FamilyLife ‘Defends the Military Marriage’
FamilyLife, a non-profit Christian ministry dedicated to strengthening marriages and families, announced today its enhanced plan to support American military marriages. The organization will donate copies of its HomeBuilders: Defending the Military Marriage small group study to military base chaplains, and will offer free and special-rate admissions for military couples to attend its Weekend to Remember(R) marriage conferences.
FamilyLife’s “Defending the Military Marriage” initiative comes on the heels of reports of rising suicide rates within the United States military. One of the ways the military has chosen to combat this tragic trend is by encouraging soldiers and their spouses to participate in marriage enrichment programs offered by chaplains at military posts around the country. To provide resources to military marriages worldwide, FamilyLife has set up a dedicated website that offers resources specific to military marriages, as well as a downloadable sample of the HomeBuilders: Making Your Marriage Deployment Ready small group study, at www.FamilyLife.com/MilitaryMarriage.
“We want to do whatever we can to support military marriages,” said FamilyLife President, CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Dennis Rainey. “We recognize and revere the tremendous responsibility and stress placed on our servicemen and women, and that such a career can truly take a toll on one’s marriage, family, and soul.”
In addition to the FamilyLife Military Marriages website, FamilyLife will also offer a limited number of free registrations to its renowned Weekend to Remember marriage conference for couples with one or both spouses in service. A limited number of military couples per conference can attend for free on a first-come, first-served basis, and the remainder may attend for a special military rate of $69 per person (a $120 savings per couple). To register, military couples may call 1-800-FL-TODAY on or before June 30, 2009.
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