MER - Marriage Enrichment Retreats provided by CREDO Southwest

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT RETREATS & Relationship Resiliency Workshops - CREDO SOUTHWEST Fifty-six percent of all active duty service members are married. That reality alone means that healthy MARRIAGES ARE VITAL IN MAINTAINING A STRONG, mission-ready military. The challenges of active military service can bring many pressures to bear on the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP. Our RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THESE PRESSURES BY GIVING MARRIED COUPLES THE TOOLS AND UNDERSTANDINGS THEY NEED TO DEEPEN INTIMACY AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MARITAL FRIENDSHIP. You will focus on deepening married couple’s commitment and self-understanding of each other while ensuring space for individual couple time. MERs help enrich MARRIAGES AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MARITAL OR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING. Couples are responsible for setting up their own childcare. The MER is not group therapy. It’s an all-expenses-paid weekend away from the pressures of daily life to reconnect with your spouse in a fun, relaxing, and romantic setting. Your room, meals, and parking are all paid for. The program starts Friday evening and continues through Sunday at noon. Here are some of the topics we cover during the MER weekend: Understanding and appreciating your differences Building good communication skills How to have productive conflict Supporting one another’s hopes and dreams ...and more! Can’t get away for an entire weekend just yet? Please contact us to learn about our other programs.   Things you should know about registering: Registration opens six weeks before posted dates. You may obtain a registration form from the Chaplain's office or from the sharedrive at:              Deliver your completed registration form to the Chaplain's Office. You may contact the CREDO SW OFFICE DIRECTLY VIA PHONE:  619-533-1508 or by e-mail:   CREDOSW@navy.mil These RETREATS ARE OPEN TO ALL ELIGIBLE ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL. These RETREATS ARE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO YOU, have no childcare, and are not faith specific. Dates are subject to change.   Please also visit the CREDO SW FACEBOOK PAGE AT: https://www.facebook.com/CREDO-Southwest-299826340469060/ [https://www.facebook.com/CREDO-Southwest-299826340469060/]    CREDO SOUTHWEST AT THE CNIC WEBPAGE: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/om/CREDO.html [https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/om/CREDO.html]   For more information about national and world-wide CREDO LOCATIONS, background, mission and at: http://www.navy.mil/local/chaplaincorps/CREDO-Map.html [http://www.navy.mil/local/chaplaincorps/CREDO-Map.html]