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SECTION 3LEADER PRESENTATION AND TESTIMONIAL GUIDE(Recommend the Facilitating and Testimonial Couples use this guide to write the presentations out in full)I. INTRODUCTION (10 MINUTES)FOCUS of this presentation is to provide a warm welcome, to introduce the facilitating Passion Team,to go over the administrative details, and to state the purpose and objectives of the MARRIED AND LOV‐ING IT! Program. (Facilitating Couple alternates speaking to the points of the presentation.)A. WELCOME AND OPENING PRAYER (Sample Prayer: God our Creator, we gather herein love. We ask your blessing on each of us, on our relationship, and on our family. Open our hearts andminds to Your Love this day. Grant that what we say and do may strengthen our marriage. We ask thisthrough Jesus Christ, Your Son our Lord, and Your Most Holy Spirit. Amen.)B. INTRODUCTIONS1. Facilitating Couple introduces themselves giving the particulars of their marriageand family such as years married, number of children and grandchildren if applicable,parish, and years they have been in ministry to couples and priests through WorldwideMarriage Encounter.2. Facilitating Couple introduces the Passion Team and explains how they will be availableto help the group throughout the day.3. Attending Couples introduce themselves at their tables of four couples, giving theiryears married, children, and parish they attend.C. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS1. Explain the Couple Packet including two personal booklets, and other handouts that willbe explained later in the day.2. Explain the schedule for the day.3. Go over the particulars of the facility including restrooms etc.4. Explain child care if that is being offered during the program. Stress the need for thecouples to have private time and allow their children to have fun in their own setting.5. Explain the guidelines for sharing—sharing is optional, but what we share is very helpfulto other couples listening; sharing is confidential; let others share without interruption;end sharing with amen or some other means to let others know we are finished.D. PURPOSE OF THE ENRICHMENT1. To strengthen and enrich married couple’s relationship through shared experiences andprivate couple time.2. To learn positive, practical ways to enhance our relationship, family life and friendshipswith other Catholic couples.3. Inform and encourage couples to continue deepening their relationship.MARRIED & LOVING IT!(MOST OF THE TIME)© 2006 David & Lucy Snyder for Worldwide Marriage EncounterPage 13
SECTION 3LEADER PRESENTATION AND TESTIMONIAL GUIDE (Continued)(Recommend the Facilitating and Testimonial Couples use this guide to write the presentations out in full.Husband and wife alternate covering the points of each of the presentations.)II. BASICS OF OUR PASSIONATE JOURNEY (15 Minutes)FOCUS (Page 2, Couple Booklet) This presentation lays the groundwork for the day by settingforth some basic beliefs about ourselves as loveable persons andour commitment to our marriage. Theconcept of sharing feelings is introduced as an important part of our daily communication along with the“safe zone” where we agree to share feelings openly with our spouse without blame. The presentationends with two questions in the couple booklet.A. WE ARE MARRIED AND LOVING IT MOST OF THE TIME. We all have our upsand downs, but we are committed to making our marriage the best it can be. We got married withthe intention of creating a happy, fulfilling relationship.B. EACH OF US IS LOVEABLE, AND EACH OF US IS DEEPLY LOVED—by God,by our spouse and others.C. AS HUMAN BEINGS WE LIVE, WORK AND LOVE USING BOTH OUR HEAD(INTELLECT) AND OUR HEART (EMOTIONS). In order to experience depth and intimacy in our marriage, we create a safe zone where we are free to share our emotions—ourfeelings. When we communicate our feelings, we are making a journey from the head to heart—we are communicating in the safe zone. This helps us to live, work and love with passion. This isthe PASSIONATE JOURNEY.D. WE ALL HAVE FEELINGS AND OUR FEELINGS ARE NEITHER RIGHT NORWRONG. Our feelings are the base of all our communication—our conversation, lovemaking,our confrontations, and even our silence and non‐verbals. Our feelings are our own—they comefrom inside us and they reflect what is in our hearts. Because of this we don’t blame others forhow we are feeling. In fact, the real key to intimacy in our marriage is our on‐going, practicedand honest sharing of our feelings with each other—not just our thoughts or opinions.E. THERE IS AN EASY WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEENTHOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. A feeling statement begins with “I feel” or “I am” followedby a feeling word such as happy, sad, afraid or angry. On the other hand, a thought statementbegins with “I think” or “I believe” or “I judge” followed by the words that or like. If you hear thewords “I feel that” or “I feel like” it is NOT a feeling, but rather a thought, judgment, belief oropinion.F. LET’S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO A SHORT EXERCISE. On the bottom ofpage 2, the sentence begins with, “Right now I’m feeling_________________” Take a minute tofill in the blank with one or two words that express how you are feeling inside right now. Thenshare this feeling with your spouse. Remember that feelings are neither right nor wrong.MARRIED & LOVING IT!(MOST OF THE TIME)© 2006 David & Lucy Snyder for Worldwide Marriage EncounterPage 14
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