7 Sessions to Strengthen
your Relationship
You’re invited
Whether you’ve been married six months or 40 years, whether you’re in a good place or struggling, The Marriage Course offers practical support to strengthen your relationship.
The course helps couples to:
• Communicate more effectively
• Understand each other’s needs
• Resolve conflict
• Recognize how upbringing affects your relationship
• Develop greater sexual intimacy
And much, much more...
How the course Works
The Marriage Course is made of a series of seven sessions designed to help couples invest in their relationship. Each session features leading experts, teaching content and telling stories from around the world. As a couple you will watch each session together at home over a meal and it will prompt you in intentional discussion based on the content. The session for the week will be made available on this page for you to watch together when it is most convenient for you.
Halfway through the course, and at the culmination of the course we will meet together in person to discuss and connect with our Canopy staff and other couples going through the course. Those dates will be Thursday, September 26th at 6-8pm and Saturday, October 19th from 10am-12pm. A meal and childcare will be provided at both gatherings.
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Course Sessions
SESSION 7 / Oct 13-Oct 19
This session talks about committing to love one another through action and in the ways that our partner wants to receive love. We learn to put them and their needs at the forefront.
SESSION 6 / Oct 6-Oct 12
This session talks about intimacy, keeping the spark alive, and communicating about it in ways that increases our emotional connection.
SESSION 5 / Sept 29-Oct 5
This session addresses the impact that family —past and present— has on your relationship and your marriage.
SESSION 4 / September 22-28
This session addresses the ways we will inevitably hurt each other and how to resolve these issues. We look at the process of healing through talking about the hurt, saying sorry, and forgiving.
SESSION 3 / September 15-21
In this session, we look at how couples can increase their intimacy by expressing appreciation to each other, recognizing their differences, learning to negotiate disagreements, and supporting each other (either by praying together or by offering support in some other way).
SESSION 2 / September 8-14
This session looks at the importance of communication within marriage— through talking and listening— and helps couples to identify and overcome barriers to effective communication, particularly any hindrances to listening to their partner.
SESSION 1 / September 7-13
This session helps couples to strengthen the connection between them by looking at what it takes to keep nurturing their relationship and by growing in their understanding of each other’s emotional needs and desires.