Office of Communications

Contact: Amy Batheja

Communications Specialist

Office: (817) 531-7521

abatheja@txwes.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

STATE-CERTIFIED MARRIAGE EDUCATION SEMINAR FOR COUPLES

The marriage education course, Growing Love in Christian Marriage, will be offered at Texas Wesleyan University Nov. 8 and 9. This course is certified by the state of Texas so that couples who participate will receive a certificate for a discount of $60 on their Texas state marriage license fee.

Rev. Lindsay Churchman, Wesleyan Foundation Director at Texas Christian University, will lead the premarital counseling workshop, to be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, and Sunday, Nov. 9, on the Texas Wesleyan campus. The cost of the workshop is $30 per couple to learn skills to support a lasting healthy marriage. 

The GLCM course includes eight topics: commitment, communication, conflict management, companionship and lifestyle, career and finances, children and parenting, community networks, and compass for the future. Couples begin by answering the internet MIRROR Couple Relationship Inventory before coming to the workshop.

The Growing Love in Christian Marriage (GLCM) curriculum was developed by Richard and Joan Hunt. The couples book course, updated in 2001, is ecumenical in nature and is used by the United Methodist Church for its marriage education courses. Pastors have used the GLCM couples book with over 300,000 couples since its inception. 

Effective Sept. 1, 2008, House Bill 2685 provides that couples who attend a certified eight-hour course can receive a certificate for the $60 discount on their marriage license. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has started the TWOgether in Texas initiative to inform couples about the opportunity, certify courses, and organize marriage education providers.

Marriage Education Seminar for Couples

Saturday, Nov. 8, and Sunday, Nov. 9

1 to 5 p.m.

Campus of Texas Wesleyan University

RSVP to gchilds@txwes.edu or 817-531-4461

To register, send the couple's name(s), email address, and phone number with $30 fee payment (make checks out to Texas Wesleyan University) to Texas Wesleyan University, Attn: Dr. Gladys Childs, 1201 Wesleyan St., Fort Worth, TX 76105.

For more information, email glcm@careermarriage.org.