Fwd: Your Marriage Minute: Why Would You Take a Marriage Getaway?



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From: Every Marriage Matters <tomdressel@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:01 AM
Subject: Your Marriage Minute: Why Would You Take a Marriage Getaway?
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If we have an eternal outlook, preparing for eternity by sticking with a difficult marriage makes much more sense than destroying a family to gain quick and easy relief.  
-- Gary Thomas, in his book Sacred Marriage
Hi Bill,  
We, Tom and Liz, have been volunteers with FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember getaway (WTR) for 20+ years. WTR is the crown jewel of marriage ministry, offering amazing encouragement to couples who are enjoying their relationship as well as those who are experiencing one of the valleys. 
     Use WTR to build and maintain healthy relationships in your congregation. WTR is an efficient use of your resources, both talent and financial, and it produces results. The Portland venue is November 18-20 at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion. Save your couple's $$ by initiating a group, maybe even subsidize their costs a bit. And pastors are offered free registration! Call 800-FL-TODAY to request free promotional materials.
      
Here Are 10 Reasons to Take a Marriage Getaway
1. To say "I tried" before divorcing.
"I agreed to attend a Weekend to Remember [five years ago] so I could say, 'I tried,' when we finally got a divorce. What I soon learned is God had a different plan for me and my marriage. God started to change my heart. ... [Now, seven years later] God has brought me from hate to forgiveness. To realizing my husband is a God-given blessing. To finally loving him again. ... God has clearly been with us during our time here, deepening our love and commitment to each other." (married 12 years)
2. To decide whether or not to get married. 
"My boyfriend and I had broken up and I had no hopes of getting back together. But I wanted him to realize we weren't right and to move on, so I invited him to the marriage conference and he jumped on board. I found out that my boyfriend and I did not have to be perfect in order to be married. ...  That weekend we decided 'yes,' we would get married. ... This weekend we were able to bring three other couples."  (married 9 months)
3. Because someone else is paying for it.
"This conference was paid for by my mother. ... The real testament of this conference isn't how it helped us resolve major conflicts, it is how it has helped us avoid them altogether." (married 1 year)  For the rest of the story
                                                              Tom and Liz Dressel
It makes women happy to be shown love. We like to hear the words, if at all possible: A good 'ole "I love you, you look amazing, you're my everything" works pretty darn well. But for as much as women crave affection and romance, some men just aren't built that way - that's not how they roll. But does that mean he doesn't love you? Not at all! Here's the real deal about how men show their love, even if it's not with candlelight and roses. (By Lori Peters, YourTango.com)
What if "okay sex" is okay? Where do we get our expectations that every act of marital sex is supposed to be a candidate for the highlight reel of marital ecstasy? In our ever present desire to "one up" the world, Christians are fond of exaggerating. That's in part what led me to write Sacred Marriage. Most Christian books in the 1990s were presenting an idealized view of marriage: "Apply these five principles and marriage becomes easy." I thought someone needed to be honest -- marriage can be wonderful, but it's rarely easy. (
Gary Thomas, GaryThomas.com)
What Your Spouse Needs Most. Your spouse may not realize what he or she needs most, but if you want a sacred marriage, you have to focus on what he or she will profit from the most. Jesus didn't always give people what they wanted or asked for. He gave them what they needed. If we want to love like Jesus, we have to do the same. I want to be so bold as to tell you what your spouse needs most. It's not a regular date night (though I'm a huge fan of these). Gary Thomas, GaryThomas.com)
Several other articles of interest:
MARRIAGE IS about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done. -- Burt Reynolds
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Fwd: Fwd: Help & Hope: Defeating Selfishness in Your Marriage

 

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Subject: Help & Hope: Defeating Selfishness in Your Marriage
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Help & Hope
 
Defeating Selfishness in Your Marriage
 
Defeating Selfishness
in Your Marriage
By Dennis and Barbara Rainey
 
Marriage offers a tremendous opportunity to do something about our tendency to go our own way.
Read more
 
 
6 Ways to Make Yourself ‘Marry-able’
 
6 Ways to Make Yourself
‘Marry-able’
By Lisa Anderson
 
It takes intentional effort to arrive at marriage with optimal spiritual, relational, and emotional health.
Read more
 
 
When Waves of Doubt Rock Your Faith, Don't Panic
 
When Waves of Doubt Rock Your Faith, Don't Panic
By Peter and Kelli Worrall
 
Three steps to take if the Scriptures seem like a dry textbook and you’re no longer sure Jesus is real.
Read more
 
 
Two Widowers Start Over to Build More than Just a Home
 
From the Ever Thine Home blog:
Can You Build a Home to Minister to the World for Christ?
by Sabrina McDonald

That’s the question I wanted to answer when my husband and I started constructing our new home. Both of us had previously been widowed, so we decided to start our life together in a new dwelling, where we could combine our lives with old and new.
Read more
 
 

"Revitalized is what I can come up with on describing this weekend. I realize that coming here was going to help me, help us fix our marriage. It did more than fix it, it brought our marriage back to life."


Learn more about Weekend to Remember®
 
 
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Who's fault is it that you're single? Lisa Anderson, author of The Dating Manifesto, talks candidly about the reasons some singles find themselves spouse-less.
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Moody professors Peter and Kelli Worrall talk about some of the things they wish they had known in their 20s, like the importance of community.
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1. 

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology



http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01933973/45/supp/C






2. 

MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH

September 29, 2016

Susan Martinuk


https://www.cardus.ca/research/family/publications/





3. Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) Project Resources

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4. Relate responds to ONS Measuring national well-being in the UK, domains and measures

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5. Having a happy spouse could be good for your health

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7. CSU conducts groundbreaking study of program for returning military

 
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OR 

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James and Audora Burg

http://www.sturgisjournal.com/news/20160923/marriage-matters-longterm-support-for-military-couples







8. These Conservative Funders Want to Close the "Marriage Gap"

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http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/9/27/these-conservative-funders-want-to-close-the-marriage-gap.html





9. Raising Humans #4 – Managing Mealtime Meltdowns

 

http://www.6seconds.org/2016/09/22/mealtime-meltdowns/?mc_cid=97de355738&mc_eid=0462346f0c


OR

What to Do When Your Child Does Something Mean


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http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/09/child-acts-mean/?





10. UCF Marriage and Family Research Institute Receives $9.6 Million Grant

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11. Marriage and Fertility Dynamics

The DHS Program

DHS Analytical Studies No. 56. Marriage and Fertility Dynamics: The Influence of Marriage Age on the Timing of First Birth and Birth Spacing.

http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/AS56/AS56.pdf



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Candidates for Friday Five

1. Marriage Matters: Relationship blueprint

James and Audora Burg

http://www.sturgisjournal.com/news/20160916/marriage-matters-relationship-blueprint





2. Ten Years Later, Friday Night Lights’ Perfect Couple Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler Are Still Marriage #Goals

Raisa Bruner

http://time.com/4500346/friday-night-lights-reunion-connie-briton-kyle-chandler/





3. When a Diamond Isn’t Forever

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4. How unemployment can affect marriage

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5. Marriage may help diabetics keep weight off

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6. What your kids will remember about you

Tamara El-Rahi

http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/what-your-kids-will-remember-about-you/18685





7. Countdown to Growing Up Tool

http://www.fatherhood.org/countdown-to-growing-up-tool?






8. Don't Leave Your Kids Near Judgmental Strangers

Virginia Postrel

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10. The 20th anniversary of welfare reform: Lessons and takeaways

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11. At-Home Father Families in the United States: Gender Ideology, Human Capital, and Unemployment (pages 1315–1331)

Karen Z. Kramer and Amit Kramer

Version of Record online: 8 JUL 2016 | DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12327



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Fwd: Today is last day for Big Saving for Marriage Rejuvenating Experience

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Subject: Today is last day for Big Saving for Marriage Rejuvenating Experience
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(ignore earlier email which I tried to send 4 days ago...sorry)

Friends,

Please do something awesome for your marriage, or send another couple to experience something awesome for their marriage!  (forward this)

Great marriages don't just happen.
Improvement in marriage isn't automatic.
People's marriages are worth so much more than just hope and a prayer.  (Well, they do need God's hope and prayer together every day is one of the absolute best unifiers for a couple...but they also need investment.)

​Today, Monday, ​
Sept 19 is the last day of FamilyLife's SPOUSES GO FREE half price promotion for the WEEKEND TO REMEMBER getaways.  96% say it positively impacts their marriage.  Please go or send a young couple or friend.

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Fwd: 4 days for marriage rejuvenating opportunity

TODAY is the last day for BOGO


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From: Jeff Kemp <jkemp@familylife.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 1:02 PM
Subject: 4 days for marriage rejuvenating opportunity
To: Jeff Kemp <jkemp@familylife.com>


Friends,

Please do something awesome for your marriage, or send another couple to experience something awesome for their marriage!  (forward this)

Great marriages don't just happen.
Improvement in marriage isn't automatic.
People's marriages are worth so much more than just hope and a prayer.  (Well, they do need God's hope and prayer together every day is one of the absolute best unifiers for a couple...but they also need investment.)

Sept 19 is the last day of FamilyLife's SPOUSES GO FREE half price promotion for the WEEKEND TO REMEMBER getaways.  96% say it positively impacts their marriage.  Please go or send a young couple or friend.

To sign up, use my group name JeffKemp and the promo code BOGO to get the lowest price.

http://www.familylife.com/weekendtoremember
​   (website for info, locations, dates, registration)​


​    (pretty darn funny promo video)​


Investing in Relationships,
Jeff

Jeff Kemp  
FACING THE BLITZ   www.FacingTheBlitz.com   
Vice President and Catalyst for Helping Others
501.228.2551w   425.442.1110m

Re: another candidate

sorry...try http://www.advancingparenting.org/ instead since the  other NPSC one is password protected


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2. Chronically absent students land W-B Area, Hazleton Area school districts on national list


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5. The 20th anniversary of welfare reform: Lessons and takeaways




​6. 
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7. Marriage ​AND FOOTBALL


http://www.thesouthernc.com/marriage-and-football/









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