Expert Calls tonight//Still time to add-on /Marriage Saver Ideas//Essence magazine - 6/06

Thu Jun 1 18:51:00 EDT 2006

- ASK THE EXPERTS CALLS START TONIGHT
- NOT TOO LATE TO ADD SESSIONS AND BANQUETS
- MARRIAGE SAVERS INSTITUTE - GREAT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS
- ESSENCE MAGAZINE LOOKING FOR COUPLES

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- ASK THE EXPERTS CALLS START TONIGHT

>> Here are the times we will each be available:
>> - On Thursday, June 1, have "Java with Julie" from 7pm to 9pm EDT
>> - On Friday, June 2, enjoy "Coffee with Carolyn" from 1pm to 3pm EDT
>> - On Tuesday, June 6, join "Dinner with Dennis" from 7pm to 9pm EDT
>> - On Wednesday, June 7, have "Coffee with Carolyn" from 7pm to 9pm EDT
>> - On Friday, June 9, enjoy "Java with Julie" from 3pm to 5pm EDT
>>  
>> Here is the access information to join any or all of the above "Ask The
>> Experts" conference calls: The phone number is (605) 772-3001. When
>> prompted, enter the following access code: 420703#. (Note - the only charge
>> to participate is your normal long distance telephone charges).
>>  
>> The purpose of these conference calls is NOT to help you WRITE your grant
>> application. Rather, it is to help you design/refine your project, which in
>> a sense is laying the ground work for your organization for the next five
>> years.

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- NOT TOO LATE TO ADD SESSIONS AND BANQUETS

I've had three requests this morning to add pre and post conference
institutes and to add banquets.   There is still time to do this. If you're
already registered for the conference, call 899-314-1921 ext 22 and they'll
add these to your badge.

If you're not registered, register on-line at: http://www.smartmarriages.com

See the list of Institutes at
http://www.smartmarriages.com/institutes.html

See below an invitation to register for the Marriage Savers Institute from
Marriage Savers founder, Mike McManus, and WHY and how to use the Marriage
Savers/CMP as part of your grant application.   - diane

- MARRIAGE SAVERS INSTITUTE - GREAT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS
> Dear Diane,
> 
> Now that there is federal money on the table, Marriage Savers phone is ringing
> off the hook with people who would like us to help them apply for a grant to
> reduce their divorce rate. We can not possibly respond to every request.
> 
> However,  I have two suggestions for those new to the federal application
> process.
> 
> 1.  Apply for a Capacity Building grant, which requires only a nine page
> proposal for a one-time capacity-building grant of $50,000.  Below is the
> federal "Request for Proposal" that tells anyone how to apply:  Compassion
> Capital Fund (CCF) Targeted Capacity Building Program Administration for
> Children and Families HHS-2006-ACF-OCS-IJ-0036
> 
> 2.  Attend Marriage Savers' two-day Pre-Conference Institute on June 21-22 on
> how to Create a Marriage Savers Congregation that can virtually eliminate
> divorce. The Institute will also outline how to create a Community Marriage
> Policy that can slash your community's divorce rate in half, as has happened
> in Austin, Kansas City, KS, Modesto, CA, Salem, OR and El Paso.   On average,
> according to an independent study, the 114 cities which organized their clergy
> to cooperate across denominational lines to create a Community Marriage Policy
> by 2000 saw a 17.5% drop in their divorce rate over seven years compared to a
> 9% decline in similar cities without a CMP. The result was 30,000-50,000
> avoided divorces through 2001. With five more years and 88 more CMP cities,
> perhaps 75,000 to 100,000 divorces have been avoided. These CMP cities also
> saw cohabitation rates fall 13.4% from 1990-2000 while very similar
> cities/counties in their state registered a 19.2% increase in their
> cohabitation rates.
> 
> One of the speakers at our Pre-Conference is Richard Albertson of "Live the
> Life MInistries" in Tallahassee, which has cut the city's divorce rate by 22%
> since 1999.  And Richard's own church, Killearn United Methodist, the city's
> largest Protestant chruch with 3,000 members, has not had a divorce since
> Marriage Savers trained the initial couples in 1999 (with Richard training
> many more since).  The church has prepared 200 couples for marriage and worked
> with more than 30 couples on the verge of divorce since 1999.  But mentor
> couples did such a good job, there have been zero divorces of  both groups.
> Another speaker will be Ann Gries of Evansville's Community Marriage Builders
> who has had similar results in reducing divorce rates, and has increased
> marriage rates by 17% in the last two years in the years the US marriage rate
> fell by the same amount.
> 
> Several nationally-recognized marriage leaders are other speakers at our
> Preconference:
> 
> 1. David and Claudia Arp, who created the very popular DVD series, "10 Great
> Dates," that can enrich every marriage in your church for a total cost of $50
> for the DVDs and How To materials.
> 
> 2.  Dr. Jim A. Talley, author of "Reconcilable Differences" whose two-day
> appearance on Dr. Dobson's Focus on the Family has been rebroadcast a half
> dozen times.
> 
> 3.  Ron Deal, author of "The Smart Stepfamily," will speak about  how to
> enable stepfamilies, who normally divorce at a 70% rate -- to be effective
> partners and parents.
> 
> If you draft your federal grant proposal before Smart Marriages, I guarantee
> that our Marriage Savers Institute will give you additional ammunition that
> you can use to sharpen the proposal before it is due June 30.  Too many
> Healthy Marriage Initiatives are being proposed without a clear idea on how to
> reduce the divorce and cohabitation rates, and how to raise the marriage rate.
> 
>For more information see www.marriagesavers.org
> 
>Best wishes,
>Mike McManus
>Marriage Savers
>301 469-5873   
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- ESSENCE MAGAZINE LOOKING FOR COUPLES

Please contact Zulaika if you can help.  - diane

> HI Diane,
> 
> I am the editor of Essence Magazine's Relationship
> Rescue column. I am looking for couples who reflect the Essence reader
> demographic to be featured for the issue below.
> 
> Can ESSENCE save your relationship?
> For our new Black Men, Sex and Intimacy section, we will profile a couple in
> their own words ("He Said/She Said") every month and get an expert to share
> advice so that they can resolve their relationship problem.
> 
> We are looking for couples with the following issue:
> 
> *He/she controls the finances

> Zulaika Jumaralli
> Essence Magazine
> (212) 522-1267 - phone
> <zjumaralli at essence.com>   zjumaralli "at sign" essence.com

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