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Old 02-24-2011, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile View Post
FWIW, I've never known a couple who went through the pre-Cana class who ended up divorced.

We have 6 meetings with the pastor, the last one about the wedding itself, and I have 2 books to read and discuss with the pastor. This is my fiance's church/pastor, so it's only right that I learn about his church. Fiance has only one book to read, and I really hope it's about budgets and how crazy women become if they feel neglected or poor!

We have PREPARE to take - is that like FOCUS? I answer questions honestly, then answer them how I think Fiance will answer them. He does the same, and they're put on a graph to show you where you have any problem areas.
This sounds about like what we did, although it was all focused on the marriage, not on anything church-specific. (We were both Presbyterian, although I don't think that would have mattered. If one of us had been coming from another tradition and planning to become Presbyterian, that would have been dealt with in other classes.)

We took a few assessments like the one you describe, and we also had to do Myers-Brigg. (This was before everyone was doing Myers-Brigg.) We found it very helpful. Years later, we can still see the value in it.

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