Marriage Matters, Fellowship’s marriage ministry, focuses on three primary areas of development:
• Prepare – Preparing couples for Christ-centered lifelong marriage
• Enrich – Proactively helping couples improve and enrich their relationships
• Restore – Helping restore troubled marriages to Biblical and relational health
Prepare
Couple-to-Couple Premarital Mentoring brings the premarital couple together with an experienced couple with a solid – not perfect – marriage who want to help younger couples build a strong foundation for their marriage. Mentoring at Fellowship involves four to six informal meetings on a schedule determined by the couples. Your mentors want to hear your story and share theirs in a series of open and transparent conversations. To get started, the couple will complete an online relationship assessment that provides them and their mentors a snapshot of their relationship in 8-10 key areas. This report and an informal, encouraging relationship with your mentors provides the basis for the mentoring experience.
For couples who have not been previously married and do not have children from a previous relationship, we use the Couple Checkup relationship assessment. You can get more information on the Couple Checkup http://www.couplecheckup.com.
Previously Married Couples considering re-marriage and those who have child(ren) from a previous relationship are invited to join a separate premarital track that includes re-married mentor couples. While the areas covered are largely the same, the mentors also address challenges that are unique to stepfamilies in the first 3-5 years. We use the Prepare-Enrich relationship assessment to take advantage of additional emphasis on re-marriage and stepfamily issues. You can find out more about Prepare-Enrich at http://www.prepare-enrich.com. We understand you have all the challenges of a first marriage plus some important additional challenges, and we want to help.
Click here to register for Premarital Mentoring or call 501-224-7171 for more information. If you are interested in being married at Fellowship, learn more at Weddings.
Enrich
Newlywed Community Groups cover an 18-24 month curriculum designed to address issues faced by newlyweds during the first two to five years of marriage. The goal is to help couples build Christ-centered marriages and authentic relationships with other newlyweds by sharing their experiences in the first years of marriage. Leader couples are experienced couples in healthy – not perfect – marriages that want to share their experiences and offer the benefit of what they have learned. If you would like to connect with other newlywed couples to have fun, build friendships and apply Biblical principles to your marriage, we invite you to join a Newlywed Community Group. The groups are open to everyone and we have groups forming now.
Marriage conferences and events to equip and encourage couples are scheduled periodically. Schedules and event details are posted on the frame to the left of your screen. Scroll through the information now to see what’s happening. If you are a Facebook user, join our FBC Facebook page to see posts on currently scheduled events for all ministry areas.
Restore
Marriage 911 is a class for marriages in stress, crisis or separation. The program includes a proven 12-week curriculum that provides Biblical truth and hope for your marriage. Come independently or with your spouse. All group interactions are in a confidential, same-gender setting. Check out specific class dates and other information on the frame to the left.
Marriage 911 Goals:
• Help participants discover hope in their marriage relationship
• Provide separated couples tools to help rebuild their relationship and reconcile their marriage
• Guide participants into a deeper relationship with Christ to enable reconciliation in their marriage
and other important relationships
Free child care is offered, but you must register for child care in advance. For more information on the Marriage 911 class contact us at marriagematters@fellowshiponline.com.
Counseling Intensives are for married couples who want to take their marriage to the next level or who are stuck, exhausted, or even separated and in the process of a divorce. Three to five couples work with two marriage experts over a four-day period in a relaxing and confidential resort setting. Intensives are offered to address a number of different problem areas and audiences. If you would like information about a marriage counseling intensive, call (501) 224-7171 or e-mail marriagematters@fellowshiponline.com
DivorceCare is a recovery group for the divorced or separated adults which meets in a thirteen week Christ-centered, healing program. If you are recently divorced, we encourage you to join a divorce care group where you can work through the wounds that accompany divorce. Contact Glenn or Paige Ballard at (501) 663-4224 to register. Divorce Care for Kids is a complementary program for children (ages 5-12) of separated or divorced individuals.
Didn’t find what you needed? Call (501) 224-7171 and talk to us about it or send us an e-mail at marriagematters@fellowshiponline.com.
If you have a sense that one or both of you have issues that need to be addressed before you can work on your marriage our Celebrate Recovery ministry might be the right spot for you.
