Engaged Encounter

[sillygoosegirl]

We're signed up to go to Engaged Encounter for the weekend of March 12th and 13th (it's an all weekend thing, so no D&D for us). I'm a little worried about it because the Catholic Church is so very good at pissing me off, but supposedly it is mostly a pretty good program... with really only a small portion of the time focused on Natural Family Planning and how to balance your check book, and a lot of it on more useful things. Not that balancing a check book isn't a useful skill to learn if you don't know it already, but I've been doing it since I was like 12 years old (no, I didn't have a checking account when I was 12, my mom made me balance hers so I would learn how--and yes, she checked my work). I would have rather we did the non-religious premarital counceling, but not so much that I really wanted to spend an extra $300 on it without so much as a review from a person who had been there. Anyway, hopefully it will be good.

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[aphiorogue.livejournal.com]

My husband and I do Marriage Encounter thru the UMC (united Methodist Church) We reall like it and its helped our marriage alot.

We did a confernce about 2 years ago - and we've signed up for one in the Spring. I am almost certain its done by the same groups, since I know they added Engaged Encounter.

Its spent teaching you how to communicate better. Its really well worth the time. If you have any questons eamil me.

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

I'll be interested to hear how the weekend goes. I'm wondering if something similar (although not Catholic related- they piss me off too much, too) might be good for Dustin and I somewhere down the road.

[aphiorogue.livejournal.com]

what religion are you? (if you don't mind me asking) they have several different 'encounters' for all different religons.

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

United Methodist. My boyfriend is non-denominational Christian. I see you're familiar with UMC Engagement Encounters. :-) Have any websites/resources you can recommend?

[aphiorogue.livejournal.com]

yeah - where are you located - I can most likely find someone to put you in touch with even.

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Atlanta, Georgia. I'm sure they've got someone in this city I could contact.

[aphiorogue.livejournal.com]

I'll look for my info later today and pass it on to you. :)

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Great, thank you!