Marriage .. Enrichment Resources

Click here to see our video on Marriage Classes 2010.
Click here to listen to various couples who participated in the marriage education classes.

Complete attendance at your marriage enrichment classes entitles you to a $50 American Express Gift Card, to spend on your spouse on a date night!

Date: April 18 – May 30, 2012 (New dates)
When: Wednesdays, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Where: NC 160
Contact: Lisa Fukumoto at 714.257.4316
Cost: $75 per couple
Childcare: Need financial Assistance?
Register Online

Marriage Maintenance is a ten-week course designed to give married couples tools to improve the oneness in their marriages. Facilitated by Sandi and Mason Dickerson, the goal is to foster a partnership of mutual love and commitment as God intended marriage to be.

Week 1 - Setting Objectives - Defining Oneness
Week 2 - The Pursuit of Oneness - Understanding Who You Are
Week 3 - Making Marriage Decisions Together Builds Oneness
Week 4 - Roles vs. Relationships
Week 5 - Mutual Respect and Submission - Essential for Building Oneness
Week 6 - Communication as a Vehicle for Oneness
Week 7 - Overcoming Hindrances to Good Communication
Week 8 - Parents, In-Laws and Children - Keeping Third Parties Out of the Marriage
Week 9 - Finances & Sex - Building Trust
Week 10 - Negotiating Your Oneness Goals

Dates: March 22 – April 26, 2012 (six weeks)
When: Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm
Where: North Campus Room 180
Contact: Lisa Fukumoto at 714.257.4316
Cost: $75 per couple; receive a $50 American Express Gift Card after attending all classes
Childcare: Need financial Assistance?
Register Online

Join Alexandra and Don Flecky as they pilot the new “Mastering the Mysteries of Christian Love," the Christian adaptation of a nationally-recognized couple communication skills program. They’ve created a streamlined six-week class for couples to learn to communicate in new ways, learn to listen and understand each other, and to “speak the truth in love.”

In class, you will practice communication skills privately with your partner using topics from your own relationship. Fun, short, home practice assignments are included. The result is a deeper understanding of each other and a stronger relationship. This practical class is fun and "male-friendly." We welcome all couples seeking to improve their relationship. Every couple will benefit, whether seriously dating or married for over 50 years!

Topics include:
Speaking the Truth in Love
Listening with Empathy
Understanding Each Other
Managing Conflict
Changing Everyday Communication Habits

NOTE: After completion of the class, you are invited to attend free follow-up sessions, including Practical Problem Solving and Forgiveness/Apology. Details will be announced in class.

Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location: The Commons, room C212
Cost: $75.
Rebate: Receive a $50 American Express Gift Card upon completion of the class!
Register Online

You are invited to learn about the strategies that help stepfamilies succeed!
In this one day, seven-hour workshop, you will learn:

  1. How to build a strong step-marriage
  2. How to build a secure relationship with your biological child
  3. How to build a caring relationship with your stepchild
  4. How to build a strong stepfamily 

Nancy Landrum is a nationally recognized stepfamily expert who first learned stepfamily skills in the crucible of her own stepfamily and has gone on to develop stepfamily curricula that has brought many stepfamilies from conflict to hope and then peace. This workshop is an active blend of information, testimonies, games, exercises and group discussion. Workbooks included.

Date: March 19 - May 14
When: Mondays, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Where: Fireside Room
Contact: Lisa Fukumoto at 714.257.4316
Cost: $75 per couple, space is limited
Childcare: Need financial Assistance?
Register Online

Let SPARKS "Ignite the Passion" and take your relationship from passivity to passion in your marriage. Five years in development, SPARKS is a future-focused enrichment resource utilizing trained couple-coaches.

SPARKS is a coaching program for couples of all ages and stages of relationship.

Our goal is to move couples to a passionate fulfilling tomorrow. This is done by generating Hope, identifying Strengths, discovering Hidden Values and surfacing God given Passion.

Couples go away with a clear understanding of what each partner was created for, skills needed for empowering one another to blossom and a vision for their future.

It’s fun, interesting, interactive and powerful.  Come and ignite the passion!

Dates: Tuesdays (there is no start and no end)
When: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Where: New Location: Beginning February 14, 2012

Maple School - Multipurpose Room
Corner of Lemon Street and Valencia Drive
244 E. Valencia Drive, Fullerton, CA  92832

Contact: Don (714.240.4245 for men) or Alexandra (714.240.4046 for women)
Childcare: Free childcare offered for participants

The Third Option is a weekly marriage enrichment program, good for all marriages, and offers help and hope to distressed couples and couples who are considering (or have filed) for divorce. Both spouses don’t have to attend—it will help even if one person wants to work on the relationship.

If you could use some help (in the form of learning useful skills) and some hope (in the form of a support group, and by hearing actual couples tell their stories of how they came through tough marital struggles), then we invite you to attend The Third Option!

The class cycles through 14 different relationship topics, one per week. Each person/couple can begin on any Tuesday night; there is no start or end date. This class is free and open to all—church attenders, general public, friends, co-workers, neighbors, extended family—and meets on Tuesday nights, from 7-9 p.m. at Maple School, Multipurpose Room. Each participant makes a commitment to confidentiality within the group. Call Don (714.240.4245 for men) or Alexandra (714.240.4046 for women) if you have any questions.