Question Challenges & Date Challenges

These are the date and question challenges from each session.  The date challenges are simply meant to encourage the husband and wife to spend time together.  The question challenges are thought provoking and are designed to break down barriers or encourage each spouse to continue to move closer and closer towards oneness.

June 26, 2016 - Back Rub Date Challenge 

Each spouse will learn how to perform a back rub and provide their spouse with a relaxing back rub.  
This is not intended to serve as a treatment or replace medical care.  

2016 Dates & Challenge Questions

October 2015 Question Challenge

HOW DO YOU MAKE A DECISION WHEN YOU DISAGREE ON SOMETHING? 

TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE, BECAUSE THE HAVE A GOOD RETURN FOR THEIR LABOR: IF EITHER OF THEM FALLS DOWN, ONE CAN HELP THE OTHER UP. BUT PITTY ANYONE WHO FALLS AND HAS NO ONE TO HELP THEM UP. ESCCLESIASTES 4:9-10 NIV 

September 2015 Question Challenge

What’s one thing your spouse does that makes you feel safe in sharing your thoughts and feelings? 

Dear friends, let us love one another, for loves comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because god is love. 1 John 4:7-8 

August 2015 Question Challenge

HOW DO YOU USE YOUR WORDS IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT IN YOUR MARRIAGE? 

THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT WILL EAT ITS FRUIT. - PROVERBS 18:21 ​

July 2015 Question Challenge

WHAT DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS CREATE CHALLENGES IN YOUR MARRIAGE (RELATIONSHIP)? 

HOPE DEFERRED MAKES THE HEART SICK, BUT A LONGING FULFILLED IS A TREE OF LIFE. 
PROVERBS 13:12 ​

October 2015 Date Challenge

Pick a board game or two - no video games 
Make a snack/meal 
Make sure you laugh! 
Take Pictures 
Have FUN!!! 

A glad heart makes a happy face; a broken heart crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:13 

September 2015 Date Challenge

PHOTOGRAPHY DATE 

You’ll need a camera/smart phone and an artistic vision! 
Pictures must be taken after August 23, 2015. 

Try a variety of settings 
Be creative 
Think outside the portrait box 
Get candid 
Have fun 
Keep a positive attitude 

Minimum of 12 photos – Split Evenly between you and your spouse 
Write captions under your pictures 
Be personal 
Spend time creating a photo album 

So it can last FOREVER!!!!! 

Don’t be concern about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyle, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 1 Peter 3:3-4 

August 2015 Date Challenge

THE PARK BENCH DATE
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THE PARK BENCH DATE INVOLVES SITTING ON A PARK BENCH WITH EACH OTHER AND READING A FAVORITE BOOK ARTICLE, LETTER, BIBLE PASSAGES, ETC. 
---SPEND TIME COMPILING YOUR SOURCES 
---CRACK OPEN A JOURNAL OR TWO 
---FIND THE RIGHT SETTING 
---BE THE BEST LISTENER EVER 
---TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE ​

July 2015 Date Challenge

THE HOMEMADE MEAL DATE

​PREPARE & ENJOY A MEAL TOGETHER. CHOOSE A MEAL THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME EFFORT. PLAN THE MENU LINE - FOR INSTANCE CONSIDER APPETIZERS, MAIN DISH, SIDE DISH AND DESSERT. 
---DO THE SHOPPING TOGETHER 
---WORK AS A TEAM UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE 
---SET THE MOOD WITH A NICE TABLE SETTING 
---TAKE PICTURES; ESPECIALLY OF THE FINISHED MEAL 
---DO THE CLEAN UP WORK TOGETHER 

More Challenges

May 2015 Challenge

Question Challenge: What does your marriage communicate about to those people who are closest to you? 

Date Challenge: Jigsaw Puzzle Date 

---Create and nice atmosphere to work on a jigsaw puzzle together. Consider music, a fire in fireplace, etc. 
---Learn from each other. Do you have different methods of solving puzzles? Talk about that. See how much you can learn about each other. 
---Be prepared to keep the conversation going. Consider bringing questions to ask if need be. There is no shame in preparation and note cards to strengthen communication between you and your significant other. 
---Don't let the puzzle get in the way of a nice evening. If romance is in the air, married couples please feel free to abandon the puzzle. All others, carry-on. 

April 2015 Challenge

Pick a day of the week to do something special for your spouse for the next 4 weeks.

March 2015 Challenge

1. Wives, the first week of April do something, out of the norm, to show your husbands you love and respect them. Wives, post the date, times, and your personal reflection of the event. 

2. Husbands, the second week of April so something, out of the norm, to show your wives you love and respect them. Husband, post the date, times, and your personal reflection of the event. ​