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Sustaining Your Marriage In Ministry

From: Awesome Marriage

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Session 1 - Boundaries With Your Time: You and Your Marriage Won’t Last If You’re Burnt Out

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If you want your marriage to survive ministry you’re going to have to put boundaries around your work and ministry to protect your marriage and family. If your family and marriage are suffering, your ministry also suffers. Be proactive and make sure to place healthy boundaries around time before you even realize how badly you need them. Because you do!

In this session Dylan Dodson, Pastor of New City Church in Raleigh NC, shares practical tips on how to set boundaries with your time when it comes to ministry for the protection of your family and your marriage.

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Session 2 - Managing Others’ Expectations: A Part of Protecting Your Marriage

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One major way to protect your marriage is by managing other people's expectations as best you can and setting up clear boundaries within your ministry. In this session Dylan Dodson shares practical tips on how to manage other’s expectations when it comes to ministry for the protection of your family and your marriage.

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Session 3 - 5 Simple Ways To Invest In Your Marriage: These Practices Will Help You Keep Your Marriage a Priority

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In this session Dr. Kim Kimberling shares 5 simple ways to invest in your marriage. Dr. Kim has been counseling couples for over 40 years and has been married to his wife Nancy for 52 years. Learn the 5 things he thinks every ministry leader should do to invest in their marriage.

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Session 4 - Counting The Fruit: Remembering the Good Will Help You Sustain

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Don’t believe the lie that ministry is all hard. God has good and joy for you in your ministry! In this session Dr. Kim Kimberling shares why it’s important to take your thoughts captive and mark good moments in ministry.

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Session 5 - When Ministry Hurts: Healing Your Marriage

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It’s inevitable: parts of ministry are going to rock you to your core. Ministry hurts because ministry involves dealing with sinners. In this session Dr. Kim Kimberling shares how to heal your marriage after walking through a ministry hurt. Let him counsel you through some foundational practices that will help you move forward when pain hits in your ministry.

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Don’t let your ministry take out your marriage. Ministry places some unique challenges on your marriage and family, but you can learn how to sustain your marriage in ministry. Tune in as Dr. Kim Kimberling, President of Awesome Marriage and Professional Marriage Counselor, shares practical tips on how you can have a healthy marriage even in the midst of the tensions of ministry. Hear from real pastors and pastor’s wives about mistakes they’ve made in the past and how they are now sustaining their marriage well in full time ministry.

This course has 5 sessions and at the end of each session is an interview with a pastor and pastor’s wife about that specific topic. The sessions are taught by Dr. Kim Kimberling, President of Awesome Marriage, and Dylan Dodson, Pastor of New City Church.

The sessions cover:

  • Boundaries With Your Time
  • Managing Others’ Expectations
  • 5 Simple Ways To Invest In Your Marriage
  • Counting The Fruit
  • When Ministry Hurts

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Sustaining Your Marriage In Ministry - Weekly Check Up Guide

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Sustaining Your Marriage In Ministry - Weekly Check Up Guide

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