{"id":2595,"date":"2013-11-21T07:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T07:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1063197155.n126084.test.prositehosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2595"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:45:48","slug":"the-marriage-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/getting-married\/the-marriage-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marriage Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1us8xf-7775fe127b6b0a92528b3a8ac03450aa\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-7775fe127b6b0a92528b3a8ac03450aa{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-7775fe127b6b0a92528b3a8ac03450aa .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1us8xf-7775fe127b6b0a92528b3a8ac03450aa .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1us8xf-7775fe127b6b0a92528b3a8ac03450aa av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >What is the Marriage Course?<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-31lj1f-cc4a84a410351e2e6f0ae0910b5129bf '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Preparing for Marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We encourage all couples who are thinking about getting married, or who have booked a wedding with us, to sign-up for the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.careforthefamily.org.uk\/product\/pre-marriage-sessions-pack\/\">online marriage preparation course<\/a> <\/strong>provided by an organisation called Care for the Family.<\/p>\n<p>The course offers four sessions exploring how couples can build a lasting relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The key themes that are covered in the four sessions are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHERISH<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the forgotten vow and how to keep your love alive<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONNECT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 understanding each other and the art of communication<\/p>\n<p><strong>COLLABORATE<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 dealing with pressure points and handling conflict well<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMIT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 love is a choice when the going gets tough<\/p>\n<p>If you would like any more information about marriage preparation, please do get in touch with the team at the <a href=\"office@horshamstmarys.org.uk\">Church Office.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2607,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16067,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions\/16067"}],"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=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}