Sunday Opportunities
Marriage Matters • Sundays • Room 222/224 • 9:30 am
Marriage Matters provides a biblical guide and practical framework for pursuing a deeper walk with God that addresses the specific challenges and benefits of growing marriages.
Hosted by: Derek & Shirley Terrell and Charlie & Gail Raab
Young & Married • Sundays • Two Choices:
9:30 am in Room 227 (20s)
A group specifically for married 20-somethings looking for community, support, and encouragement during the foundation years of marriage.
10:45 in Room 224 • "After I Do"
A community where couples (currently ages 25 - 45) are focused on strengthening their marriage and growing in their faith.
Legacy • Sundays at 11:00 am in Room 227
This community is a place for empty nesters looking for community, support, and encouragement in this next stage of life.
Premarital Counseling
Premarital Counseling is a special seminar for engaged couples. This is a fun, informative, encouraging, and insightful experience that will help you and your fiancé begin to discuss the important topics in marriage as you transition into a new stage of life. Look on our event calendar below for upcoming classes.
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MERGE
Healthy marriages start long before the wedding. Merge prepares seriously dating and engaged couples for marriage by addressing common challenges from a biblical perspective in a fun and authentic environment. Cost is $25 per couple and materials are included. Children and Youth activities are also available with registration. Merge is a 5-week course that will return on Sunday mornings in the fall. More details to come.
Registration coming soon.
re | Engage
re | engage is back on Wednesday nights, from August 23-November 15, 2023! We will meet from 6:15–7:45 pm. The ultimate goal of re|engage is to assist couples on the journey of becoming better disciples of Jesus Christ. We believe as our hearts align with God's plan and desire for our lives, all relationships (including our marriages) will strengthen. This 12-week session combines biblical insight on marital topics along with a small group discussion opportunity. We have partnered with Watermark Church (Dallas, TX) to utilize their marriage enrichment program here at Hope. Just like a marriage, re|engage is a commitment! If you are looking for more from your marriage, this is the place to begin!
This program is only $30 + fees per couple (including materials)
Children's activities will be available (infants–5th graders) at no extra cost.
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MARRIAGE RESOURCES
Websites WildAtHeart.org • GaryThomas.com • FamilyLife.com • FierceMarriage.com • DesiringGod.org • ChipDodd.com • ScottKedersha.com
Books Cherish or Sacred Marriage (Gary Thomas) • The Meaning of Marriage (Tim Keller) • What Did You Expect (Paul Tripp) • When Sinners Say "I Do" (Dave Harvey) • The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman) • A Lasting Promise (Scott Stanley) • Love and Respect (Emerson Eggerichs) • Choosing Forgiveness (Nancy Leigh DeMoss)
PARENTING MATTERS
Parenting is not an easy task; it’s a journey as much about us as it is about our children. We are currently putting together options to facilitate groups of shared personal experiences combined with tools to help us learn to bravely parent from a source of God’s truth rather than the world’s voice of management, comparison, judgment and control.
Websites TheParentCue.org • DayStarCounseling.com • ChipDodd.com • ChristianSexEd.com
Books Parenting With Heart (Stephen James & Chip McDonald) • The Backdoor To Your Teen's Heart (Melissa Trevathan & Sissy Goff) • Raising Worry-Free Girls (Sissy Goff) • Brave: A Teen Girl's Guide to Beating Worry and Anxiety (Sissy Goff) • Raising Emotionally Strong Boys (David Thomas) • Modern Parents Vintage Values (Sissy Goff & Melissa Trevathan) • God's Design for Sex (Stan & Brenna Jones) • The Talk (Luke Gilkerson)