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A brief review of the course just ended.
By Iain Archibald
7 candle-lit
dinners in the King's Hall across two+ months
As good
as a 10,000 mile service or an MOT!
The flowers! The After-Eights! The video clips!
The time to chat over things in peace, and get spoilt…
18 couples in all benefited in one way or another
7 of these were from outwith CCE
Stunning
service from CCE folk - real stars!
"Their names in lights" are:
The
core team:
Bob & Ann Sherwood
John Cheung
Ruth Colley
Iain & Theresa Archibald
John Muirhead
The
cordon bleu chefs:
Paul & Jan Barfoot
Mike Tonkiss
Ann Sherwood
David Stockdale
Anne Dodds
Lindsey Whitehouse
The
sumptuous soup makers:
Laura Cross
Gill MacKenzie
Kirsty Hook
The
delicious dessert makers:
Gill MacKenzie
Iona, Elizabeth and Deborah MacKenzie
Sally McNeish
The
popping in extra helpers:
Amy Colley - who was there nearly every week in fact!
Jeanette Holligan
Alan & Mary Eaglesham
Bill Ellis
Brenda Farquhar
Ben Gordon
Alan Colley
David and Sam Colley
Catriona Hook
They all did the couples proud.
They did CCE proud.
They did the LORD proud…
Feedback
from the couples:
"This has been great. Clearly the course was a blast,
really refreshing, a good night out and well worth doing."
An
idea for other couples going forward:
If you are interested in doing the course, say in the autumn
or at the start of 2008, one good way to do it is in your
home or in the home of friends. The main advantage in doing
it this way is that it allows at least one couple not to
have a babysitting challenge. That is how Theresa and I
first did the course: we drove out regularly to friends
in Falkirk who have two small boys. Once the wee lads were
in bed, we adults would watch the DVD and then go into separate
rooms for private discussion. It worked a treat. NB CCE
has one set of video-cassettes of the course, and two sets
of DVDs. Just contact John Muirhead to borrow one or other
set.
Another
idea for couples - or to pass on as info to friends:
Some other churches in Edinburgh are running or planning
to run the course, eg St Mungo's, St Paul's and St George's,
Morningside Baptist.
If you
have any thoughts about the Marriage Course going forward,
do get in touch with Theresa and me on 445 5699 or iain_archibald@tiscali.co.uk.
We'd love to hear from you.
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