Marriage Ministry Crash Course: Week 4

Welcome to Week 4. You made it. You’re about ready to graduate. We have some important things to talk about today, but we also wanted you to know that you don’t have to do this alone. We have a team here at MarriedPeople who would love to help, and also there is a community of leaders in our Facebook group.

So how does this work? We’re going to give you some reading assignments each week in the book, Married People: How Your Church Can Build Marriages that Last. (Don’t have a copy? You can get one here. An electronic version is also available at Amazon or iBooks.) For this week, your reading assignment is Chapter 11.

Then, watch the video above for the next seven or so minutes. Also, join us tomorrow for an additional blog post that will give you a real life example/tips from people like you who want to help marriages in their church and in their community.

In week one, we focused on how to get senior leadership on board. In week two, we focused on how to identify the right leaders and volunteers. And last week we focused on customizing a launch plan. Now it is time for Step Four: Create the Calendar.

We know, it sounds pretty basic. But scheduling things involves more than throwing a dart at the calendar. There are a lot of things to consider if you want people to know about your event and actually come to it. We want to help set you up for success. So join the discussion on MarriedPeople Leaders Facebook group, as well as read tomorrow’s blog post. (If you’ve signed up for this course, we will send you a Crash Course Discussion Guide. You can work through it every week on your own, or process through the questions with the MarriedPeople Leaders Facebook group.)

And since you’ve been hanging out with us for the past few weeks, you know we like to give you stuff. It’s what we do. Just register here to get instructions on how to get them. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a trick. We’re really going to give you stuff for free.) So today we have two gifts for you:

• CALENDAR TEMPLATE: We know you can find a calendar anywhere, but we wanted to save you some time and effort and make one available. This one is a little different though—we’ve included some key questions for you and your team to talk through to help you plan out 2016 in a way that is both realistic and effective.
• VISION VIDEO: This free video is something we created to remind churches why we’re doing this. Watch this video and feel free to use it to motivate your team as to what we can do when we work together to impact marriages.

For a fuller, more detailed course in marriage ministry, read Married People: How Your Church Can Help Marriages by Ted Lowe and Doug Fields.

Also, you can contact our MarriedPeople team at info@marriedpeople.org with any specific questions you may have about MarriedPeople resources, or visit our website, http://ift.tt/1cHTchG.

Thanks for doing something more for marriages in 2016. We can’t wait to see what happens. We believe in you. You’ve got this, and God’s got you! —The MarriedPeople Team

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