The organizing model
Three things, happening at once.
Every card in the deck touches at least one part of the Marriage Formation Flywheel. These are not stages a couple graduates from. They keep turning together for as long as the marriage lasts.
And back to IRL. The wheel keeps turning.
Cards that touch Accompaniment
- Card 01After the WeddingWhen marriage preparation ends, what is the next intentional step your ministry gives a couple?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 02After the WeddingHow soon after the wedding does your ministry intentionally reconnect with newly married couples?AccompanimentRead the card
- Card 03After the WeddingWhat are you doing to accompany couples as the realities of the first few years of marriage begin to unfold?AccompanimentRead the card
- Card 04After the WeddingWhat would it look like if the first five years of marriage were treated as a distinct season of formation?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 07IRL & CommunityWhat helps husbands and wives move from attending an event to actually feeling that they belong?IRLAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 08IRL & CommunityDo married couples in your ministry know other couples they could call when married life gets hard?IRLAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 09Knowing Your CouplesWould you know if a newly married couple quietly stopped engaging with your ministry?AccompanimentRead the card
- Card 10Knowing Your CouplesHow do you currently learn what married couples in your ministry actually need?AccompanimentRead the card
- Card 11Knowing Your CouplesWhat could your ministry do differently if couples regularly told you what they needed?AccompanimentEducationRead the card
- Card 14Husbands & WivesWhen husbands and wives engage differently, how does your ministry make room for both?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 15Husbands & WivesWhat would it look like to form husbands and wives both as spouses and as individuals within the marriage?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 17NFP in Married LifeWhere can married couples bring honest NFP questions once they are living it in real life?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 20ParticipationWhat would make ongoing marriage formation feel like a normal part of married life for the couples you serve?IRLEducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 21Ministry CapacityWho is responsible for ongoing marriage formation in your ministry right now?AccompanimentRead the card
- Card 22Ministry CapacityWhat consistently gets pushed aside when marriage preparation has to come first?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 23Ministry CapacityWhat could your ministry offer married couples if time, staffing, and volunteer capacity were not the limiting factors?IRLEducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 25Strong MarriagesHow are you helping healthy marriages keep growing before anything is wrong?EducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 26Strong MarriagesWhat would change if strong marriages received intentional formation before a crisis ever emerged?IRLEducationAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 27Parish ConnectionWhat brings newly married couples back into parish life after the wedding?IRLAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 28Parish ConnectionWhat would help couples move from “we got married here” to “this is our parish”?IRLAccompanimentRead the card
- Card 30Bigger QuestionsWhat would lifelong marriage formation look like in your ministry?IRLEducationAccompanimentRead the card
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For ministry leaders
Wondering how this connects to what you already do?
Marriage Every Day works alongside parishes and ministries rather than replacing what they have built. If the questions in this deck are the ones you keep running into, we would like to hear about your situation.