This book is a comprehensive resource to help churches build a thriving marriage mentoring program. Les and Leslie Parrott are passionate about how marriage mentoring can transform couples, families, and entire congregations. The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring includes life-changing insights and essential skills for preparing engaged and newlywed couples, maximizing marriages from good to great, and repairing marriages in distress. Practical guidelines help mentors and couples work together as a team, agree on outcomes, and develop skills for the marriage mentoring process. Appendixes offer a wealth of additional resources and tools. An exhaustive resource for marriage mentorship in any church setting, this guide also includes insights from interviews with church leaders and marriage mentors from around the country.
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ISBN:9780310270461
ISBN:0310270464
Physical Description:237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm print
What marriage mentoring is and isn't -- Can anyone be a marriage mentor? -- Common pitfalls of beginning marriage mentors -- The boomerang effect of marriage mentoring -- Preparing : mentoring engaged and newlywed couples -- Maximizing : mentoring couples from good to great -- Repairing : mentoring couples in distress -- Building rapport -- Walking in another couple's shoes -- Working as a team -- Agreeing on outcomes -- Asking meaningful questions -- Listening aggressively -- Fielding any question they throw at you -- Telling your stories -- Praying together -- Staying sharp and refreshed -- Being yourself and going with the flow.
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