Because we're getting married in the Church of England, we have to do marriage preparation with a minister. We didn't want to have to travel to Birmingham for a session with the vicar at Aston, but the pastor at our church was happy to do some sessions with us instead.
We had our first session last night using the Marriage Preparation Course, which was produced by the same church that started the Alpha course. The session lasted about an hour and a half and involved watching a DVD of the course leaders Nicky and Sila Lee talking about various issues, then time to discuss things with each other. Pastor Ken didn't take part in the discussions and was really just there if we had any questions.
The five sessions cover all sorts of issues, from communication (what we looked at last night) and commitment to conflict resolution and sex. At the end of each session there's 'homework', which is really just a few things to talk about with each other related to what was covered in the session.
The session was different to what I expected, and I had problems concentrating to start with because Nicky Lee looks and talks so much like Kevin McCloud (of Channel 4 Grand Designs' fame), but it was useful and interesting, and it did give us an excuse to just sit and talk together as a couple about coupley/relationship things. I'm quite looking forward to the rest of the course.
We had our first session last night using the Marriage Preparation Course, which was produced by the same church that started the Alpha course. The session lasted about an hour and a half and involved watching a DVD of the course leaders Nicky and Sila Lee talking about various issues, then time to discuss things with each other. Pastor Ken didn't take part in the discussions and was really just there if we had any questions. The five sessions cover all sorts of issues, from communication (what we looked at last night) and commitment to conflict resolution and sex. At the end of each session there's 'homework', which is really just a few things to talk about with each other related to what was covered in the session.
The session was different to what I expected, and I had problems concentrating to start with because Nicky Lee looks and talks so much like Kevin McCloud (of Channel 4 Grand Designs' fame), but it was useful and interesting, and it did give us an excuse to just sit and talk together as a couple about coupley/relationship things. I'm quite looking forward to the rest of the course.
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