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763-536-3240
New Hope Church is an advocate for your marriage! Whether you are engaged to be married or a veteran of many years, we offer many valuable resources to help strengthen your relationship. Contact Marriage Ministries for additional details. The following are just some of the resources we provide to deepen your marriage relationship.

Discovering Your Mate
With topics like, “When crazy monkeys marry” and “My parrot doesn’t talk,” this marriage conference is sure to be fun and thought provoking.  This 2 day conference will be held on Friday, March 9, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm with a dinner included and continue on Saturday, March 10 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. The cost will be $25 per couple. There will be limited childcare on Saturday only for a small fee.
 
Please call (763) 536-3240 to register

Is Your Marriage Struggling?
The Marriage Mentoring Ministry at NHC exists to strengthen new marriages and those that are struggling. Marriage Mentoring is a simple concept. It is "couple mentoring," which means it matches couples who have strong godly marriages with those just starting married life or those who find themselves in need of help. Marriage Mentors are matched with you based on the information you provide in your confidential application. You complete a relationship assessment questionnaire and your Marriage Mentoring couple meets with you to provide feedback concerning the results. They help you learn what it takes to have a godly marriage.

Feedback topics include:

  • Learning to speak assertively and actively listen to your partner.
  • Discovering 10 steps for resolving couple conflict.
  • Uncovering couple strengths and growth areas.
  • Crealting a couple and family map. Learning the impact of your family of origin on your marriage.
  • Learning to develop a spending plan with which you can live.
  • Finding ways to make your goals a reality.

Couples meet with mentors a minimum of six times over the course of a year. Each meeting lasts approximately one and a half hours. Couples can recovenant with their mentors at the end of the year for additional meetings if it is mutually agreeable. In addition to their training in the assessment tools, Marriage Mentors are also trained to determine which resources couples can be referred to for additional help.

If you are interested in being matched with a Marriage Mentoring couple, fill out the application (pdf below) and mail it to the address listed on the form. You will be matched with a mentoring couple approximately two to three weeks later!

Marriage Mentor Application (pdf)

Become Marriage Mentors
If you are interested in becoming Marriage Mentors, call 763-536-3240.
A Marriage Mentor is someone who:photo

  • Has learned to have a great marriage and wants to help others.
  • Is committed to the marital success of others.
  • Teaches, instructs and models.
  • Exhorts, reproves and listens.
  • Befriends, loves and leads.

Marriage Seminars/Workshops
Marriage Ministries sponsors at least one marriage seminar or workshop each year. Continue to check back for information regarding marriage seminars at New Hope Church.

 

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