Ministry With Married Couples

Our team creates and sends newsletters to the 1500 married couples registered at St. James Parish every other month.  If you want to add your name to our mailing list, please contact Marcy at the St. James Parish Center.  Phone 203-375-5887.

Here are the newsletters we have sent out over the past year.  To access the full content, click on the date.

2012 Newsletter Editions/Content  (Click on dates to access full editions.)

March  2012: Doing Elmer Gantry for Lent, A Lenten Parable - the Prairie Chicken, invitations to Evening for Married Couples, and Small Group Information evening.

January 2012:  Is Generosity Better than Sex?, Fear of Disclosure, We’re the Minority, and Introducing Small Group Resources – Date Nights

2011 Newsletter Editions/Content (Click on dates to access full editions.)

October 2011 Articles:  “Putting the Honey back into Honey I’m Home,” and “How Awareness of our Stress Levels Led to a Major Re-Evaluation,” and “The Eight Cow Wife.”

September 2011  Articles on “Snapshots from a Family Vacation.”, and “Quickie Tips for Dealing with Stress in Your Marriage.”

June 2011  Articles:  “Managing Stress in our Relationship”, and “Making Lasting things the Main Thing,” and “Bending the Golden Rule.”

March 2011 Summary of Second Evening for Married Couples, plus article “A Lenten Parable.”

January 2011  Article on “Creating Joy in Your Marriage”

2010 Newsletter Editions/Content (Click on dates to access full editions.)

May 2010:  Introduction to the ministry, article on date nights, and discussion questions “Getting to Know You”

July 2010:  Introduction of theme of finding time for each other, and article “Welcome to Happily Ever After.”

Sept 2010:  Invitation to first Evening for Married Couples with the theme of “Making the most of our time together,” and article on “Ways to find time for each other.”

Nov 2010:  Summary of Evening for Married Couples, plus articles on “Top Ten Couple Communication Skills”, and “Tracing Your Reactions.”