Classes

The following classes are accepting enrollment now.

Love & Respect

Starts February 12, 2012 at 10:45 am.  Class will be meeting in room E103.  The leaders are Kris & Jennifer Cianci.  To register, email: kcianci@gmail.com or call/text:  615-497-6126.
This is a small group DVD study based on the Love & Respect ministry.  It is designed to teach men to ‘love’ their wives and wives to ‘respect’ their husbands in the context of Ephesians 5:21-33, specifically Ephesians 5:33.

What is Love & Respect?

The following statement from the Love & Respect Ministries home page summarizes what this study is all about.

“We believe love best motivates a woman and respect most powerfully motivates a man. Research reveals that during marital conflict a husband most often reacts when feeling disrespected and a wife reacts when feeling unloved.  We asked 7,000 people this question: when you are in a conflict with your spouse or significant other, do you feel unloved or disrespected?  83% of the men said “disrespected.”  72% of the women said, “unloved.”  Though we all need love and respect equally, the felt need differs during conflict, and this difference is as different as pink is from blue!

We conduct conferences and provide resources to the married, divorced, separated, dating and single. Men and women will learn how to resolve conflict, dealing with the negative reactions (the crazy cycle). They will also learn how to motivate each other by meeting each other’s need (the energizing cycle). Even those who feel hopeless in their relationships will gain understanding on how to handle an indifferent or unresponsive partner (the rewarded cycle).

Each cycle centers on two concepts: love and respect. These two words surface in social research and the Bible (Ephesians 5:33) as the two key ingredients for a successful marriage. From our research, those attending the Love & Respect Conference, watching the Love & Respect DVD in small groups, or reading the Love & Respect resources, are experiencing understanding, forgiveness, reconciliation, change, and hope. Through personal enrichment, they go on to minister to others in small groups. Check out our menu – especially the testimonies.”