Building a Safe and Strong Marriage Course

Six Monday nights starting 29 April

Building a Safe and Strong Marriage is a biblically-based course which uses current marriage research to help couples think through how to make their marriage better. The goal of the course is to help strengthen marriages so that both spouses feel safe, loved and well-connected.

Each session is based around a 2-hour video presentation which include teaching segments and interviews, along with activities for couples to complete together. The course does not require any group sharing. 

 Course Hosts

Jono & Ash

Jono and Ash have been married for 13 years and have three children who are now all in primary school! As a family they enjoy doing a weekly karate class together. They also make sure they get some quality time together as a couple each week, even if it’s sitting down after a long day to eat dinner and watch a tv show together.

 

Alan & Leisel

Alan and Leisel have two teenage sons and have been married for 25 years.

They love to stay active & enjoy being outdoors. Their family motto is ‘Better than B4’.

 Course content: 

Session 1: God’s design for marriage

  • Learn what God says about marriage in the Bible.

  • Take a look at what the research says about what makes marriages work and the connection between what the Bible says and what research says.

Session 2: What damages our connectedness in marriage?

  • What attitudes and behaviours damage the sense of security and safety in a relationship?

  • Warnings signs of a relationship in trouble.

Session 3: Building the positives – friendship and communication

  • This session focuses on building the positives – working on your friendship and having healthy patterns of communication.

  • Discover practical examples for couples to build ‘little things every day’ into their relationship.

Session 4: Building the positives – sex and spirituality

  • Focus on further aspects of building the positives – working on your sexual relationship and the spiritual dimension of your marriage.

  • Hear from Dr Patricia Weerakoon, sexologist, on the science of sex and attraction

  • Our spiritual relationship: how can we help each other flourish?

Session 5: Managing conflict gently

  • How can couples manage conflict well – before, during and after the conflict?

  • Discover ways to work through conflict in a way that keeps a couple well-connected, rather than tearing you apart.

Session 6: Review and next steps

  • Reflect and review the course content, give feedback on the course, and work out any next steps for you as a couple.

  • There will be an opportunity for couples to chat to another couple and to receive prayer if they wish.

For more information about the course, visit the Building Marriages website.