ACME of Georgia

Building Better Marriages...Beginning With Our Own

Keynote Couple

Charlie & Debbie Parsons

Workshops and Keynote

Callaway Gardens

February 15 - 17, 2008

The Weekend Getaway is designed to provide you with workshops and Keynotes that allow you to work on your couple relationship. The theme this year is “Bloomin’ Good Times”…..thus you will see this reflected in the titles of workshops (i.e. its not really going to be about gardening!)

 

Keynotes

Georgia ACME is very excited to have as the Keynote Couple, Charlie and Debbie Parsons. They are the current President Couple of Florida ACME.

· Friday evening keynote -”Fertilizing Your Garden” Choosing the right seeds to plant and the best way to maintain your garden. A look at prioritizing your relationship for maximum growth

· Saturday morning keynote -”Pulling Weeds” Uprooting weeds that might be hindering the growth of your garden. A look at outside elements that interfere with your relationship and how to best remove them.

 

 

Workshops

Workshops are available on Saturday. You will be choosing as a couple to attend one workshop during the morning session and one workshop during the evening session time. Trainer couples are volunteer—and are members of ACME. Many are trained leaders.

Morning Session (you choose one)

· Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Marriage — An introduction to ACME principles and skills moving from ordinary to extraordinary in our marriage. This workshop is recommended for couples new to ACME.

NOTE: Attendance for this workshop will be for both the morning and evening sessions.

· Money & Marriage: Keep Both Blooming — An interactive workshop dealing with the role of money in marriage. We will explore out how backgrounds, personalities, cultures, genders, ages, incomes, attitudes, experiences and faiths impacts how we handle money and how it impacts our marriage. Couples will have in-session dialogue assignments as well as marriage making homework takeaways. The session will include a booklet that highlights the fifteen stops to financial security.

· The Four Seasons of Marriage — Understanding and talking about the ever changing Cycles of Marriage. We will discuss the necessary skills to enhance your marriage in all four seasons. Based on the book with the same name by Gary Chapman.

· Conflict? Again? — In The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, John Gottman divides all marital conflicts into solvable and perpetual problems. Learn how to categorize your conflicts and to choose appropriate strategies for coping with them.

Trainer Couple

 

 

 

Karen & Kevin Jeffrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frances & Wayne Anthony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy & Mollie Bourke

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eddie & Sylvia Robertson

Evening Session (you choose one)

· Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Marriage (continues from the morning) — An introduction to ACME principles and skills moving from ordinary to extraordinary in our marriage. This workshop is recommended for couples new to ACME.

NOTE: Attendance for this workshop will be for both the morning and evening sessions.

· Communication Keeps the Marriage in Full Bloom — How is your marriage growing? Is it full of misunderstandings? How about hurt feelings? Communication is vital to any relationship, especially in a marriage. Join us to develop new communication skills and polish the ones you already have.

· Enriching Your Flower Bed With Romance — Sometimes, life gets busy and we need some time to reconnect or replant some seeds of romance. Romance gives life to the flowers of intimacy and passion in marriage. The fragrance of love will fill the air as couples spend time remembering special moments and discovering what they know about one another. A beautiful bouquet is created as couples enrich the romance in their relationship.

· Cultivate Your Relationship: Deepen it with Dialogue — ACME believes the root of a good marriage is couple dialogue. Using topics of your own choosing, experience how knee to knee dialogue translates into a thriving partnership. This workshop is intended to deepen your relationship and increase intimacy.

Trainer Couple

 

 

 

Karen & Kevin Jeffrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy & George Stewart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greg & Lydia Meadows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kay & Marty Palacko

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