Serving Marriages Retreat

From: Keith Kilgore

Date: Aug 7, 2011 3:25:25 PM

Subject: Serving Marriages Retreat

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Press Release

 
Serving Marriages, Inc.
 
For those who have not yet registered for the retreat, we are looking forward to an opportunity to serve you and your spouse for a weekend!  Might you be looking for an opportunity for a restful weekend, away from the bills, the laundary, the job, th yardwork, the kids...want a weekend break from...life?  At the same time, are you open to an opportunity for your marriage to go the next level?

 

Let us serve you for a weekend!  Let us help you Stop the World for a weekend, get the rest you desire, and help you honor your spouse, your marraige, your legacy!! 

 

The retreat will soon be here, all of our prior retreats have sold out, and room availability has become limited.  Register now by clicking on the link below and we look forward to serving you.  And, please pass the word to your friends and family about the retreat.

 

What: Courageous Marriage RetreatMarch 08 Couple
                 Courage  --  Honor  --  Legacy
When:  September 30th - October 2nd, 2011
Who:  Forever Families' Jeff and Debby McElroy, Michael O'Brien, and the premier of Courageous!
Where:  WinShape Retreat, near Rome, GA
Why:  To renew, enrich, preserve, or even transform your marriage!  Need Rest? Care? Encouragement? Hope? Whether your marriage is strong or struggling?  Need to rejuvenate?  Build trust?  Need time away from the job?  From the kids?  From housework?  From Life?  Need to Stop The World?
Cost:  $399 per couple (includes lodging, meals, programming)
Download/print retreat brochure by clicking here

Register on-line by clicking here

For questions or to set up a payment plan, contact Keith at keith@servingmarriages.com or Nathan at nathan@servingmarriages.com 

McElroys

 Jeff and Debby will join us once again to lead us through the weekend.  Throughout the weekend, Jeff and Debby will use their award-winning dramas and comedies to allow you to see the teaching anchored in everyday life.  There will be time to share with your spouse, time for making memories, time to experience something you'll refer back to for years as a landmark weekend in your marriage. 

Serving Marriages is honored to have as our special guest, singer and songwriter Michael O'Brien!  Michael's testimony and music pay tribute to what our retreat is all about.

 

 

As an added bonus, Courageous, the next movie from the creators of FireProof, premiers nationwide September 30th.  Serving Marriages has received special permission to premier Courageous at WinShape!  See this great movie about how honor starts at home! 

 

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Serving Marriages holds all of our retreats at WinShape Retreat.  WinShape is a safe haven for couples to rekindle passion, grow stronger, and be restored.  It's a place to put the world on hold.  A place to be transformed.  WinShape's setting is sequestered from the outside world for a season of focus, refreshment, and restoration. The Retreat's setting allows for meaningful communication, truth-based teaching, experiential learning (which for your marriage can be a time to be alone together walking, hiking, talking). Sitting atop 40 acres of unspoiled mountain wilderness, serenely nestled within a national wildlife refuge in beautiful Rome, Georgia, WinShape is renown for its distinguished grace-based hospitality. Take a brief video tour of WinShape by clicking HERE

 

About Serving Marriages, Inc.
Serving Marriages exists to align couples with resources, training, and services, in a retreat environment, for spouses to rest and rejuvenate, learn truth, relate and build trust, whether a marriage is strong or struggling.

Foundational Principals
  • Giving - our first priority is to give of ourselves, our time, and our resources
  • Serving - we seek to serve rather than be served
  • Unifying - we desire ever increasing levels of unity, collaboration, and fellowship
  • Measuring - we desire accountability for measurable results  
Investing in Serving Marriages

We invite you to partner with us to serve marriages, to allow for the preserving, renewing, enriching, and even transforming of marriages, so that both spouses experience the fullness of the institution of marriage as designed by God, and in turn, model their healthy marriage to their children, and in turn, influence society, all for the Glory of God.

 

Your financial partnership will indeed allow for the reaching of more marriages and to further the marriage movement!  The testimonies on our website provide a small insight into the personal effectiveness that your investment will have on spouses, their marriages, and their children!

 

We are pleased to let you know that all investment monies received go directly to help marriages. Serving Marriages is an all volunteer ministry; all administrative costs of the organization are borne by the ministry's stewards.

To invest in marriages and families, click here!
Serving Marriages, Inc.
Keith Kilgore
Serving Marriages, Inc.
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Coaching Newsletter: July/August 2011

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IN THIS ISSUE

 

- Coaching 101
- Got an hour? Try a Webinar!
- The Three Ways to Avoid any Argument
- The Power of Active Listening.
- Start with an Attitude Adjustment

The Three Ways to Avoid any Argument
August 18, 2011
7:00 p.m. CST/ 8:00 p.m. EST

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The Six Parts of Intimacy
August 23, 2011

Noon CST/ 1:00 p.m. EST

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Smart Relationship Principles
September 7, 2011
9:00 a.m. EST/ 10:00 a.m. EST

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The Three Ways to Avoid any Argument
September 22, 2011
7:00 p.m. CST/ 8:00 p.m. EST

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The Power of Listening
September 27, 2011
7:00 p.m. CST/ 8:00 p.m. EST

Want to get a jumpstart on your relationship education?

Start with an
Attitude Adjustment
 

- Make a commitment to grow both as individuals and as a couple.

- Remember, when one wins and one loses, both lose.

- The goal of conflict resolution is not to win, but to reach a mutually agreeable solution.

- Take the time to identify a specific issue you want to resolve.

- Focus only on one issue at a time.

- Be honest. Say “yes” when you mean yes.  Say “no” when you mean no.

- Stay in the present. Look toward the future. The past is past.

- Take a ‘Time Out' if things are getting heated.

- Try to keep a sense of humor.

- Respect and value both yourself and your partner.
 

COACHING 101


“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.” —William James

We often overlook the impact of having strong, healthy relationships. When your relationships are solid and supportive, the challenges of life are easier to handle. And the joys are that much more enjoyable!

Most of us understand that great relationships usually do not just happen. We know that marriages and parenting, for example, take real work and dedication. And yet we are rarely taught the essential skills that are the foundation of truly successful personal relationships.

Which is where coaching comes in. An experienced coach begins with a broader, objective vision to help you see where you are and where you want to take your relationship. Your coach will then help you develop the skills, tools and strategies to get there.

Coaching is action-oriented. thinkmarriage coaching is strength-focused and skill-based. What does that mean?  It means that with your own personal coach, you will have a support system for change that can help you overcome even the most long-standing challenges. And with proven research-based skills and a clear direction, you can make profound shifts allowing you to develop, enrich and maintain successful and rewarding relationships.
Coaching provides greater focus, awareness, choice, support and accountability to get you where you want to go…both as an individual, and as a couple.

Try it on for size! Whether you are Married, Engaged, or Single, contact us for a FREE 30-minute consultation to see if Relationship Coaching is a good fit for you.


 Got an an hour?

Try a webinar

 

FINALLY! A convenient and affordable way to improve your relationship skills from the comfort and privacy of your own home or office….in just one hour!

A webinar is a web seminar directed by a certified relationship educator or coach.  Each webinar covers a single topic of interest and provides you with the proven take-away skills and strategies that you can begin using immediately.  A great way to jump-start on your skill-based relationship education!

To attend a webinar all that you need is a computer with an Internet connection. Once you have registered, you will receive a link via email.  By clicking on that link you can enter the webinar room and attend the seminar at the specified date and time.

Please see the sidebar for some of our upcoming webinars on our most requested topics.

Or visit our website calendar for a complete listing of scheduled events. Any questions? Our Coaching Director, Debra Bosacki will be more than happy to help. Email her at: debra@thinkmarriage.org.

If you would like to be included in future webinar updates, send your request to: info@thinkmarriage.org.


Three Ways to Avoid any Argument

 "Love is saying 'I feel differently, instead of 'You're wrong.'"

Are you tired of arguing with your spouse over the same issues all of the time? Do you seem to never be able to find a resolution to these arguments?  

There are three very effective and useful skills that will help to avoid these arguments in the first place and/or solve them before they escalate. By learning how to speak specifically and assertively and to listen for the real issue, you can put an end to the “tug-of-war” forever!

Join us for this transforming webinar and learn:
 

  • How to find an effective resolution when disagreements arise.
  • How to stop the “tug-of-war” and find mutually satisfying solutions
  • How to get what you both want and need!


Coach Julie Duffy will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  You may contact her at (920) 750-0838 or julie@thinkmarriage.org

 

The Power of Active Listening

RULE #1: "The first duty of love is to listen" – Paul Tillich

Are you tuning each other out? Do you feel like you are talking and no one is listening?

How many times have you said: “But that’s not what I meant!”

Effective communication is the cornerstone of all healthy relationships. And active listening is the cornerstone of communication. Unlike hearing, attentive listening is a skill. Thankfully, it is a very learnable skill.

In the “The Power of Listening” coach-led webinar, you will discover how to connect with a new found clarity that leads to openness, authenticity and intimacy by learning:

  • How “active” listening removes the barriers that often lead to misunderstanding.
  • Learn how active listening can make conflict disappear.
  • How our individual perceptions and assumptions can filter what we hear.
  • How to ensure that that what you mean to say is both heard and understood.

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Fulfill your CE Ethics requirement with this new, exciting workshop on Empathy and Ethical Dilemmas, 8/17

   

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Subject: Fulfill your CE Ethics requirement with this new, exciting workshop on Empathy and Ethical Dilemmas

Date: August 1, 2011 4:29:00 PM EDT

 


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NIRE is excited to offer this new ethics workshop by Mary Ortwein, MS, LMFT

Empathy and Ethical Dilemmas: Honing A Therapist's Basic Tool

Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Location: NIRE, 4400 East-West Highway #28, Bethesda, MD 2814

CE Credit: 3 CE Credit hours

Recently The Networker conducted a survey to identify the most influential therapist of the 20th century.  Carl Rogers was chosen.  Surprised?  You don't find many strictly Client-Centered CE Workshops or programs of study in graduate schools. He's not the talk around therapist gatherings that EFT or CBT or Mindfulness is. But Rogers' empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard remain as core characteristics of the successful therapist. How does a therapist's empathy potentially create or complicate ethical dilemmas?  How might it help resolve them?  How might a therapist use empathy to work through counter-transference issues?

The workshop will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and skills training.  After a brief review of empathy as concept and therapist skill, participants will examine situations where therapist empathy, if unexamined, can create slippery slope situations where boundary violations may occur.  Then participants will learn, observe, and practice two skills based on empathy, to resolve such situations.  Troubleshooting uses empathy combined with effective self-expression of the therapist to maintain boundaries in troublesome situations.  Empathic Role-Taking enables a therapist to self-examine (and possibly work through) once counter-transference issues surface with a client.

This workshop is for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, social workers, professional counselors, pastoral counselors, or other mental health providers will explore how therapist empathy can create, complicate, and help resolve potential ethical dilemmas. Whether you work with individual adults, with children, with families, or with couples, this workshop will provide you with interesting information and take-home skills.

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

1.  Identify how unexamined empathy can create potential ethical boundary violations, and how examined empathy can help resolve them.
2.  Use Troubleshooting, a specific method of therapist empathy within the Relationship Enhancement Model, to resolve slippery slope situations without bending ethical principles.
3.  Use empathic role taking for self-examination when a therapist identifies counter-transference issues with a client.

Mary Ortwein, MS, LMFT, is Executive Director of IDEALS of Kentucky. A frequent national presenter of workshops on marriage and family therapy, the Relationship Enhancement and Filial models, and ethics, Mary combines information, practice, and processing to create interesting and thought-provoking CE workshops. Mary is co-author with Bernard Guerney, Jr., of the Mastering the Mysteries of Love Relationship Enhancement series of materials and author of Mastering the Magic of Play. She regularly sees and helps people work through ethical dilemmas.

CE Information

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  IDEALS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education programs specific to play therapy. APT Approved Provider 95-009.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. NBCC provider #5560.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I continuing education programs for social workers.

IDEALS/NIRE maintains responsibility for the program and adhering to the appropriate guidelines required by the respective organizations.

Participants receive 3 CE credits for completing this workshop.

Registration Information

Cost: $65 for the 3 hour workshop

To register, please call NIRE at 301-986-1479, send your Registration Form (below) by fax to 301-680-3756, or mail your Registration Form and check to:
IDEALS/NIRE, Administrative Office, 12500 Blake Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056.

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News and Notes from NCFMR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News and Notes

July 2011

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Welcome

The National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), established in 2007 at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), welcomes you to News and Notes, our monthly electronic newsletter. News and Notes aims to keep you informed about the activities of the NCFMR. We will also announce funding and research opportunities, provide registration details for conferences and workshops, and keep you updated on current research findings.


 
 

 

What's New at the NCFMR...

 

NCFMR Counting Couples, Counting Families 2011 Research Conference Attracts National Audience

 

The NCFMR convened their annual
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Conference attendees view research posters during poster session.

research conference on July 19 and 20 in Washington, DC with more than 115 nationally-recognized scholars, researchers, data providers, and policy experts in attendance. The group gathered for a two-day conference to discuss cutting-edge topics in family measurement. Building on the foundation established by the previous Counting Couples conferences, presenters discussed the availability and quality of existing family measures in federal data and assessed how these measures might be modified or expanded in future data collection efforts.

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Cabrera and Fagan Receive NCFMR External Grants Award 

Fathers and Fathering

 

The NCFMR recently funded the research proposal of Natasha J. Cabrera, University of Maryland, and Jay Fagan, Temple University, titled Parenting and Coparenting. This is the fifth Fathers and Fathering external grant awarded this year. The proposals support innovative research that contributes to theoretical, conceptual, or methodological developments about fathers and fathering. 

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The following updates may be viewed on the NCFMR website.

 

Just Released Data Resources

 

Data Points

Tables and figures integrating family statistics from leading published studies.

 

Measures Snapshots on Incarceration  

We recently added bibliographies to our detailed summaries of incarceration measures available in large national data sets.

 

Family Profiles

Original reports summarizing the latest statistics on U.S. Families.


Conference Posters

Posters written and designed by NCFMR staff, faculty, affiliates, and students for conferences, symposia, and annual meetings.

 

Counting Couples, Counting Families 2011 Research Conference  

 

To view a poster, click on the teal highlighted name.

 

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NCFMR in the News

 

Co-Director Brown Finds Living Apart for Marrieds Over 50 is Likely to Increase

AARP Bulletin

 

 

NCFMR Research Finds Many Seniors are Single and Available

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Payne Research Finds Women Leaving the Parental Home More Likely to "Boomerang" than Men 

 

Leaving the parental home is an important marker of adulthood. Research generated by NCFMR Social Science Data Analyst Krista K. Payne finds similar percentages of young men and young women (47% and 46%, respectively) leave the parental home and do not return by age 24. While women are more likely to" boomerang" (move out and return) (46% vs. 41%), men are more likely to have not yet moved out (12% vs. 9%). For more information on residential transitions during young adulthood (ages 18-24), view the latest NCFMR Family Profile, On the Road to Adulthood: Leaving the Parental Home.  

 

Residential Transitions in Young Adulthood (18-24) by Gender 

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Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), rounds 7-19: 2003-2009 (weighted). U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, NCFMR analyses of valid cases.

 

 
 
 

Upcoming Events

 

 
 
 

 

August 2011

NCFMR Pilot Data Conference

Married and Cohabiting Couples

Date: August 3-4

View Awardees 

 

Grants Available from Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

Date Due: August 28

Link to ACF Funding Opportunity Announcements 

 

 

September 2011

Call for Proposed Supplemental Modules

2012 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Date Due: September 15

For details, contact: 

http://www.nhats.org/scripts/moduleCall.htm

 

 

Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report

Winter 2011: LGBT Families

Date Due: September 21

Contact the editor to obtain submission guidelines nancygonzalez@ncfr.org 

 

 

October 2011

Call for Manuscripts -- Special Family Science Review Issue

Teaching about Families: Current Reflections on Our Journeys in Family Science Educators

Date Due: October 1

For more information, visit: http://www.ncfr.org/news/call-manuscripts-special-family-science-review-issue 

 

Call for Submissions -- Family Relations

Multi-Ethnicity and Multi-Ethnic Families

Date Due: October 1

Link to the NCFR Submit to FR webpage  

 

Call for Papers -- Eastern Sociological Society

Storied Lives: Culture, Structure, and Narrative

Date Due: October 15

Link to Eastern Sociological Society  

 

 

 

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A Summer of Legacy---Summer 2011 Update

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Spring Challenge Totals: Thank You!

We'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who gave so generously to our 2011 Spring Challenge Matching Campaign. We raised nearly $100,000! Thank you. Whether it was $10 or $10,000, we are grateful for your generous support. 

Military Marriages Strengthened in Texas 

Garrick Pang Receiving Appreciation Award

Garrick Pang Receiving an Appreciation Award from Battalion Commander, LTC Jason E Kelly

 

At Fort Hood...the 20th Engineer Battalion are known as The Lumberjacks. This battalion has faced many challenges in the past 18 months. They lost four soldiers in the shooting on November 5, 2009 and 12 during their most recent deployment. On June 30, 25 "Lumberjack" couples signed up for the Oxygen  seminar sponsored by AUSA. The group included one couple who had just gotten married in May, and the majority married less than five years. The response to the seminar was overwhelmingly positive, and the couples were significantly impacted. 

   

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Our Team of Facilitators Continues to Grow 

Facilitator Training

Recently Trained Oxygen Facilitators

In the past two months, 28 more Oxygen for Your Relationships facilitators were trained and prepped to bring Oxygen to our communities. Included in this group were a police chaplain, YMCA volunteers, a military chaplain, several pastors, church leaders and counselor/therapists.

Many of these facilitators will be key players in our fall Oxygen roll-out across the greater Puget Sound region. For more information on including your YMCA, Church, military unit or community group in our fall roll-out, e-mail Garrick Pang. 

   

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 Oxygen App for Stronger  iPhone with Data Families    

 

Our best marriage & family content is now in one place on your iPhone, iPad, or Android.   

 

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Just Another Sunday 

Meador FamilyNoel Meador, Executive Director

 

It started out like any other Sunday: dressing one kid, putting shoes on another, and trying to find the car keys that were soon found in the baby's crib. I got the kids loaded in the car, while my wife ran through the house grabbing last minute necessities...another day in the life of a young family.

 

As we got on the road and drove toward the church, our morning began to take a turn:

My wife: "Honey, the light is green...I think you want to turn here ...there is a motorcycle right there." 

Me: (Deep breath) "Honey, I think I know how to drive."

My wife: "I know, you're just making me nervous." (Two minute pause, then she looks over her shoulder in the passenger seat as I go to change lanes).

 

Everything in me wanted to get defensive. To remind her how many years I have been driving and that I am perfectly capable of getting us to our destination, but I didn't. I realized this "back seat driving" had nothing to do with me.

 

Earlier that morning, my wife had been dealing with a hurtful situation and the emotion from that situation was greatly affecting her. Now her stress had our morning quickly speeding downhill as she suddenly became the world's worst backseat driver.

 

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Join us for our 13th Annual Fall Dinner    

Saturday, October 8, 2011 Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue,WA 

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Time: 7:00pm

Keynote Speaker: Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington Head Basketball Coach

Emcee: Grant Goodeve, Actor and Television Host

Music: Dave Irish, Musician and Recording Artist

Seating: $100 per person, $900 per table of 10. (Limited Seating Available)

 

 

This is going to be an evening filled with powerful testimony and a compelling message on the importance of family in a child's life

 

Click here for more information or to register...  

For Corporate Sponsor or Table Host Opportunities, click here...  

Investing in the Marriage, Not Just the Wedding 

JeffKempWebJeff Kemp, Founder and Chief Advocate

  

My 24 year old son just married...During the planning process, I realized how much energy is spent creating the perfect wedding or exotic honeymoon.

 

With so much anticipation built up to the perfect day, are couples set up for disappointment when married life isn't perfect? Is the effort spent more on the wedding than on the relationship?

Instead of looking at the wedding as celebration unto itself, let's look at weddings through the lens of preparing for real-life relationship and see how we can help couples set up their marriage for a lifetime. 

  

   

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Family on GrassWhat is a Family Friend?

Stronger Families needs friends like you to join us in the fight to stop the breakdown of marriages and families. That's why we've created Family Friends, a convenient monthly giving program. As a Family Friend, your monthly gift will bring high returns: a family rescued from divorce, a child spared of heartbreak and a culture that values and protects marriage and family.  

You can change the lives of thousands of children and families for the better.

 

Click here to become a monthly Family Friend today! 

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Why Marriage Matters August 16, 2011 Event

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Institute for American Values

The Institute for American Values

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO JOIN

A CONVERSATION WITH

LINDA MALONE-COLÓN

Founder of the National Center on African American Marriages
and Parenting at Hampton University

ELIZABETH MARQUARDT

Director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values

W. BRADFORD WILCOX

Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia

ON

WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS

An Argument for the Goods of Marriage

HOSTED BY

JONATHAN RAUCH

Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution

BRAD WILCOX chaired the team of scholars that authored the third edition of Why Marriage Matters.

TUESDAY,
August 16th, 2011
5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Refreshments served
AT THE
Center for Public Conversation
1841 Broadway, Second Floor
New York, New York 10023
www.americanvalues.org

SEATING IS LIMITED.
To reserve a seat, please RSVP to info@americanvalues.org OR 212-246-3942
Program will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

Copies of Why Marriage Matters will be available.

Institute for American Values

WHY MARRIAGE MATTERS

About the Publication:

In recent decades, scholars waged battles over marriage. Some argued that marriage was an outmoded and even destructive institution. But now, the debate is over. The scholarly evidence points to the enormous benefits of marriage to couples, children, and the society. Released by a group of 18 family scholars, Why Marriage Matters offers important new findings from the social sciences on the state of marriage in the United States. While divorce rates for families with children have fallen almost to pre-divorce revolution levels, family instability continues to increase for children as a whole due, in large part, to the fact that more than 40 percent of American children will spend time in a cohabiting household.

About the Panelists:

Linda Malone-Colón is founder of the National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting and chair of the Psychology Department at Hampton University. She is a noted scholar, national speaker, and consultant and has authored several important publications on African American marriage and families. Additionally, Dr. Malone-Colón is currently engaged in research and scholarship aimed at identifying protective and risk factors for African Americans in developing satisfying and stable marital relationships.

Elizabeth Marquardt is editor of FamilyScholars.org, where she also blogs. She is vice president for family studies and director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values. Marquardt is author of Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce. Based on the first nationally representative study of grown children of divorce in the U.S., she argues that while an amicable divorce is better than a bitter one, even amicable divorces profoundly shape the inner lives of children.

W. Bradford Wilcox is director of the National Marriage Project and associate professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. He has published articles on marriage, cohabitation, parenting, and fatherhood in The American Sociological Review, Social Forces, The Journal of Marriage and Family and The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and is now researching the effect that gender norms, children, commitment, and religion have on the quality of contemporary American marriages.

About the Host:

Jonathan Rauch is a contributing editor for National Journal and The Atlantic, and is the author of several books and many articles on public policy, culture, and economics. He is also a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. His multiple-award-winning column, "Social Studies," was published in National Journal (a Washington-based weekly on government, politics, and public policy) from 1998 to 2010. His latest book is Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America, published in 2004 by Times Books (Henry Holt).

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