The Barn Fellowship Ballymoney
Marriage Course
Martin and Carole Holley organise and run The Marriage Course in the Barn Fellowships. The Course is a series of eight sessions designed to help any married couple strengthen their relationship. It’s a great opportunity for a couple to spend time together looking at the important issues in their marriage.

The Marriage Course is very practical and helps equip participants with the tools needed to build a healthy marriage that lasts a lifetime. Each week guests are given the opportunity to enjoy a special candlelit meal together before listening to a talk.

Then there is plenty of time to discuss the topic privately as a couple. There is no group work involved at any stage of the course – but there is some homework to do together before the next session. The homework isn’t looked at by anyone else and is just for guests’ own benefit to help continue their discussions at home.
The course is for any married couple who want to work together at, and invest in, their relationship. It is for couples married for two years as much as it is for those married for more than thirty. Couples with strong marriages find the course can help make them even better by reinforcing good habits. For those who are experiencing difficulties, the course will help provide practical tools to help work through the issues. Some couples who are separated have used the course as a way of trying to get back together.
While the course is based on Christian principles couples are welcome with or without a church background. Many couples who are not churchgoers have enjoyed and benefited from doing the course.

Talk titles

Building Strong Foundations
The Art of Communication
Resolving Conflict
The Power of Forgiveness
Parents and In-Laws
Good Sex
Love in Action
What makes a Marriage Work?

For further details about future Marriage Courses contact

Martin and Carole Holley,

marriage@the-barn.info