Potential Marriage/Family Studies for Fall 2011
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I Promise: How Five Commitments
Determine the Destiny of Your Marriage
,
Gary Smalley (DVD) (6 Sessions)
In I Promise, America's foremost marriage expert comes to a startling new conclusion: great marriages are built on
a foundation of trust, not behavioral skills. So it's not enough to learn your partner's love language, become
proficient in conflict resolution, learn to control your emotions, or even become an expert in the bedroom.
If your spouse does not feel safe enough to open up his or her heart without fear of being judged, criticized, blamed,
or rejected, nothing you do will be effective. It's only when couples feel emotionally safe that they can truly become
one as God intended. Based on ten years of research, Dr. Gary Smalley shares five heartfelt promises you can
make to your mate that are guaranteed to build trust and help your spouse become the true soul mate, lover, and
friend you desire.
Fireproof Your Marriage
(DVD) (6 Sessions)
Fireproof Your Marriage will challenge you to love better, love first and love for a lifetime. This six-week study is
founded on Biblical principles for strong, God-centered, lifelong marriages. The Fireproof Your Marriage study
integrates movie clips from FIREPROOF, along with key Scriptures, thought-provoking questions and devotionals,
including concepts from The Love Dare book. For use with the Fireproof Your Marriage Leader's Kit or Couple's Kit.
Great for small groups or Sunday school class. Fireproof Your Marriage includes these six sessions: 1.) He
Said/She Said: appreciating the God-designed differences between men and women. 2.) He First Loved Us: God's
love for you and how it enables you to love others. 3.) Love for a Lifetime: marriage as a lifelong covenant. 4.)
Breaking Free: freeing yourself from temptations that can destroy a marriage. 5.) Forgiveness: offering and receiving
forgiveness. 6.) A Better Way of Loving: unconditional love Churches can purchase in bulk at Outreach and save.
Love Talk: Speaking Each Other's Language,
by Dr. Les Parrott, Dr. Leslie Parrott (DVD)
(6 sessions)
In this 6-session curriculum, experts Les and Leslie Parrott help you improve the single most important factor for a
successful marriage---communication! Discover how to identify your interaction style, listen attentively, connect
emotionally, and more. Includes DVD and 32-page leader's guide. A hardcover copy of Love Talk and companion
workbooks for men and women are available separately. (If you would like to do a marriage focused small group,
there are other marriage/relationship curriculum available.)
Managing Our Finances God's Way
(DVD) (7 sessions)
Video-based small group study that will inspire your members to live debt-free and manage their finances
according to Biblical principles. Developed in partnership with Crown Financial Ministries, this complete curriculum
includes a CD-Rom with every workbook that provides financial worksheets for your personal budgeting and
planning.
Have a New Kid by Friday
(DVD) (6 sessions)
Parents teach their children their ABCs before they enter school; now it's time to teach them the ABCs of life
(Attitude, Behavior, and Character). "How?", you ask. Stand up to the plate and take charge. In Have a New Kid by
Friday, Dr. Kevin Leman urges you to take his 5-day challenge to implement a new parenting strategy. Based on
cause and effect instead of threats or fears, you'll soon be seeing lots of improvement in your child's behavior and
experience a closer bond as well.
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