What is the format of the weekend?
Our encounters are working weekends, where couples listen to sessions presented by a pastor couple and one of the lay couples. The sharings are centered around their personal experiences and are designed to inspire the attending couples to look at themselves as individuals, at their marriage relationship, their relationship with God and the world around them. After most of the sessions, attending couples discuss the topic presented in the privacy of their rooms. It is not a marriage clinic or a counseling session. There are no group discussions and couples are not required to disclose any aspect of their marriage to others. The purpose of the Weekend is for a husband and wife to develop a better knowledge, understanding and acceptance of each other through the use of a communication technique that is taught on the weekend. The weekend is presented from an Anabaptist perspective, but the concepts go far beyond the boundaries of any one denomination.
