PREPARE/ENRICH Training Webinar - Sept. 18
(Can't make this Webinar? Consider November 13)

Join us for certification training in the “new customized version of the PREPARE-ENRICH” inventory.

Date:                                 Saturday, September 18
Time:                                12N – 7:00 pm EDT (to accommodate West Coast participants)
Seminar Directors:            Mike & Harriet McManus, Co-founders, Marriage Savers          
Training fee:                     $150 includes up to 4 mentor couples

                                         Each additional couple:  $35

Training materials cost:   $115 per P/E certification for trainee/couple
                                        $35 per mentor couple

Reservations:                   $100 deposit to reserve webinar location slot. Call 301-469-5873 NOW to reserve a spot.

Registration deadline:    Tuesday, September 7, balance due

Why Train in PREPARE-ENRICH the Marriage Savers Way?

1. Be certified to train additional marriage mentors at your leisure:

At the conclusion of the seminar, Mentor Supervisors are certified to train additional marriage mentors in their home church, using the new P/E Resource Kit, which includes teaching DVDs by the creators of PREPARE/ENRICH, making future trainings easy.  

Already trained in PREPARE-ENRICH? Get “updated” in the new customized version.

Already trained in another inventory?  Give your practice or your church the best with the quality features of this customized assessment ”tool.”

2.  Take advantage of a customized assessment:  Just what is customization? It means that inventory issues are tailored to each couple’s relationship, making mentoring thorough and meaningful for couples preparing for a healthy, lifelong marriage. 

3.  Couple mentoring emphasized:
Marriage Savers pioneered the concept of marriage mentoring in churches. Most PREPARE-ENRICH seminars target therapists and pastors.  Marriage Savers highlights the power of trained marriage mentors as well. Thorough hands-on training, using the P/E Marriage Mentor Manual, and role-playing of mentors and mentorees is emphasized.  

4.  Proven and effective:   Marriage Savers has trained 4,000 Mentor Couples nationwide.  A study of one church trained in 1992 showed that 93% of couples mentored - using an inventory, remain married – far different from the well-known 50% dissolution rate. Studies reveal that 10% of couples break up after taking a relationship assessment; an additional 10% decide not to proceed down the aisle if mentors facilitate the inventory and teach communication and conflict resolution skills. These are avoided divorces or unhappy unions.

5.  New mentoring “tools:”    The recently published Marriage Savers-PREPARE ENRICH Couple’s Workbook includes 2 exercises on cohabitation and one on chastity.  Currently two-thirds of premarital couples cohabit.  Yet, churches have not known how to address the daunting issue of living together.  Marriage Savers teaches Marriage Mentors how to deal with this sensitive issue in a positive way.

6. Marriage Savers Webinar Seminars are Inexpensive:   Marriage Savers charges $150 per church for 4 couples plus materials – a bargain for congregations who are particularly budget conscious these days.  Local P/E Trainers typically charge more than that for an individual.

No travel fees! We visit your site from our office via GoToMeeting.com.

 Technical Details:

We can train in sixteen sites. Marriage Savers will send you a computer link to connect to us from your site via GoToMeeting, and you can project our PowerPoint slides onto your screen and hear us with telephone connection.  A live Webinar, questions are encouraged throughout this workshop setting.

 Just Some of the Outstanding Features of PREPARE/ENRICH:

1.  Customization:  Each demographic issue generates a unique customization of inventory items that are tailored to each couple.  Customization considers cohabitation, children from previous marriages, faith backgrounds, issues pertinent to couples age 55+ for example.

2.  Attractive, easy to understand graphics: The Facilitator’s Report of each couple includes graphics and written descriptions of the couple’ Strengths and Growth Areas for a dozen categories, such as Relationship Roles, Spiritual Beliefs, Communication, Financial Management and Conflict Resolution, to name a few.

3.  New Categories:  “Relationship Dynamics” measures Assertiveness, Self Confidence, Avoidance and Partner Dominance.  “Commitment and Abuse:” Commitment measures how committed each partner is to the relationship and how open each is to doing whatever it takes to improve the relationship.  Is there abuse in either family of origin?  Has either partner experienced substance abuse or physical abuse?  Is pornography a problem?

4.  Sophisticated Yardsticks:  Unlike other inventories, P/E uses a five-point scale, ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree, offering a more nuanced comparison than the typical three-point measures (Agree, Undecided and Disagree).  Also, results of the assessment are clustered in helpful sub-categories:  Positive Couple Agreement, Disagreement, Indecision, and Special Focus. Also included is a summary of each partner’s responses on each item and a description of the couple’s Strength and Growth Areas.

 

Looking forward to meeting you on line! Questions?

Call us at 301-469-5873.

 

 

 

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