Pre-Marital and Wedding Officiating
Pre-marital and wedding officiating
If you would like to have one of our pastors, deacons or elders help perform your wedding, we require that you as a couple go through pre-marital mentoring in preparation for your marriage covenant.
To set up a planning appointment or to ask a question email info@4fbc.org.
2×2 Merge Mentoring
We believe God has the best design for relationships and marriages, and we are committed to helping others live it out faithfully. Merge Mentoring helps seriously dating and engaged couples understand God’s purposes for marriage, evaluate their relationship, and receive encouragement from an experienced mentor couple.
This 8-session process will be hosted in a mentor’s home and will include topics such as communication, expectations, intimacy, and finances. Couples will receive 2 workbooks with weekly homework assignments along with access to 45–60 minute teaching videos. Mentor couples will arrange session times that work with a couple’s schedule.
Cost for Merge Mentoring is $50 and includes 2 workbooks and access to the online video teachings.
RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENTS
- Prepare & Enrich– The leading relationship inventory and the skill-building program is used nationally and internationally. It is built on a solid research foundation and significantly improves a couple’s relationship.
- SYMBIS – The world’s most practical relationship assessment. Gives you a personalized road map to making your marriage everything it was meant to be.
- FOCCUS – A pre-marriage and marriage enrichment inventory that helps couples assess and appreciate their unique relationship while learning more about themselves.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR PRE-MARITAL COUPLES:
- When Sinners Say “I Do” by Dave Harvey – Marriage is the union of two people who arrive at the alter toting some surprisingly large luggage. The Bible calls it sin and understanding its influence can make all the difference for a man and woman who are building a life together.
- The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller – Few subjects are as compelling-or as endlessly variable-as love and marriage. The Bible is filled with references to husbands and wives, from the story of Adam and Eve to advice in the New Testament, each open to interpretation. Scripture is used to show readers what God’s call to marriage is, and why this is such a powerful call.
- Marriage: 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to Make by Paul David Tripp – In this rebranded edition of What Did You Expect?, popular author and pastor Paul David Tripp encourages couples to make six biblical commitments to the Lord and to one another. These commitments, which include a lifestyle of confession and forgiveness, building trust, and appreciating differences, will equip couples to cultivate thriving, joy-filled marriages built on Christ.