{"id":3056,"date":"2024-04-22T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/?page_id=3056"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:09:39","slug":"marriage-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/?page_id=3056","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_raw_html css=””]JTNDY2VudGVyJTNFJTNDaDIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmJvbGRfdGl0bGUlMjIlM0UlM0NzcGFuJTNFJTNDZm9udCUyMGNvbG9yJTNEJTIyJTIzOGM2YjJmJTIyJTNFTWFycmlhZ2UlMjBQcmVwYXJhdGlvbiUzQyUyRmZvbnQlM0UlM0MlMkZzcGFuJTNFJTNDJTJGaDIlM0UlM0MlMkZjZW50ZXIlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Ministry, Commission,
\nCommittee or Service name:\u00a0 Marriage Preparation<\/strong>
\n 
\nChair or Point of Contact:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kathy & Monty Shields<\/strong>
\nemail:\u00a0 mkjjj@comcast.net<\/strong>
\n 
\nReporting Structure:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Parish Priest (Fr. John)<\/strong>
\n 
\nMission or Purpose:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Serve as Engaged Couple Sponsors, meeting with and <\/strong>
\nmentoring engaged couples as they prepare for marriage and a life-long journey together.<\/strong>
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFunctions, Duties Activities:\u00a0\u00a0 Each Sponsor Couple is trained to share with and engage with <\/strong>
\ncouples preparing for marriage.\u00a0 The Prepare\/Enrich counseling tool is used to inventory various subjects for discussion: religion; finance; family & children; marriage expectations; leisure activities, etc.\u00a0 The inventory also includes questions regarding upbringing, family life and current lifestyle.\u00a0 Sponsor couples normally meet with the engaged couples 3-4 times to review the inventory results, provide insight and enhance communication between the couple<\/strong>.<\/u>
\n\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMembership:\u00a0\u00a0 Appointed by Parish Priest<\/strong>\u00a0 How Many Members?:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 couples<\/strong>
\nTerm of membership:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No limit<\/strong>
\nHow often are meetings?:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sponsor Couples will have 2-4 couples per year<\/strong>
\nWhen are new officers installed?:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Sponsor Couples are trained and then function as<\/strong>
\nan independent team.\u00a0 Group sessions are infrequent.<\/strong>
\nAre outside volunteers sought for projects or activities?:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\/a<\/strong>
\nImmediate need for volunteers?:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yes<\/strong>
\nWe have immediate need for 3 Sponsor Couples.\u00a0 Interested parties should contact Kathy & Monty Shields or Fr. John.\u00a0 Once vetted, a 2-3 hour training session will be scheduled.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_raw_html css=””]JTNDY2VudGVyJTNFJTNDaDIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMmJvbGRfdGl0bGUlMjIlM0UlM0NzcGFuJTNFJTNDZm9udCUyMGNvbG9yJTNEJTIyJTIzOGM2YjJmJTIyJTNFTWFycmlhZ2UlMjBQcmVwYXJhdGlvbiUzQyUyRmZvbnQlM0UlM0MlMkZzcGFuJTNFJTNDJTJGaDIlM0UlM0MlMkZjZW50ZXIlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Ministry, Commission, Committee or Service name:\u00a0 Marriage Preparation   Chair or Point of Contact:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kathy & Monty Shields email:\u00a0 mkjjj@comcast.net   Reporting Structure:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Parish Priest (Fr. John)   Mission or Purpose:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Serve as Engaged Couple Sponsors, meeting with and mentoring engaged couples as they prepare for marriage and a life-long journey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3056","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3155,"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3056\/revisions\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/church.stmarysgreensburg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}