What is marriage mentoring all about?

Anyone who has been married for any length of time can tell you that great marriages don't just happen. It takes commitment and it takes work to build a marriage that will stand strong against the challenges that come our way everyday.

Are you planning for marriage? Then contact us about our six-week "Preparing for Marriage" course where you will meet with one of our mentor couples once a week for six weeks.

if you want more information about this ministry, contact Libby Bridger at lbridger@hebronchurch.org or call the Assimilation Office. If you know you are ready to get started, then download an application from the bottom of this page or pick up one in the concourses of the Worship Center and return it to the Assimilation Office. You will be contacted once your application is received.

The Purpose:

The purpose of marriage mentoring is to lovingly invest in the preparation, maximization, and restoration of lifelong marriages by walking alongside couples who are less experienced than
their mentors.


A Marriage Mentor Couple:

• Willingly shares what they know (in a noncompetitive way).
• Represents skill, knowledge, virtue and accomplishments because they have gone before the couple they are mentoring.
• Takes a personal and heartfelt interest in the other couple’s development and well-being.
• Offers support, challenge, patience and enthusiasm while guiding other couples to new levels of competence.
• Points the way and represents tangible evidence of what another couple can become.
• Exposes the recipients of their mentoring to new ideas, perspectives, and standards.
• Has more expertise in terms of knowledge yet views themselves as equal to those they mentor.
  

Our mentoring ministry will emphasize three areas: