Marriage Enrichment Series
Leaders: James & Gillian Watt 205 8866, Andy & Jenny Buchanan 207 1834.
Seven weekly 2-hour sessions of marriage enrichment recommended for all married couples.
The next series will be held in the second half of 2011 details will be found HERE so watch this space.
Marriage Enrichment Weekend
An annual event.
Where? The marriage weekend is held at Lakeland Park Camp, 496 Peninsula Road, Kelvin Heights, Queenstown.
What’s the Marriage Weekend? It’s time designed to give you as a couple, the opportunity to get away together and concentrate on your relationship. The main emphasis is on strengthening communications as a means of building greater acceptance and understanding in your love.
Who is the weekend for? It’s for any couple who want to continue to grow no matter how good it is. All ages will find the weekend of value – from newlyweds to grandparents.
What happens on the Marriage Weekend? The weekend consists of a series of presentations on a variety of topics relating to communications in marriage. A team of 3 to 4 couples like yourselves present a technique of communication that has helped them. After each presentation you will have time in the privacy of your own room for your personal sharing. You are given suggestions on how to use your time. At no time will you be asked to share experiences with other attendees.
What does the weekend cost? Each couple will be given a blank envelope at the conclusion of the weekend and asked to make a donation. There is some funding available so that no one is refused the opportunity to participate because of lack of finance. We expect that $200 would cover the cost for each couple. This includes meals, accommodation, stationary etc.
Date/Time FOR NEXT year to be advised so watch this space.
We went to a Marriage Weekend “It was wonderful to have a weekend structured to enable us to share so deeply.” “It was one thing to discover each other again on the weekend but more fabulous to realise that what we had discovered was going to change each day of our lives.”
Facilitators/Presenters for 2011 were!
Jocelyn and Paul Johnstone live in Gore with their large dog, and have 3 adult children. Paul is a financial and property Manager, Jocelyn has many years experience in relationship and life counseling. They are experienced in facilitating Marriage Weekends and have a passion for improving marriages.
Richard and Fran Dawson pastor Leith Valley Presbyterian Church in Dunedin and have been in volved with Marriage Weekends for 25 years. They have an adult family and love working with couples to strengthen marriages and bring new life to relationships. They are committed to seeing people do more than survive in marriage and believe that marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts.
Gillian and James Watt are farmers at Waipahi. With a grown family of 3 they have been married for 30 years and have a passion for improving marriages. They say “marriage is a gift, it needs constant refining and growing.”
Sarah and Julian Highsted live at Mosgiel with their two small children. Julian is a builder and Sarah a homemaker. They have found the material from the marriage weekends to be invaluable in understanding each other, through life’s ups and downs (and flats!).
Marriage Weekends Queenstown 2011