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We Want Your Opinion
Q: How has the stress of your family caused you to think your marriage was a “mistake”?
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Stepfamily Conference
A laugh and learn experience you won’t regret!
2008 Conference Locations
· Family Builder – July 20 Houston, TX
· Parent Builder – Aug 23 Houston, TX
· Sept 19-20 La Plata, MD
· Oct 17-18 Ft Wayne, IN
· Nov 7-8 Colorado Springs, CO
Get ’08 conference details.
Your church can host this event.
Personal Help when Needed:
1. Phone Coaching
(including premarital counseling)
2. Telephone Counseling
3. Outpatient Therapy (Amarillo, TX)
4. Marriage Intensives (2-3 days) for couples in crisis
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For dating, engaged,
or married couples!
Find out more here.
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Ø Your Feedback
Last month we asked your opinion about whether stepmoms & stepdads should be included in Mother’s Day or Father’s Day activities at church? An E-Magazine reader had told us that her church only acknowledged biological parents on special days and wondered if others dealt with that as well. So we asked you... and boy did you speak!
Without exception, everyone who responded in one form or another said, “Absolutely!” (And by the way, we agree!)
Here is a sampling of your responses:
· “Of course! ...was not Joseph, Jesus’ step-father, acknowledged in the bible?” R.G.
· “...You’re darn tootin I am Mom..... and I should be acknowledged for it! After 8 and half years of dedicating my life to this man and his children I deserve at least that!” Vallerie A.
· “This is another reminder how the leaders in our churches fall short of recognizing their own demographics within their congregations.” JoAnn R.
· “I am not a step mother, or foster mother or adopted mother. But any woman who is willing to take care of another's child, and cope with everything that means, is a mother in heart and should be blessed as such.” Sheila C.
See more comments here—posted in our ministry leader section (hint, hint).
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