Weddings

This theme offers 15 pages of practical handouts to help make weddings at your church joyful and stress-free. Engaged couples and wedding coordinators can use these handouts to plan the ceremony and rehearsal. Pastors and church leaders can learn how to counsel engaged couples and prepare children and youth for lasting marriages. And frazzled couples can keep the right focus by reading '"Ten Rules for Couples about Weddings." Table of Contents: How to Plan the Ceremony Carefully consider this most important worship celebration. R. Kent Hughes Wedding Ceremony Planning Sheet Planning ahead will help everyone relax and enjoy the occasion. R. Kent Hughes Ten Rules for Couples About Weddings These suggestions can help you keep your sanity as you plan the big day. Douglas G. Scott Planning the Rehearsal A well-planned rehearsal will help relieve wedding-day jitters. R. Kent Hughes How to Avoid Scheduling Conflicts in the Church With weddings booked years in advance, the church calendar must be a tightly run operation. Jennifer Schuchmann Responding to Non-Christians Who Want a Church Wedding See this as an opportunity for evangelism. Douglas G. Scott How to Counsel an Engaged Couple Premarital counseling should help a couple build the best marriage possible. Bruce Rowlison Training Children for Lasting Marriages With half of all marriages ending in divorce, how can we equip our children to run the distance? Tim Stafford Training Youth for Lasting Marriages Seize this time to help young people prepare for lifelong marriages. Ken Wilson