What you need to know

Location

Our next course will be offered April 27-28, 2012
Friday, 7:30-10:00pm
Saturday, 9am till 3pm

Childcare is not provided.   Snacks and soft drinks will be provided on Friday night.  A light breakfast, snacks, lunch and soft drinks will be provided on Saturday.

Click HERE for a map and to get specific driving instructions.  Directions: from HWY 59, take the Kingwood Drive exit and travel east for approximately 5 miles. Turn left at Willow Terrace  and take the second entrance on the right into the church parking lot.  Enter through Entrance G.  (Watch for direction signs.)

The Material

The course material will be Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts, by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot, nationally-known speakers and authors. It would be a great class for anyone who is engaged or newly married. The course sessions include:

• Have You Faced the Myths of Marriage Honestly?
• Can You Identify Your Love-Style?
• Have You Developed the Habits of Happiness?
• Can You Say What You Mean and Understand What You Hear?
• Have You Bridged the Gender Gap?
• Do You Know How to Fight a Good Fight?
• Are You and Your Partner Soul Mates?
• Two optional sessions for those getting re-married (as needed)

Bio on Les & Leslie Parrot:

“Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot are co-directors of the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University, creators of the Complete Resource Kit for Marriage Mentoring, and the Awards-winning authors of Your Time-Starved Marriage, Love Talk, Becoming Soul Mates, Relationships, and I Love You More. They have been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, The View, and in USA Today and the New York Times. The Parrots’ radio program, Love Talk can be heard on stations throughout North America. They live in Seattle, Washington.”

*Bio from Zondervan Publishers.

Facilitator Bios

Twenty-six years ago, Mark and Susan Barnhill were married – just not to each other!  Each of their first spouses died of malignant brain tumors.  Mark and Susan actually met and married in 1988.  Twenty-plus years later, they are still learning what it takes to make a marriage successful.  Two things they know for sure, 1) it takes work; and 2) it is “until death do us part.”  They have been mentoring young couples in marriage skills for most of their twenty years of marriage.

Mark is Minister of Education at Woodridge Baptist Church.  Susan is a trainer for Cornerstone Mortgage Company.  They have two children: Brittany,  Addison and his wife, Jessica.