2012 Newsletters

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•  December 2012

 Remember to keep your focus on each other during this Advent Season.  Mark your calendars: January 12, 2013 - St. James Parish Celebration of Marriage.  

•  September 2012

 The Divorcee's Guide: Dr. Terri Orbuch, psychologist and author of the new book "Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship"

•  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 Newsletters

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•   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:  “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.”

                          2010 Newsletters

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•   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.”

•   September 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.”

•   November 2010

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