Pre-Marital
Our pastoral staff is available to officiate your wedding at Cornerstone or another location. We encourage you to start your marriage out in the healthiest way possible by participating in our pre-marriage course taught by our pastoral staff.
Pre-Marriage Course
Wednesdays, September 7-November 2, 2011.
If you are engaged to be married this is the course for you. We work through the book "Preparing for Marriage," edited by Dennis Rainey. This group is a great opportunity to get to know the pastoral staff as well as other couples in the same season of life. You will make new friends and learn key biblical principles to begin your marriage well.
Please contact paul@www.cornerstone-sf.org for availability.
Pre-marriage resources
(Available in the Cornerstone Bookstore)
Preparing for Marriage: Personal Study Guide
Preparing for Marriage is a dynamic program designed to help couples lay the foundation for a strong, biblical marriage. Six romantic sessions and five projects explore such topics as communication, roles and responsibilities, money and sexual intimacy.
Love and Respect
Husbands and wives will learn simple and effective keys for talking to, thinking about, and treating each other to build their relationship into one that is all that God intended.
Dr. Emerson Eggerichs helps couples see how they unintentionally yet oftentimes shut down their spouse's spirit. Presented in a light yet effective way, wives will learn to keys for communicating so their husbands feel appreciated; husbands will learn how to love so their wives feel truly valued.
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Marriages may be made in heaven, but they must be nurtured here on earth. Dr. Chapman explains how people communicate love in different ways, and shares the wonderful things that happen when men and women learn to speak each other's language.
Boundaries in Dating
Helping readers avoid pitfalls of dating, Boundaries in Dating unfolds a wise, biblical path to developing self-control, freedom, and intimacy in the dating process.
Before You Say "I Do" Devotional
H Norman Wright (Author)
Wright has written a companion devotional for those who are about to be married. This unique tool features passages that can be studied individually and then discussed and also contains special devotions that couples can complete together. Working through more than 60 insightful devotions, couples will explore how to clarify role expectations, establish a healthy sexual relationship, handle finances, and much more.
Money Before Marriage: A Financial Workbook for Engaged Couples
Larry Burkett summarizes his key insights into wise money management that come from more than twenty years of intense Bible study and experience in counseling thousands of financially troubled couples.