Leadership Training

One of the purposes of the Guilford County Marriage Resource Center is to support groups from across the county as they work to support healthy relationships.  There are many programs that have already been created and can be adapted to your location.   The links below will help you connect with training opportunities for both professionals and lay volunteers who desire to work with the many programs available throughout the county.

Training opportunities are available throughout the year, and details will be announced on this page. 

• Please submit your training program by clicking here and completing the information.
• If you want to be contacted personally or be involved in any other way with these events, contact the Guilford County Marriage Resource Center at info@gcmarriage.org.

Guilford County Resources

• Community Marriage Covenant

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Local and Regional Training opportunities

GROWING UP...ONE STEP AT A TIME You Must Work With Parents! Thursday, July 17, 2008 from 6:30-8:00 Hemphill Library, 2301 West Vandalia , Greensboro (corner of Holden and Vandalia) When teachers and parents work together children learn better and have better behavior, parents feel more successful and like the teachers better, and teachers have better self-esteem. Come talk about WHY all these things are true. Learn what to do to encourage parents to participate in their child’s education, and how to improve your communication with parents. Mary Lou Dickey, Parent–Teacher Trainer for the Family Life Council   Cost is $5 for childcare credit (1.5 hrs) and pre-registration is required.

ACTIVE PARENTING FACILITATOR TRAINING          Learn to lead workshops for parents to support healthy and successful parenting.  Attend this one-day training that prepares you to lead both Active Parenting NOW and Active Parenting of Teens, video-based programs that demonstrate nonviolent discipline, effective communication, and conflict-resolution skills. Early Bird cost is $139 if registered prior to posted deadline; the cost after that is $149.  Call Active Parenting Publishers at 1-800-825-0060 to register for the next available class.

Administer and interpret the PREPARE and ENRICH Inventories. Trainings to be able to administer PREPARE/ENRICH inventories.  Call each location to register or for more information. September 26 - 9-3 $160 Michael Kurtz, D. Min 336-643-4690 Oak Ridge Deadline: 9/8 If you are interested in attending a class, please contact the class directly. You may also contact the Marriage Resource Center coordinator for more information at info@gcmarriage.org.

National Trainings

• Galatians 6:6 – Great Commandment Retreats (A Free Get-Away for Pastors and Spouses.
  
        One reason that strengthening marriage has not been a priority in many churches is that the marriages of many pastors are shaky. Every pastor has a very demanding "mistress" - the church - who is constantly calling him away from his home.  "Pastor, please come to our house; my husband is very sick." "Pastor, my marriage is in crisis. Can we meet with you?" Result: clergy wives feel neglected. One study reports that 70% of pastors wives are unhappy.
  
  Recognizing this need, David Ferguson and his wife, Teresa, who lead Intimate Life Ministries in Austin, took out a loan on their home to pay for the first Galatians 6:6 retreat. Though he has two earned doctorates from Oxford, David tells attending clergy of the shaky beginning of their own marriage at age 16. He was in and out of prison five times by age 21. Their presentation is moving and so transparent, attendees are motivated to talk through issues in their own marriage. In the attached brochure, are typical comments:  "You may never know the appreciation and love we have found within us because of this ministry. You have given us hope and helped us deal with hurts and experience true forgiveness," said a Texas pastor.  An Ohio wife adds, "I had begun to wonder if God cared. I now know how important I am to Him."
  
  Galatians 6:6 Retreats are held on Monday and Tuesday, so that the pastor need never miss a Sunday in his pulpit. This is a $350-$400 gift to every attending couple who only pays for travel expenses.
  
         For more information or to register, contact Katie Ferguson at 800 881-8008 or Katie.Ferguson@ILMinistries.org. See the attached brochure for more information.
   

  August 25-27, 2008** - WinShape Retreat - Rome, GA

  Dates also being scheduled for the following cities:

  Tulsa, OK
  Amarillo, TX
  Phoenix, AZ
  Columbus, OH
  Orlando, FL

  For more information or to register please contact Katie Ferguson at Katie.Ferguson@ilministries.org or call 800-881-8008 ext. 206.

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• The 2008 Marriage and Family Ministry Training Conference.
  August 4-8, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona

Links to National Training Organizations

 Here are opportunities to receive Leadership Training in various Marriage-Related programs. Click on the link for the program you are interested in to find out detailed information. 

• ACME ((Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment):   www.bettermarriages.org

• Center for Relationship Development: www.realrelationships.com

• Couple Communication:   http://couplecommunication.com/

• How to avoid marrying a Jerk:    www.nojerks.com

• IMAGO Training: www.gettingtheloveyouwant.com

• The Marriage Breakthrough- The program is a nationally known program by Michele Weiner-Davis:   www.divorcebusting.com

• National Institute of Relationship Enhancement::    www.nire.org

• Prepare/Enrich: one-day clergy / counselor trainings:
  www.prepare-enrich.com

• PREP (Preparation and Relationship Enhancement Program):  www.prepinc.com

• Retrouvaille: www.retrouvaille.org

• The Third Option: www.thirdoption.com

• World Class Marriage: Various times and locations throughout the year.
  "World Class Marriages" Train-the-Trainer Workshops

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