sample of writings by marriage and family therapists
[date]
[salutation and name]
[street address]
[city, state, zip]
Dear:
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in your
Pre-Marriage Counseling and wedding. Because we believe the Scriptures teach
that marriage is an institution established by God, and that it is a life-time
commitment, we have established the enclosed policies.
We would like you and __________ to read the enclosed
policies carefully. If you then desire to move forward with your wedding, please
complete the Request Form, and return it to the church office within two weeks.
If you do not return the Request Form to the Office by ______________, we will
assume you have changed your plans, and the requested date will be released for
other uses. Your date will remain “penciled” in until final approval is given by
your Pre-Marriage Counselors. At that time, if approval is given, the dates will
be confirmed as “go” dates.
We want to be very clear that going through Pre-Marriage
Counseling does not guarantee approval of your marriage. We desire to be
faithful stewards of the gospel, and our hope is that, should you marry, you
will enter into a marriage which will be to the glory of God.
If you have questions, please give me a call.
Sincerely in Christ,
[Name]
Pre-Marriage Coordinator
Enclosures (Pre-Marriage Counseling and Wedding
Policies, Wedding Request Form, Pre-Marriage Counseling and/or
Wedding Couples’ Checklist)
[salutation and name]
[street address]
[city, state, zip]
Dear:
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in your
Pre-Marriage Counseling and wedding. Because we believe the Scriptures teach
that marriage is an institution established by God, and that it is a life-time
commitment, we have established the enclosed policies.
We would like you and __________ to read the enclosed
policies carefully. If you then desire to move forward with your wedding, please
complete the Request Form, and return it to the church office within two weeks.
If you do not return the Request Form to the Office by ______________, we will
assume you have changed your plans, and the requested date will be released for
other uses. Your date will remain “penciled” in until final approval is given by
your Pre-Marriage Counselors. At that time, if approval is given, the dates will
be confirmed as “go” dates.
We want to be very clear that going through Pre-Marriage
Counseling does not guarantee approval of your marriage. We desire to be
faithful stewards of the gospel, and our hope is that, should you marry, you
will enter into a marriage which will be to the glory of God.
If you have questions, please give me a call.
Sincerely in Christ,
[Name]
Pre-Marriage Coordinator
Enclosures (Pre-Marriage Counseling and Wedding
Policies, Wedding Request Form, Pre-Marriage Counseling and/or
Wedding Couples’ Checklist)
The International Association of Biblical Counselors reports that Christian counseling seeks to carefully discover areas in which a Christian may be disobedient to the principles and commands of Scripture and to help him/her learn how to lovingly submit to God's will. Christian Counselors combine modern methods of counseling and Scriptural principles. They use Biblical truths as the reference point for integration. This is important in this profession because family is believed to last for eternity.