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A Gift that will Last a
Lifetime!
Marriage
Skills  Workshop
"A Lasting Promise"
also called
"Fighting For Your
Marriage"
based
on the PREP® Approach
(as
seen on Oprah, 20/20, & 48 Hours)
Link
to download brochure pdf 1meg
Presented by:
First Things First of Greater
Richmond
(formerly:
Marriage Builders Alliance of Richmond)
… a non-profit community organization dedicated to Building
Strong Families
Next
Workshop: TBA
Sat
9am-5 pm
Overview
of PREP
PREP
=
Prevention
& Relationship
Enhancement Program
Goal
is to teach skills and attitudes
associated with successful marital adjustment
before problems develop. Even after couples have
developed negative styles, PREP can help change the
negative impact on the marriage, if the couple is committed
to improving the relationship.
The
PREP approach is based on the following assumptions:
First, that God is the designer of marriage and designed marriage for great
intimacy expressed in "being one." Many if not most couples are unable to achieve a lasting oneness
characterized by joy and fulfillment in God's design for
marriage.
Second, all couples will encounter
problems because we
live in a fallen world and many imperfect people.
Third,
a couple's ability
to handle conflict and disagreements well is not only the
single best predictor of future marital happiness, poor
handling of such differences will destroy a marriage with
certainty.
“Therefore,
it is not the presence or absence of problems in the
relationship that determines how a couple will do in the
future, but rather it is the way those differences or
disagreements are handled”
Fourth, couples can learn
skills and attitudes that greatly enhance their ability to
have excellent marriages!
also
available is the Faith Based version: Christian
- PREP
is designed to teach couples the attitudes
and skills necessary to enhance and improve their marriages
from a solidly Christian viewpoint.
The
program includes:
*communication
skills
*problem
solving skills
*ground
rules for
handling
conflict and
promoting
intimacy.
Other
crucial topics include:
*commitment,
*forgiveness
*friendship
*spiritual
intimacy
C-PREP
is not marital
therapy,
...
but it is also not just
enhancement
either.
 
Never too old to learn and
enrich
Typical interactive class size
PREP
or C-PREP
presents
couples with powerful tools and concepts
so that they can develop and maintain a stronger marriage for years to come.
Not only are couples taught how to communicate more effectively
by
learning how to speak and listen, but they are also taught how to stop
destructive interchanges. The ability to handle conflict better and stop
destructive behavior is one of the most powerful things couples can be taught
to significantly improve their chances of having marriages which bring honor
to God and joy to themselves.
Great
for Premarital
preparation
as well!
This
workshop also allows couple to practice these new skills in a safe environment
with a trained coach assisting.
Take
Free Relationship Quiz: (click here)
or...
Schedule a workshop in your church for
premarital education or marriage enrichment.
Next
Workshop: C-PREP
Register by
Donation: $79/
couple; $49 individual
(includes lunch)
To
register: send Names, Address, Phone & e-mail along with payment to
Marriage Builders Alliance of Richmond 5200 Grove Ave Richmond, VA 23226. or
email info@MarriageBuildersAlliance.org
Contact:
FTF
@ 282-9763 x-17
Next workshop
tentatively Overbrook Presbyterian Church
Link
to download 1meg brochure pdf
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Names:
________________________________________________________________
Address:
___________________________________________________________________
Phone:
_____________________
e-mail: ___________________________
include
check for full payment
BELOW
IS FOR FUTURE ADVERTISING Schedule
this in your church:
Call:
(804)
282-9763(ext13)
info@MarriageBuildersAlliance.org
A
Lasting Promise Workshop:
a Christian Guide to Fighting
for Your Marriage™
&
Fighting For your Marriage™
based on PREP
Richmond
area Presenter Team:
Bob
& Dianne Ruthazer; CFLE
Family
Life Educators trained by Dr Scott Stanley. Executive Director
of Marriage Builders Alliance of Richmond and Family Resource
Centre.(Link
for Bio)
Bill
Fitch; M.A. CAC, L.P.C.
Cheryl
Fitch; M.Ed; M.A. L.P.C.
Extensive
professional Christian Counseling experience. Previously with
Rapha Christian Psychiatric Services.
Bill
Fitch; M.A. CAC, L.P.C.
Cheryl
Fitch; M.Ed; M.A. L.P.C.
Extensive
professional Christian Counseling experience. Previously with
Rapha Christian Psychiatric Services.
Date
- Marriage
Skills Workshop: A Lasting Promise
based on
the PREP®
approach(click to link).
Sat 9-5 at St Giles Presbyterian Church
5200 Grove Ave. For engaged, married and Mentor Couples.
Cost $79 per couple. CPREP is not marital therapy,
but it is also not just enhancement either. It
is designed to teach couples the attitudes and skills
necessary to improve their marriages from a solidly
Christian viewpoint backed up by extensive research!
Includes Coaching for individual couples.
Class size is limited: Call to reserve place
by Date: 282-9763(ext13), ruthazer@earthlink.net,
or schedule this in your
church!
***NEW*** Clergy
& Lay Leaders presenting C-PREP in a
congregation are more effective than professionals
in terms of desired outcomes:
Community
Based Premarital Prevention: Clergy and Lay Leaders
on the Front Lines by Markman & Stanley
from Journal on Family Relations, 2001, 50,67-76 (link
for article).
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