We held our first Marriage Enrichment seminar Saturday. Under the leadership of my wife, the ladies have been conducting Ladies Seminars for several years now, and they have been very successful and enjoyed by many ladies of the church. After teaching six weeks of lessons in our couples Sunday School class, the class members ask about the possibility of having a Marriage Seminar. So I began to plan one for the Fall, but time constraints and some other activities caused us to postpone it. Finally, things came together.

Thinking we had a final on the number who would attend, my wife and I assembled the materials and prepared for Saturday. On Friday we received a call from a couple asking if it was too late to sign up. They came and joined right in. We met Saturday for three hours, had lunch as a group at a local restaurant and returned to the church for two and a half more hours. We had a great day with positive comments from everyone. To top it off, the young couple who signed up on Friday along with their three children were at church today.

All the couples who attended committed to participate in the 40 day Love Dare. I have heard that there are possibly others who did not attend the seminar but plan to participate in the Love Dare. I plan to ask the couples to network as a group to encourage one another during this 40 day journey.