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 Marriage
Ministries
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.
Alpha Marriage Course
From the creators of the ALPHA course, comes the Alpha Marriage Course.
This 10-week small group study can help you build a healthy marriage that
lasts a lifetime. Any married couple can join, newlyweds to empty nesters!
Offered two times a year, the Alpha Marriage Course is helping marriages be
all that God has intended them to be. Topics include:
- Recognizing each other’s needs
- Resolving conflict
- Healing past hurts
- Knowing how to make each other feel loved
- Making time for each other
- Even having fun together!
• The course sessions meet on Mondays, 6:00-8:30
p.m.
• Material cost: $20/couple, payable the first night of the course.
• Dinner cost: $5.
• Limited childcare (ages 3-10) is available for $4 each night.
Watch for information on the next Alpha Marriage preview night. Call 763-536-3226.
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.
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Marriage Mentor is someone who:
- 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.
 Marriage Weekends
Marriage weekends provide time away for couples who need some "preventative" health
care for their marriage or who are in a relationship that is hurting and needs
restoration. This annual weekend event can help your marriage to be all God
intends it to be.
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