Marriage Support Organizations
Organization | Website | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge To Life Ministries R&R Rebuild & Restore your Marriage Seminar Series | www.BridgeToLife.org | The R&R Rebuild & Restore your Marriage Seminar Series is designed to enrich stable marriages as well as provide practical help and hope to troubled or broken marriages. The series runs for 12 consecutive weeks and participants can begin at any point of the 12 weeks! Please check our website at www.BridgeToLife.org for class times and locations. We currently have a class running April - June. The Rebuild & Restore series provides valuable insight into these vital issues: Putting Your Marriage In Perspective, Who We Are & How We Relate, Becoming One Flesh, Uniquely Different, The Spiritual Dimension, Ministering To My Spouse, God’s Designed Role for Husbands, God’s Designed Role for Wives, Conflict Resolution, Married Yet Single, Wrestling with Guilt, Forgiveness: The Balm that Soothes.
The cost is $120.00 for a couple and $75.00 for a single person. The location is Cornerstone University, 1001 E. Beltline, Grand Rapids MI 49525. Contact Becky at 1-800-716-3677 or email at bridge2life@hotmail.com if you have any questions or want to register for a class. |
| Divorce Busting Center | www.divorcebusting.com | Michele Weiner-Davis, M.S.W., author of Divorce Busting, offers skill-building workshops, audiotape programs, books, and telephone consultations to help couples improve their relationships quickly. In her Keeping Love Alive workshop, Michele teaches concrete, down-to-earth techniques for handling conflict constructively and breaking free from relationship ruts. This workshop is beneficial whether you attend as a couple or alone. The web site also provides many valuable resources, advice, and support from others living in troubled marriages. |
| Marriage Retorno: A Couple Prayer Retreat | www.azstarnet.com | Marriage Retorno means turning toward God as a couple. The goal of Marriage Retorno is to provide an atmosphere in which couples can open themselves both as individuals and as a couple to a dialogue with God through Scripture. It is a weekend prayer experience for husband and wife, facilitated by a married couple and a Catholic priest. Call (520) 722-2931 (to request a team to come to your area to conduct a Marriage Retorno). |
| Marriage Savers | www.marriagesavers.com | Founded by Michael and Harriet McManus, this nonprofit group works with religious and civic groups all over the country to prevent divorce through premarital education and marriage counseling |
| PREP: The Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program | www.prepinc.com | Based on over twenty years of empirical research, PREP is a comprehensive premarital/marital program which teaches couples essential skills for maintaining a lasting love. PREP has extensive experience in training mental health professionals and clergy in both civilian and military settings to conduct PREP workshops and/or utilize the concepts in their practice. |
| Quality Relationships | www.qualityrelationships.com | Are you in a troubled relationships that needs a major overhaul? Quality Relationships will empower couples to create the quality of life they want through programs, products, and publications. |
| Reconciling God's Way | www.bvg.org/reconcilers | You've tried everything to avoid divorce and save your marriage--why not give God a chance? This workbook and ministry promises hope, mentor support, and tools to save your marriage--even if only one spouse wants reconciliation! The twelve-week leader's guide equips pastors and lay leaders. |
| Recovering Couples Anonymous: A 12-Step Fellowship | www.recovering-couples.org | |
| Retrouvaille | www.retrouvaille.org | A program for couples with serious problems who are distant, cold, disillusioned, separated, and/or who have experienced affairs, alcoholism, gambling, violence, etc.--where trained, volunteer couples who have "been to the brink" teach others how to heal their own marriages to make them stronger than ever before. This successful program (85% when both partners work at it) teaches simple techniques of communication, and works on forgiveness, healing, and restoration of trust. |
| The Third Option | www.pensacolainformation.com/third | Ongoing marriage enrichment/marriage crisis group program. It uses an ongoing/drop-in format, skill building workshops, and sharing by couples who have overcome difficulties. Self-contained manual/videos makes the program easy to implement in your church or community. |