Marriage Savers Resources
Marriage Savers Ceremony in Elkton, Maryland,
July 2007
 Elkton Maryland has been known as the Marriage Capital of the East
for decades. It is still easier to get married in Elkton than to get a driver's
license.
What
motivated Rev. Alan Bosmeny to create the Cecil County Community Marriage
Policy? His own marriage nearly failed decades ago, because they got no
marriage preparation.
He wanted to be sure that those getting married in Elkton,
MD (Cecil County), are helped to build a marriage that can endure. He persuaded
two dozen pastors and priests to sign the CMP covenant in which they pledged to
require 4-6 months of marriage preparation, to offer an annual marriage
enrichment event in each church, to save troubled marriages by training
"back-from-the-brink" couples as marriage mentors, to reconcile separated
couples, and help stepfamilies to be successful. He and his wife, Donna, tell
their story at the end of the CMP.
These pastors joined together to begin the process of repairing and sustaining
marriages in Elkton, Maryland.
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