Date Night Works - Presenting at NARME

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Dear Friends and Colleagues: 
 
We wanted to let you know that Date Night Works will be conducting a Pre-Conference Training on Sunday, July 22, at the NARME conference in Baltimore.
 
Our one day training, called Date Night Bootcamp (Session 1T-9), will be led by Sarah Meyer and Tim Popadic. Tim is our resident Date Night guru, having led Date Night events with over 20,000 participants in the Palm Beach area. Together Sarah and Tim are helping relationship champions host their own Date Nights around the country.
 
Why Date Nights?
 
“Date Nights” are being employed around the nation and in every case have been shown to improve relational satisfaction of participating couples. At the NARME Conference Dr. Bradford Wilcox from the University of Virginia will release his latest research under the title “Date Night Opportunity” which verifies the value of couple’s time together.
 
If you have been thinking about how you can help and serve relationships with people you care about, beyond what you already do, we encourage you to attend this training on Sunday. At the training session we will walk you through step-by-step how you can easily build and sponsor a Date Night campaign using smart-phone apps, date night “deals,” and engaging promotional material.  We want to help you create a “win” for relationships in your community. You’ll come away with a vision and a plan for relational impact. 
 
Apart from our training seminar we think you would also benefit from the rest of the conference that NARME has put together -- an astounding 3 days of Learning, Networking, Fun, and Information to help you serve families.
 
·         There will be a great night at the Baltimore Orioles game!
 
·         Ten workshop breakouts!  Seven plenary sessions.  Plus up to 46 available CEU hours available from a national provider!
 
·         NARME members get an additional $50 off and can attend a delicious free dinner Monday night! (Members only!)
 
·         Basic Conference fee starting at $349
 
Click here to see what all the excitement is about at www.NARMEconference.com. Please pass this opportunity along to those serving families.
 
Hope to see you in Baltimore!
 
The Date Night Works Team

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Empathy Matters: Empathy exercises to try at home, new competition winners, & Bill Drayton on the key factors for business success.

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After months of reading and reviewing entries and weeks of public voting, last week Ashoka Changemakers announced the three winners of the competition Activating Empathy. Congratulations to Sports for Sharing, Changing Worlds, and No Bully!

Sports for Sharing uses play--games and sports--to tackle civic disengagement, cross-cultural mistrust, and violence in Mexico. Their signature activity is the treasure-chest exchange, where students collect objects that represent their culture and identity, pack them up in decorated boxes, and exchange their treasure chests with another participating school.

Changing Worlds' Literacy and Cultural Connection Program turns students into historians of their own families and communities, sending them out into the field for interviews and helping them transform what they learn into a sophisticated art project.

No Bully creates school-based Solution Teams of students to resolve instances of bullying. The core philosophy behind their work? A non-punitive response to bullying that integrally involves students themselves.

Stay tuned to StartEmpathy.org in the coming weeks for full profiles of all of the winners, and check out the list of all 14 finalists here.



"I get it. It's not gender, it's not race; it's whether or not you're a changemaker that determines whether you will be a success or failure." So said a 15-year-old young woman and active Youth Venturer, quoted in a recent article from Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton, appearing in Forbes India.

"The key factors for success for any business (or other organization) going forward," writes Bill, "will be: What proportion of your people are changemakers, at what level, and how effective have you been in enabling them to work together and openly to the world? No leader will succeed against this test if he or she is not doing everything possible to ensure that every member of his/her team is brilliant in applied empathetic ethics and if the organization is not meeting the same test."

Discover whether you're meeting the test, and check out tips from Bill to ensure you and your company aren't left behind. Read more.

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"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as your own." Henry Ford

 
Take advantage of the lazy--or hectic--summer afternoons you'll spend with your children to try out some empathy building exercises. Not sure where to begin? Start with a family album. Gathering the family around an old photo album is an easy and fun way to share memories with your children--and a perfect opportunity to talk about emotions. Consider scanning some family photos that represent common emotions and putting them on the fridge. Create moveable labels for each family member that say "Today I feel like this."

Read more about how to use the experience as an empathy builder here.


Earlier this month, we found ourselves sitting in an industrial warehouse in Half Moon Bay, CA, joined by Ashoka Fellow Molly Barker, Henry De Sio, and more than a dozen leading thinkers & doers from across a variety of industries, including design, advertising, media, and academia. Convened by Insight Labs, the group set out to crack what it's going to take to make empathy a norm in today's education system.

Over the course of three hours, we wrestled with the very same questions we've been asking ourselves for months: what exactly do we mean by empathy? Why exactly is it more important today than ever? And what's it going to take to spread not a curriculum or a program, but an idea?

Among the takeaways are that empathy must be applied--it's most powerful as an ingredient in changemaking; that relationships are crucial in today's world and empathy is the vehicle that helps us build effective ones; and that the strongest arguments for empathy may not be facts and figures but rather powerful stories. Read more about these and other lessons learned here.

 

 
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Save the Date for MAC 2013

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In This Issue
Promote the MAC
Save the Date!
Keynoters on YouTube
MAC Specials!
Quick Links
Registration Information
Hotel Information
Find us on Facebook

Did You Know . . .

That 54% of the people who attending in 2012 were personally invited by someone else?

Who could you invite to the 2013 MAC?

Promote the Mid-Atlantic Congress!
Promote the Mid-Atlantic Congress in the following ways:
  • Put the MAC logo on your website, blog, or Facebook page, and link to www.MidAtlanticCongress.org 
  • Forward this email to your friends and colleagues and invite them to come to 2013 MAC.
  • Include information about the 2013 MAC in your parish, school, diocesan, or organizational newsletters.
  • Add a link to the MAC website (www.MidAtlanticCongress.org) to your email signature 

Your 2013 Mid-Atlantic Congress Update

July 2012 

Save the Date! Mark Your Calendars Now!
Mark your calendars now for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Congress at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel in Baltimore, MD!

Congress begins on Thursday, March 7, 2013, with a brief opening and two rounds of master classes followed by the evening's opening Leadership Assembly featuring Cardinal Donald Wuerl.

Congress concludes on Saturday, March 9, 2013, with a Leadership Assembly led by Ron Rolheiser.

So, block out March 7-9, 2013 for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Congress! 

Check Out Two Keynote Speakers on YouTube
Seek First the Kingdom - Cardinal Wuerl's Latest Book
Seek First the Kingdom - Cardinal Wuerl's Latest Book

Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Dark Nights and Doubts: A Failure of Faith - or Imagination?
Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Dark Nights and Doubts: A Failure of Faith - or Imagination?
 
What You Will See, Hear,and Experience at MAC
Diana Macalintal Here are some of the things that you will see, hear, and experience at the 2013 MAC.
  • A brand-new, multifunctional Resource Center featuring the 2013 MAC exhibitors, wireless Internet service, food, and spaces to relax with friends and colleagues
  • Diana Macalintal, diocesan worship director from San Jose, CA
  • Complimentary continental breakfast and box lunch on Friday, March 8, 2013
  • Networking opportunities during Friday afternoon's resource sessions from 2:45-5:00 p.m. plus options for Friday evening's dinner
  • Plus over 75 speakers!
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Five Minutes for Marriage: July 2012

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Five Minutes for Marriage

June 2012
What is the most important marriage skill?
To listen to your partner in a way that they cannot
 possibly doubt that you love them.

Diane Sollee, SmartMarriages.com 
In This Issue:
Bulletin Insert
Class List
Featured Video Clip
Research Findings
Affairs
Affairs
Distress and Restoration
Resources to Pass Along
Healthy Marriage
Step Families
Step Families
Parting Words

 
 
The BULLETIN INSERT for July encourages couples to seek and give forgiveness as well as listing several marriage nurturing opportunities.

The CLASS LIST  for July
offers many opportunities for couples desiring to encourage their relationship. Will you be offering classes/seminars that should be included here? We would like to add them.

Your prayers and financial help to strengthen marriage
are greatly appreciated 
 
Rick and Aly Salz
Alyson and Rick Salz, Vice President and Directors of Every Marriage Matters. Rick and Aly are owners of Righteous Clothing, Clackamas, OR. 
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Date Night Logo  

The mission: To use dating as a platform for improving relationships between people and their most valued relationships.

 

August's the month, dating's the game. Let's join in having fun having fun. The Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association has taken note of our Date Night Challenge; there should be special opportunities for great fun and food. 

 

If you've already requested a resource packet it will be shipped the 2nd week in July.

 

If you haven't yet asked for your resources, there are still some available.* (They include free Couple Checkups for your congregation as well as DVD programs for Art of Marriage and Love and Respect, and more.)

 

Couple Checkups will also be available to those men and women who protect our families and our homes; our police and firefighters.  

 

Plans are being made for special weekly date events. The last one, on August 25 will be free admission to "Fight Night" with Les and Leslie Parrott. To be held 7pm at City Bible Church Rocky Butte.

 

* Contact for resources and questions:
Aimee Gebarowski, (503) 939-2754 or AimeeG@datenightpdx.org
Marriage 911 logo

A first response workshop  

for pastors and lay leaders

 

Marriage 911 is a quick and affordable tool to help couples in crisis, even with an unwilling spouse.  

 

Joe and Michelle Williams, creators of Marriage 911 (previously Reconciling God's Way) will provide guidance in helping couples and individuals build reconciliation using biblical principles. Info at Marriage 911      

Save the date 

Tuesday Evening, September 2

Oregon City

A love offering will be taken.

 

JULY FEATURED VIDEO 

Church Offers Cohabiting Couples 'Free Wedding Day' Craig Gorc, a pastor at Cedar Park Assembly of God in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, wanted to do something to fight for marriage and against cohabitation.
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                 RESEARCH FINDINGS  

25 Marriage Tweeps You Should Follow
If you're on Twitter, these are the people and institutions who discuss marriage that you need to start following. Here is our list (in alphabetical order) of must-follow marriage tweeps. (By Steve Cooper, Hitched Magazine)     
 

The Vows Column at 20
Understanding poverty in America requires looking behind these numbers at the actual living conditions of the individuals the government deems to be poor. (By Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, Heritage Foundation
COHABITATION

Cohabitation and Marriage: Living Together vs. A Life Together Living together before marriage, especially with no ring in sight, still leads to higher rates of marital dissatisfaction and divorce. People have a standard for a spouse that is different from that for a cohabiting partner, the finding also gives me hope. Maybe more people than not, on some level, still know that marriage is a sacred joining of two lives and a union that is meant to last till death do you part. (By Elizabeth Hovde, The Oregonian)

Marriage and Cohabitation in the United States: A Statistical Portrait A focus on current and past marital experience, characteristics of marital and cohabiting partners, and the stability of marriages and cohabitations.
(By Paula Y. Goodwin, et al, Centers for Disease Control, US HHS)

AFFAIRS

Fifty Shades of Caution I hate to see women falling into the same trap that has claimed so many men. My hope and prayer is that Christian women, when faced with the temptation of a book like Fifty Shades of Grey, will "be watchful" and "stand firm in the faith."  Don't fall into the same trap as men do with pornography. (By Dave Boehi, FamilyLife)

DISTRESS AND RESTORATION

 

Does a Good God Want Me in a Bad Marriage? Pursue all avenues of reconciliation before divorce. It may not seem like a good marriage at this time, but wait and see what God has in store for you ... I'm willing to bet you'll be glad you did. (by Sabrina Beasley, FamilyLife)   

  

Divorce: The Second-Hand Smoke of Climate Change? How you can offset the divorce footprint... stay married and plant a tree. (by Rachel Clark, Psychology Today

 

How to Break Destructive Relationship Patterns The good news is that your close relationships don't have to be painful. If you're willing to change destructive relationship patterns in your life, God will help you break free from them and enjoy healthy relationships. (By Whitney Hopler, CrossWalk.com)  

 

       RESOURCES TO PASS ALONG 

I Need a Teammate, Not a Cell Mate I know that in order for our marriage to be a success, we need to work at it together. But it's hard to feel like your teammate when there are times you make me feel more like a cell mate. (By Steve and Annie Chapman, CrossWalk.com)  

 

How to Grow Closer to Your Spouse Despite Your Differences God has made you and your spouse two completely different people, and the many differences between you can prove frustrating when you're struggling to understand each other. But if you accept the differences between you and learn how to work with them effectively, you can build the close marriage God wants you and your spouse to enjoy. (By Whitney Hopler, CrossWalk.com

 

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                    HEALTHY MARRIAGE 

What Couples Want to Know But Are Too Shy to Ask You have to be open to talking about what you value and your vulnerability. No one teaches us how to do that. (By Elizabeth Bernstein, Wall Street Journal)

15 Things Wives Should Stop Doing What do your words and actions say to your husband about your love for him? (by Mary May Larmoyeux, FamilyLife)

PARENTING / YOUTH MINISTRY

 

Wedding Dress Bonds Seven Women Across Three Generations One wedding dress, seven brides, a legacy of love:Rita Zgorski and her daughters and granddaughter, who have all worn the wedding dress. (By Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post)  

 

"How Far Is Too Far?" Is the Wrong Question Four convictions parents must develop as they teach their kids about sexual purity. The first step to take in determining your convictions is to make an honest appraisal of your own history (including your mistakes and regrets) and learn how this has affected your views. (by Dennis and Barbara Rainey, FamilyLife

 

MARRIAGE PREPARATION

12 Traits of an Abusive Relationship After 20 years of ministry I frequently hear this cry from men and women who are in a bad relationship. In an attempt to help singles avoid a destructive relationship or a painful marriage I offer insight on how to detect a toxic, abusive person. (Laura Petherbridge, Crosswalk.com)  

 

4 Skills You Need Before Getting Married People must learn how to do the high-skills activity that partnership requires. Otherwise, couples are at risk for intense fighting, and launching a marriage that's at risk from the outset. (By Dr. Susan Heitler, YourTango.com

 

PARTING WORDS

 

If a healthy relationship is vitally important to our couples, to our children, to our church, to our community, and to our nation, why is it that on most church websites (and in church budgets) do we find ministry for our children, for our youth, for our women, sometimes for our men, but very seldom for our marriages?  

 

You are awesome!

It's great to be on His team together.

 

Respectfully,

 

Tom Dressel

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