The First Annual Pre-marital conference

 October 14-16, 2005

 

Suwannee River Conference and Retreat Center Dowling Park, Florida. 

 

The conference was blessed by

H.G. Bishop Youssef on Friday night.

 

Speakers:

1.   Dr. George Gergis,

2.   Dr. Yousry Armanios,

3.   Christian Counselor Mrs. Margo Rizk.

 

Attendees:

The conference was attended by 3 married couples, 4 engaged couples, and 1 engaged single. 

 

Topics:

1. Marriage and life cycle by Dr. George.

2. Communication by Dr. George

3. Covenant marriage by Mrs. Margo.

4. Dealing with differences by Dr. Yousry

5. “It is God’s idea” by Ms. Margo.

Evaluation:

91% rated importance as excellent.

73% rated the topics as excellent.

90% would recommend this conference to others.

91% said that the conference is beneficial to married and engaged couples.

Click here to see the detailed evaluation analysis.

Attendees comments and ideas for improvement:

    1. It brought many ideas that were floating and unclear to the front page.

    2. Extend to 3 or 4 nights.

    3. Maybe a second track for married couples and kids; time management and parenting.

    1. Closer city.

    2. Need to talk about role of Coptic male and female.

    3. How involved should the spouse be in family disputes related to his/her spouse’s family.

    1. It organized and structured certain aspects that will benefit and bless my further marriage.

    1. Conference needed better preparation.

    1. Topics about raising children and different stages of their life.

    1. Organize workshops.

    2. We need individual work groups and discuss every problem with them according to their needs.

Pictures:   Click here for the pictures

Location:

Suwannee River Conference and Retreat Center
(Advent Christian Lodge)
11057 CR. 136
Dowling Park, Fl 32064