To build marriages to their full, Godly potential

Parkway Marriage

Vision

To build marriages to their full, Godly potential.

Functions

1 Marriage Enrichment

Marriage enrichment programs conducted annually. Involves a weekly meeting and commitment by each spouse to fun 'homework' exercises. A cost is involved to cover the purchase of work books and other material.

For term 1 2010, the program is the eight week 'Boundaries in Marriage', starting on Wednesday 17 February.

2 Marriage Preparation

Topics include:

1 Family of Origin
2 Communication
3 The Role of a Christian Husband and Wife
4 Finances
5 Sex
6 Marriage Vows
    (and for second and subsequent marriages)
7 Dealing with the Past
8 Looking to the Future.

See Parkway Marriage Preparation (pdf).

3 Marriage Connect Group

A weekly meeting under the covering of Parkway for couples passionate about enhancing their marriage and promoting Christian marriage.

It’s important that it is widely known that the Marriage Connect Group is available for couples to attend ideally under the following circumstances:

Facilitated by John and Gay.

4 Newly Weds Network

A support network for couples, particularly in their early years of marriage. A newly married couple is paired with a mutually compatible couple in order to encourage them to grow and enjoy their new marriage.

5 Marriage Counselling

Counselling available in a private, confidential and caring environment. Ring the Parkway office on 6296 7701 or email office@parkway.net.au for an appointment.

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Contact Us

Ring the Parkway office on 6296 7701 or email office@parkway.net.au for more information or to become involved.

God says lots about Marriage (growing daily) from BibleGateway.com

  1. The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Gen 2:18 - Companionship the primary reason for marriage
  2. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Gen 2:24 - Oneness
  3. If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. Deut 24:5 - Focus on establishing a new marriage
  4. Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Eccles 4: 9-12 - Working, warming, warring together in marriage; husband, wife and God are the three strands
  5. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night. In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple. Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. Prov 31: 10-31
  6. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 1Cor 7:3-5 - Duty to each other
  7. Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 1Cor 11:3 - Roles and order within marriage
  8. In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 1Cor 11:11 - Interdependence of husband and wife
  9. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1Cor 13:1-8; 13 - Love is an act of the will, a decision; agape love is other-centred
  10. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:28 - Equality of spouses
  11. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Eph 5:22-33 - Headship and submission; sacrificial love; marriage models Christ's love for his bride, the church
  12. Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Heb 13:4 - Love making is the unique seal of marriage
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Marriage Food

    5.    Marriage food: Why marriage? Certainly to "Be fruitful and increase in number...", but primarily for companionship (Gen 2:18,24). Am I my spouse's best friend?
    4.     Pastor John Mack preaches a great message based on Ecc 4: 9-12 - working, warming, warring together in marriage. 'A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.' - husband, wife and God are the three strands.
    3.    The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 1Cor 7:3. How does this apply in our marriage?
    2.    We’re currently rereading Gary Chapman’s ‘The Five Love Languages’. He describes 1 Words of Affirmation; 2 Quality Time; 3 Receiving Gifts; 4 Acts of Service; 5 Physical Touch as the 5 ways love can be expressed. What ways does my spouse appreciate love being expressed to them? Am I meeting their need?
    1.    Eph 5:22-33 ends “This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church.” How does our marriage reflect Christ’s love for his bride, the church, to others?

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