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• Building Better Marriages 2017-2018

  • Start
    21 May 2018
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    6:00 PM
  • End
    30 Dec 2019
  •  
    8:00 PM
  • Location
    WORKSHOPS RUN EACH MONDAY, YEAR ROUND. Drop ins are welcome!

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  Building Better Marriages is an ongoing, drop-in marriage restoration workshop.  An MMJ facilitator explores a new topic each week in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is welcome with no pressure to share.

  Monday evenings, 6-8 p.m.
  536 N. Jackson St., Jackson.  Map it

  For more information about MMJ's Building Better Marriages workshop, call (517) 796-5116.
  
  

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  Upcoming Topics:

  July 2 - NO WORKSHOP/FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY 

  July 9 - Speaking the Truth in Love 

  July 16 - How to Fight Fair; Conflict Resolution

  July 23 - Money Matters 

  July 30 - Forgiveness & Repair

  August 6 - Rebuilding Trust

  August 13 - Building a Climate of Respect

  August 20 - Responsibility and the Blame Game

  August 27 - Understanding Expectations

  September 3 - NO WORKSHOP/MEMORIAL DAY

  September 10 - Redefining the Power Struggle

  September 17 - Control Issues

  September 24 -  Listening Beyond the Words 

  October 1 - Personality Differences

  October 8 - Childhood Issues & Emotional Baggage

  October 15 - Handling Anger Constructively

  October 22 - Speaking the Truth in Love

  October 29 - How to Fight Fair; Conflict Resolution

  November 5 - Money Matters

  November 12 - Forgiveness & Repair

  November 19 - Rebuilding Trust

      

  Child Care Available: $5 per child at YMCA for potty trained children who can use the bathroom on their own. 

  Suggested donation: $5 per person, per week*

  Note: Topics continue in the above cycle throughout the year, so if you miss one, no worries. It will come up at a later date!

  Note: Topics continue in the above cycle throughout the year, so if you miss one, no worries. It will come up at a later date!

  

  Is MMJ’s Building Better Marriages Workshop for you?
  

  Every couple can use some home improvement!

  My marriage is hurting.
  You are not alone. Many will go, have gone, or are going through tough times. Relationships can be complicated. Each person brings a history and expectations to the mix, then add in some life events (babies, in-laws, job changes), stir, and you have the perfect recipe for marital stress. Tips and tools you gain at this workshop will help your marriage thrive, not just survive.

  You might be thinking “I can’t go on living like this!” Or wondering “Is this as good as it gets?” Or believing “We will never feel the same way we used to about each other.” Marriage Matters Jackson’s weekly marriage restoration workshops have helped hundreds of couples rebuild, renew and regain their relationship. People just like you.
  

  My husband or wife won’t come with me.
  That’s fine.  When one half of a couple learns skills and gains information, the relationship can improve or grow even stronger. People often come by themselves to MMJ’s weekly Building Better Marriages workshops and take home usable techniques and insight to help their relationship.

  We aren’t married yet.
  Although MMJ believes in and promotes the benefit of lifelong marriage, there is no “marriage license check” at the door -- relationship skills help everybody.  

  My marriage is fine.
  Great! We hear that all the time, and people who are doing fine still get great encouragement and tips at MMJ events and workshops, like MMJ’s weekly Building Better Marriages workshop.

  
  

  "Our marriage is stronger and happier now than it's ever been." "This workshop is realistic and useful for every relationship." "Arguments are next to gone, after 5+ years of constantly living in a state of anger and stress." "We were on the verge of divorce and now I believe we will be staying together because of what we learned at the workshops."

  
  

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