Talking Points:
- Learn how to prepare for and officiate your first Christian wedding, using the free premarital mentoring tools at pursueGOD.org.
- Remember that you’re preparing a couple for a lifelong marriage, not just a wedding ceremony. Take them through the Premarriage Basics series to get them ready.
- To help them prep for the ceremony itself, customize the sample wedding order at the bottom of the series workbook.
- After you perform the wedding, make a commitment to follow up on the couple down the road. Encourage them to listen to the Family Podcast and be ready to mentor them through additional marriage and parenting topics.
Discussion:
- Read the talking points above as a group. What are your initial thoughts about these points or about the podcast lesson (see video above)?
- Do you feel qualified to perform a wedding? Why or why not?
- Do you believe the couple is biblically qualified for marriage? How would you know?
- What are the three pillars of a healthy marriage laid out in the Premarriage Basics series? Grade your own marriage on each of these pillars.
- Talk through the sample wedding order at the bottom of the series workbook.
