{"id":16369,"date":"2026-06-11T12:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/?page_id=16369"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T12:50:30","slug":"marriage-preparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/getting-married\/marriage-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9hpfsy-5339af90ae34a5713028cc6a3916b05d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Marriage Preparation Course<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-mq9hqqkj-97c8f831a9808d39b9c6590ca53ebc6a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9huvb6-9850df1539b076c8211c29ac7b52b62e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-mq9huvb6-9850df1539b076c8211c29ac7b52b62e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9huvb6-9850df1539b076c8211c29ac7b52b62e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><table class=\"diff SimpleHistory__diff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">We encourage all couples who are thinking about getting married, or who have booked a wedding with us, to sign-up for the online marriage preparation course, provided by an organisation called Care for the family.<\/td>\n<td class=\"diff-addedline\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">The course offers four sessions exploring how couples can build a lasting relationship.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">The key themes that are covered in the four sessions are:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">CHERISH \u2013 the forgotten vow and how to keep your love alive<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">CONNECT \u2013 understanding each other and the art of communication<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">COLLABORATE \u2013 dealing with pressure points and handling conflict well<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">COMMIT \u2013 love is a choice when the going gets tough<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\">If you would like any more information about marriage preparation, please do get in touch with the team at office@horshamstmarys.org.uk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kcut5d-f8d4f0c9c887a6abe40d35221035f1a1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Click here to add your own text<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2607,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16369","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16369"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16383,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16369\/revisions\/16383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}