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February 8, 2012

National Marriage Week initiative in Claremore

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CLAREMORE — National Marriage Week USA announces an initiative in Claremore for the week leading up to Valentine's Day, and is putting forth a call to mobilize hundreds of diverse organizations to plan for marriage building activities for February 7 to 14. The goal is to elevate attention on the need to strengthen marriage and ways to do it, and initiate new efforts to reduce the divorce rate and build stronger marriage, which in turn helps curtail poverty and benefits children.

In Claremore, Blue Starr Church of Christ is hosting family counselor, James Baumgardner, MA, LPC (c), CFLE, to discuss the importance of a strong marriage. He'll be speaking Sunday, February 12 at 10am at the Blue Starr Church of Christ on how to grow in your marriage, even when problems persist. 

Chuck Stetson, chairman of National Marriage Week USA says “The alarming drop in marriage rates in America combined with high divorce rates are costly to the nation-financially costly to taxpayers and individuals, and emotionally costly to children. We all need to work together to turn the tide.”

“Research shows that marriage makes people happier, live longer, and build more economic security.  Children with married parents perform better in school. There are proven ways to repair and restore marriages-but most folks don't know where to go to get the help they need,” says NMWUSA executive director Sheila Weber.

Three Keys to a Great Relationship

1.    Decide about important things in your relationship, don't slide through life without careful thought; be proactive.

2.    Make it safe to connect with each other by allowing your partner to be themselves, and handling conflict without damage to closeness; be emotionally trustworthy.

3.    Do your part in your relationship, focusing on what is under your control, influencing where you can; be a self-change agent.

Hope Harbor Family Ministries provides quality, affordable outpatient Christian counseling and training to children, teens, parents, couples, and families of Claremore, Rogers County, and beyond. The counseling and training provides focused, meaningful solutions for anger, stress, grief, trauma, addiction, depression, anxiety, child behavior, couple relationship, spirituality, peer relationships, parent education, marriage preparation and enrichment, and financial planning.

In celebration of National Marriage Week, Hope Harbor Family Ministries is offering a free couple (dating, engaged, married) checkup, which includes online assessment and feedback session (limited to first 50 participants or a free 20-minute parenting consultation. Offer expires March 31.

Contact us today: James Baumgardner, MA, LPC(c), CFLE - Offsite Counselor (918) 341-4425 www.HopeHarborInc.org

 

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