MARRIAGE & FAMILY

MARRIAGE SAVERS
A Symbol of God’s Sacred Union in Marriage

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” | Ecclesiastes 4:12

Skyline Marriage Savers, under the direction of Dr. Don Welch, Ph.D., LMFT, welcomes you to an exciting ministry here at Skyline and invites you to share our vision for covenantal marriage and to make your marriage even stronger.

There are proven ways to give you “marriage insurance” by proper preparation before the wedding, learning skills that can strengthen existing marriages, and reconstructing even severely troubled ones.

Marriages in the United States continue to be under attack. America has the highest divorce rate in the civilized world. In 2014, there were 2,183,000 marriages and 1,156,000 divorces. That’s a 52.9% divorce rate. Many Younger Americans choose to live together before marriage; many of these couples never marry, and 75% of those who do marry will end in divorce.

Divorce and non-marriage not only affect the couple but also is devastating for the children involved. One quarter of all adults, 18-35, have grown up in divorced families. There is hope. It is estimated that 80% of marriages in crisis, or having severe difficulties, can be restored.

Here at Skyline we want to change these statistics by standing together to build more successful marriages. In Marriage Savers, we seek God’s help together, and strive to accomplish this task in six areas.

For more information contact:

Bob & Nancy Bush

ENRICHMENT

This ministry seeks to strengthen and enrich existing marriages, and does so through four primary ways:

(1) Periodic Marriage Conferences at Skyline Church
(2) An ongoing series called, My Therapist ‘Sez’, which is an interactive panel of trained therapists responding to your questions about important life topics. Dr. Don Welch, Skyline’s counseling pastor, moderates this event the first Tuesday of each month in the main auditorium from 6:45-8:00pm.
(3) Publicizing marriage strengthening conferences, weekends, and events in our communities, such as FamilyLife marriage conferences and Marriage Encounter.
(4) Staffing of teachers for classes for married couples.

For more information contact:

John & Donna Train

SUNDAY CLASS: 2 BECOME ONE
A one-year intensive: enriching your marriage

Class suspended due to social distancing guidelines, we look forward to when we can meet again.

Do you need more out of your marriage? Does your marriage feel like a “business partnership” where the once loving feelings have dissipated?

Pastor Don Welch is offering a “2 Become One” church Connect class in a practically-based and slow-paced format. You’ll have opportunity to apply useful relational skills, discuss important questions pertaining to your relationship, and potentially overcome roadblocks leading to a vibrant marriage. 

• Skills for resolving problems to solutions
• Insights into fair fighting
• Resources to slaying the Goliath’s in your life
• Applications for setting healthy relationship boundaries
• Truths defining healthy marriages and families
• Tools for parenting the difficult moments
• Integrations of integrity-building skills

For more information contact: 

Sylvia Flores

STEP-FAMILIES

The stepfamily ministry-headed by professional therapist Donna Dennis McBeth and her husband, Allen, seeks to assist those couples who will be forming a stepfamily in their coming marriage; or who are already in a stepfamily marriage relationship.

Skyline recognizes that stepfamily marriages fail at about the 70% rate, but that appropriate intervention with such couples can save 80% of them.

For more information contact:

Allen & Donna McBeth,
Community Counseling Services
or Sylvia Flores

DIVORCE CARE

Most people will tell you that separation and divorce are the most painful and stressful experiences they’ve ever faced. It’s a confusing time when you feel isolated and have lots of questions about issues you’ve never faced before.  Don’t go through it alone.  DivorceCare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

For more info contact:

Sher & Barbara Takahashi