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Marriage Preparation Day

Everyone who gets married with us is invited to a fabulous day exploring a whole range of wedding and married life resources.

Whilst we want to help make your wedding day one of the best days of your life we believe it is even more important to help you prepare for the married life that you will be embarking on for years to come.

At a time when so many marriages end in separation or divorce, we believe it is important as a church to offer you resources that will help you to understand God’s plan for your marriage and to make your marriage – to quote the wedding service – “life-giving and life-long”.

The Marriage Preparation Day takes place on a Saturday and includes lots of real life experience of the ups and downs of married life from a range of people, some who have been married for a short while and others who have been married for many years. On the day we also share some helpful techniques to help you maintain healthy communication and to resolve conflict.

The Marriage Preparation Day also deals with a whole host of other practicalities relating to your wedding day – with the organist, flower people and clergy all on hand to help you sort out those troublesome details for your big day.

All of this is set around a delicious lunch – well with so much to do we need some good food to keep us going!

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The office is located in the Parish Centre, behind Emmanuel church, and is open five days a week

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