Empowering Couples weekly support group
For more information or questions please contact : Linda 815.233.9004 x180
[email protected] Also available from Community Care: Confident Kids birth-6th grade The Landing 7th-12th grade
Empowering Couples Building On Your Strengths
Beginning September 15, 2015 Tuesdays 6:30-8pm Connection Central Room $10 for your book
Crossroads Community Church Freeport Campus 1668 Crossroads Lane Freeport IL 61032
The goal of marriage is not to think alike but think together.-R. Dodd
Wi t h Em po we ri ng C o upl e s y ou wi l l :
Give your marriage the tools to succeed! Your marriage is one of the most important and
tionships are correlated with physical and emotional health. But relationships are
Identify your strengths as a couple and build new ones.
Strengthen your communication skills.
Uncover stressful areas and resolve conflicts.
always changing, even those that begin healthy and strong can face challenges over time.
Empowering Couples encourages couples to explore
If you are struggling in your marriage, you may be tempted to believe you're the only one who feels the way you do. Be assured, you are not alone; all
Comfortably discuss financial issues.
healing process is quick or easy. You have to dedi-
couples have challenges they need to overcome. No cate yourselves to working on your marriage rela-
Establish personal, couple and family goals.
Understand and appreciate personality differences.
to understanding your partner and developing a deeper, healthier relationship.
-David H. Olson
Explore your families of origin.
riage relationship. This process encourages heart-to-heart conversations that are key
your family or you tend to do the
Empowering Couples groups provide tools that allow couples to proactively enrich their mar-
ther repeat what you learned in opposite.
potentially satisfying relationships you’ll ever have. Research has confirmed that healthy marital rela-
In your couple relationship, you ei-
tionship. A customized assessment is included with our Empowering Couples support group designed to identify and provide specific feedback on what you can
and learn how to discuss their
do as a couple to build and
relationship with one another. Partners will be
improve your relationship.
taught effective relationship skills such as commu-
Your trained facilitator couple will guide
nication, conflict resolution,
you by highlighting relationship strengths
closeness and couple flexibility.
and using those strengths and skillbuilding exercises to grow areas that are not yet strengths-”growth areas”.
Also offered with your Empowering Couples group is a Christ centered “Hold Me Tight Retreat”. Empowering Couples members are eligible to attend this weekend getaway that is supportive, safe, practical and positive.