Support for Each Stage of Marriage

We are here to provide the encouragement and support you need to have a healthy and thriving relationship with your spouse at any stage in your marriage!

Suggested Steps for Premarital Preparation & Marriage Enrichment

• Prepare & Enrich Assessment
• Prepare & Enrich debriefing meeting with a Marriage Mentor
• Mentoring (4-7 weeks) with Prepare & Enrich Workbook
• Marriage Events & Classes

Support for Struggling Marriages

• Love Reboot Weekend with Jon Anderson of Growing Love Network
• Contact FPC Marriage Ministry, Bobby and Downie Mickler, at (210) 284-1497 or email rmickler@gmail.com

The Marriage Ministry Committee consists of Bobby and Downie Mickler, Laura and Trebes Sasser, Muffin and Morris Camp, Joe and Sandy Moore, and Ryan and Emily McLaughlin. If you would like more information or would like to serve as Marriage Mentors or help with events, small groups, classes, etc. please call Bobby and Downie Mickler at (210) 284-1497 or email rmickler@gmail.com.

Description: In this six-session small group Bible study (guide sold separately), Sacred Marriage, writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites you to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to reflect more of the character of Jesus. Your marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse. It is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately. Sacred Marriage shifts the focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment in ways that can help you love your mate more. Whether it is delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God. To learn more follow this link to our Right Now Media resource: https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/214.

FPC offers the gift of a Prepare & Enrich Assessment for couples at no cost to you.

We encourage all married couples in the church to take the P&E Assessment! Prepare & Enrich is an online assessment you take individually, with follow-up mentoring and counseling together as a couple, either face to face or by Zoom.  The cost is covered by FPC as a gift to the commitment to growing your marriage.

Simply fill out the registration form below and you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete your personalized Prepare & Enrich Assessment.

Love Reboot with Jon Anderson’s Growing Love Network

2024 Dates: April 19-21, August 2-4, & December 6-8

All marriages go through times of struggle. This weekend is specifically for when you are feeling distant and in conflict with each other. This is the BEST way to find your way back to love and intimacy with your spouse. It’s worth investing your time and money in this weekend to restore what is broken. Please share with friends – we all need support in marriage. Visit growinglovenetwork.org/love-reboot for more information and registration.

Weekend Schedule:

• Friday – Saturday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church Student Center
• Sunday| 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM | First Presbyterian Church Student Center

Marriage Mentor Training

Contact Rev. Dr. Joe Moore to learn about our next Marriage Mentor Training, joem@fpcsat.org or 210-226-0215

Searching for a few more SEASONED MARRIED COUPLES who are interested in MENTORING a pre-married or newly married couple, or a couple in the church looking for some support or direction.  We use the Prepare & Enrich Assessment and Workbook which is amazing!  It’s not counseling, it is a mentor program.  You meet, pray, and do the workbook together with another couple.  Please reach out to Pastor Joe Moore, joem@fpcsat.org, if you and your spouse are feeling called to serve the Lord in this way.

After you’ve gone through the Prepare & Enrich Assessment online (see above), a current Mentor Couple will contact you to go over the results. The Prepare & Enrich Facilitator Training is your next step! We are excited to get to know you and are thankful you are willing to share your lives with others!

Prepare & Enrich Facilitator Training by Nora & Carlos Rodriguez

Nora and Carlos Rodriguez are owners of the Relational Wellness Center and they work with San Antonio Marriage Institute to help churches facilitate Marriage Ministries. They are Certified Life Coach and Pastoral Counselors, Certified Prepare & Enrich Seminar Directors, and Certified by Family Dynamics Institute.

The Acceptance

The Marriage Ministry utilizes different curricula including “The Acceptance” by local author, Jon Anderson.

“The Acceptance: What Brings And Keeps Lifelong Love”

Drawing from the latest research, top experts, and 25 years of experience helping couples, Jon R. Anderson reveals what is at the core of what motivates us to desire a mate, and how those dynamics continue to play out for the duration of the relationship. The Acceptance will provide you with numerous “Ah-ha” moments and bring clarity to many practical ways you can actively bring about positive change and establish a relationship that will keep growing for a lifetime.

About the Author

Jon R. Anderson is the founder and president of Growing Love Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to revolutionizing relationships for lifelong love. Jon is best known for leading more than 125 marriage intensive workshops, Love Reboot, and his podcast. Relationship Rewire. He is the author of Growing Love and 365 Days of Growing Love.

Praise for The Acceptance