 (no 9 AM), and annual picnic on the grounds

  5. April 3-5 Couples Retreat, Colorado Springs Glen Eryie Retreat Center--$200/couple Dr Sid Buzzell teaches “Possibilities” 1 Corinthians 2:9 Music by Dick and Marcia Shultz Testimony by MC and Dave Genova, +1 Devotions by 2 class couples Games, dinners, hiking, other stuff ---donors needed for underwriting and and scholarships Register http://www.chcc.org/sunday_classes_rock_solid_marriages.aspx

  6. New couples • Prayer

  7. No Couple is an Island Donna and Jeff Sweetin

  8. The World’s View of Marriage

  9. God’s View of Marriage: An Office • “Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God’s holy ordinance…In your love you see only the heaven of your happiness, but in marriage you are placed at a post of responsibility toward the world and mankind. Your love is your own private possession, but marriage is something more than personal—it is a status, an office,…that joins you together in the sight of God.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  10. Selection of Your Cabinet • If you had just been appointed to high office, what would you do to ensure success? • How many friends would you select? • What characteristic is most important?

  11. No Couple an Island Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. Proverbs 1:5 • Where do married couples get • Support? • Learning? • Guidance? • Wisdom?

  12. No Couple is an Island • Resources- • The Word • Teaching • Small Groups • Peers • Experienced Couples • Parents/In-laws/Grandparents • Mentor Couple

  13. Table Discussion • Who is having the greatest influence on your marriage? • What are the limitations of their influence? • Describe your small group (age, life experience, etc.)

  14. Table Discussion • Who has had/is having the greatest influence on your marriage? • What are the limitations of their influence? • Describe your small group (age, life experience, etc.) One minute left…………

  15. Sea Captain- describing his career: “when anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, ‘uneventful’. In all my experience, I have never been in any accident… I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort”

  16. Sea Captain- describing his career: “”when anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say, ‘uneventful’. In all my experience, I have never been in any accident… I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort” E.J. Smith, 1907, Captain, RMS Titanic

  17. Who Would You Fly With?

  18. Experience • Why Mike and Martha Lynn’s counsel is so valuable? • “Teaching what you aint done is like going back to where you aint been” G. Whitlow • Never trust anyone without a limp • Our example of other couples and empty nest Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. Job 12:12

  19. “What God has joined together, let the Church keep together” • The disputed Role of the Christian church • Big church advantages and disadvantages • What resources are available in this church?

  20. Christian Marriage Mentoring • “…a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner…” • “…from the Greek word meaning “enduring” • How do Mentoring relationships start? • Possible CHCC Marriage Mentoring- • Joint recreational activity • Joint service project

  21. MAXIMIZING MARRIAGE MENTORS REPAIRING PREPARING

  22. Summary • Marriage is a ‘Holy Office’ • To succeed in that office, you need an EXPERIENCED cabinet • Marriage Mentors can be your cabinet • The Church wants to invest in your marriage

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