Best Practices

Make Marriage Prep Fun!

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Mike Hayes explains that in order to have a young adult friendly parish, marriage prep must not be made into a chore:

These programs can be just hoops to jump through or they can meet the needs of young couples, even if those couples didn’t expect to make friends or get involved. Young adult friendly parishes DO make marriage prep engaging and get other married couples involved.

Check out more tips for creating a young adult friendly parish in the Essentials section.

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