Most couples naturally spend a lot of time (and money!) to make their wedding day very special and memorable.

Not so many couples spend time preparing for their marriage.

A wedding is for a day; a marriage is for life!

Together with The National Couple Support Network, Oxfordshire Family Trust aims to help strengthen marriages by offering engaged couples marriage preparation.

There are several options:

 Option 1:     FOCCUS Relationship Inventory and talk about it with a support couple

Option 2:     The Marriage Preparation Course (over 5 sessions)

Option 3:     The Marriage Course (over 7 sessions)

Option 4:     FOCCUS Relationship Inventory followed by The Marriage Preparation Course or The Marriage Course

You can, of course, choose Option 1 and then decide later if you would like to do one of the courses.

THE MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE

 “The Marriage Preparation Course was invaluable to us as a couple. Although we had been going out together for 4½ years and so thought we knew everything under the sun that there was to know about each other, we learnt so much and benefited from it immensely.”

The Marriage Preparation Course is for any engaged couple who wants to develop strong foundations for a lasting marriage.

Over five evenings spent together, you will learn important tools that will enable you to make your marriage work. 

You will look at: 

• the importance of commitment
• how to recognise and appreciate your differences
• the art of communication
• resolving conflict
• spending time together
• nurturing your friendship
• making each other feel loved
• developing a good sexual relationship
• the importance of talking about your goals, values and dreams

The evenings are very relaxed. There is coffee and desserts followed by short talks interspersed with questions for you to discuss together as a couple.

The course is based on Christian principles for relationships but it is suitable for people with or without a church background. You do not need to be getting married in a church to come on the course.

If you would like to know more about the course, or when the next one is running, contact us on marriage@oxfordshirefamilytrust.org