By Emma Atkins We found out about Together initially through our church. We then started leading Together groups when we joined the FamilyLife team through our role on the staff of Agapé UK. Over the course of having participated in and led several Together groups, we have found that our self-awareness (and desire to be […]
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Together – now in 11 languages
Thriving marriages in a ‘virtual’ Together group
Rumbi and Muchada brought together a few couples they knew to be part of a Together marriage group and because people’s homes are spread around the country they decided to use technology to meet virtually. Muchada: “We have benefitted from the Together group and wanted to share what we have learnt with other couples. We […]
Inspiring millennials
Meet Cavell and Reah. This young couple have blown me away with how intentional they are about investing in their marriage, for their transparency, energy and passion. Their faith is clearly important to them and they are becoming leaders and influencers with a heart for fellow millennials. I was excited to interview them. How did […]
“We just went for it.”
Let me introduce you to Rosie and Guy. Childhood sweethearts, they were married five and a half years ago. They live in Newcastle where Rosie is a doctor and Guy is a town planner. They both love the outdoors and any opportunity to keep exploring the Lake District. They love their church family and have […]
The ripple effect
“There is a hunger stirring for healthy relationships. To see renewing of minds and transformation take place is so exciting! The confidence in couples is growing and a number of them are going on to share what revelations they have received. The ripple effect is real!” This ripple effect started when Mark & Odette Clayton […]
How to keep the passion alive
Its 1976 and Andy was thinking: “why don’t we ever get any decent girls come to our youth club”. Valerie, who was there that evening, “rather damningly admits” (according to Andy) that she doesn’t remember Andy at all! It was an inauspicious start but the couple was married in April 1983. Andy: “Our original intention in […]
What Matt thinks!
Naomi and I had been married for around 5 years when we began the Together course with a slightly younger, recently married couple. I think all of us would say we found the course really helpful on three levels; we got to know our respective spouses better, we got to know the other couple better, […]
Couples in Germany journey together with Jesus
Achim and Conny have been part of some wonderful spiritual journeys with couples in Germany using Gemeinsam ( German Together resource). They saw some couples taking new steps in their relationships, some travelling into marriage and two men journeying to find Jesus! Gemeinsam is a couple’s resource which combines practical relationship tools with Bible study […]
Really Together
We have always felt that we have a close relationship; we talk a lot and share our concerns and responsibilities together. This year we took on the challenge of running a ‘Together’ group. This should be fairly straight forward, we thought. In some ways yes, it has been as we have found ourselves having conversations […]