Worldwide Marriage Encounter’s Mission of renewal in the church and change in the world is to assist couples and priests to live fully intimate and responsible relationships by providing them with a Catholic “experience” and ongoing community support for such a lifestyle.
You are invited!!!
Come together!!!
Join with other Marriage Encounter couples!!!
Building Community through Relationship is a day and a half experience for couples / priests/ religious who are looking for a greater sense of Community with others who also share the desire for stronger marriages and more enriching support communities.
You might ask “who is it for?” For all encountered couples/priests/religious, whether active or not as active as you may want to be. It’s the opportunity you may have been waiting for. A chance to get together with others who support and share the same values and belief about marriage as you do.
Community Mirrors the Couple Relationship BCTR Weekend Experience
Fun Together Encountering the Real Me
Intimacy We Are Community
Someone to Share With Begin with the End in Mind
Concern Start Building Community
Sensitivity Sharing the Work
Know One Another Keep Community Alive
Caring Keep Community Growing
Passion First Things First
Compassion Conflict Resolution
Mark your calendars today and register now!
Let’s get together, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah …
Upcoming Dates in the Northwest:
Portland, OR April 17‐18, 2010 in Hillsboro, Oregon
Contact: Jack & Jo Rich
541‐929‐4407 jack_jo_rich@yahoo.com
Boise, ID May 22‐23, 2010 in Boise, Idaho
Contact: Ray & Rheda Daugherty
208‐286‐2974 daughertyinc@cableone.net
Vancouver, BC June 5‐6, 2010 in White Rock, BC
Contact: Niall & Bernadette McGrath
604‐874‐9542 prayerwaves@yahoo.com
The Focus is to develop a sense of what community is and what it can be in today’s world. It is designed to equip attendees with some skills and tools for forming and developing communities. It also helps communities be more aware of and attentive to supporting one another in living the lifestyle we are called to live in the church today. The presentations are designed to help couples feel ownership and see themselves as a part of a local community. In supporting one another, couples can feel supported in their journey to deeper, more enriching marriages.
Issues that affect and involve a local area as a whole should be handled with full participation of the general community from the outset. The BCTR Weekend helps with this by giving all couples, not just those in leadership roles, some information and training in basic leadership skills and techniques in the context of a community. Some of the skills and techniques included in the workshop are: basics in communication, how personality styles and associated behaviors affect relationships, goals and objectives, delegating, prioritizing or “putting first things first”, collaborating, and conflict resolution.
The workshop is presented by two couples: Tom and Kathy Dauer and Paul and Angie Gilmour. Tom and Kathy have been involved in Marriage Encounter for more than 25 years. They have held various leadership roles, from representing their local area of Spokane as Executive couple to representing the Northwest Section 13 at the National Board of WorldWide Marriage Encounter. Paul and Angie attended their first Marriage Encounter Weekend 2 years ago, and represent the youthful enthusiasm that comes from experiencing a truly life changing weekend in their marriage relationship. They are now promoting and helping to build communities around the Northwest. The workshop experience consists of presentations, exercises, and smal and large group discussions.
The goal is to attract many couples in the community who have attended a Marriage Encounter weekend through the years, and to invite them to reconsider the power of their Sacrament and become involved ‐ serving in their parish and enriched in the love and support of their local Marriage Encounter community
