End of the theory: Start of the practical!
World Revival Prayer Fellowship had its 2nd run of the Alpha Marriage course from 21st February to 18th April 2009. With the experience of four organizers from the 1st run – Pastor Thomas, leading this year’s organizing team, Jasmine, Sunny & Annie – and the able assistance of Shaun & Kay, organization of this event went more smoothly than the first run. There were 7 sessions in total, and the course was held every Saturday from 4 to 7 pm (including dinner). Each couple paid only $120 with WRPF subsidizing about 50%.
Besides fostering the strengthening of marriages between our church’s wedded couples, the objective of this course was also to reach out to pre-believers in the hope that they will come to experience God in their marriages. This run saw an attendance of 15 couples, 7 of whom were church members. Of the balance 8 couples, 3 couples were pre-believers while another 2 couples were backslid Christians. Average attendance for the course was 78%.
On the last session, the team organized the inaugural “Celebration Party” for past and present participants of Alpha Marriage. This program was well executed and received positive feedback from the participants.
Overall the course was well-received and had few hiccups: The team will look into suggestions provided by the participants via feedback forms as to further improvements to future runs. Kudos to the team who organized this course!
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