Each year 63,000 couples choose to marry in church. Growing Together: The Course is a flexible marriage preparation course for use by church leaders. The course is designed to help couples to develop a shared understanding of their future together through discussion of key issues on married life, and is suitable for those considering marriage or those already engaged and planning a wedding. It can be used alongside the popular Growing Together book which is aimed at the couples themselves. Guidance is provided on using the material with groups of couples over a number of weekly sessions or as a one-day course.

Subjects covered include:

• Past, present and future
  
• Reasons for getting married
  
• Communication
  
• Conflict
  
• Spiritual issues
  
• Us and them
  
• The wedding day
  
• Follow-up after the wedding
  
• How have we grown - a reunion course
  

A CD-ROM is also included with worksheets, scripts of each session, graphics, a poster and course invitations.