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Marriage prep day beneficial to civil ceremonies too 

Latest figures show that, for the first time ever, less than one quarter (24%) of all marriages are religious ceremonies.  An increasing number of couples are choosing to celebrate their big day with a ceremony in a luxury barn, country house or local hotel.  With church weddings on a steady decline, does the church have to accept a much smaller role in marriage in the future? 
 
Not so thinks Duncan MacInnes, who, with his wife Janice, leads a marriage preparation ministry called “Marriage Prep in-a-Day.”  Duncan and Janice present a contemporary and inspiring day for engaged couples in association with churches in Norfolk, Cambridge, Ely, London, Kent and Hertfordshire.  The course addresses the latest challenges for millennial and generation Z couples who intend to tie the knot.
 
Marriage Prep in-a-Day is a fast-paced event presented live by Duncan and Janice interspersed with cool video and infused with humour.  Running from 9am to 4pm. its intention is to prepare couples for marriage as comprehensively as possible.

“Fully retaining the attention of couples is vital for the learning process so content variety, personal examples of marriage and humour are all essential elements that help in this respect. We have worked, and continue to work hard, to provide a day of excellence and we believe this is reflected in the consistently outstanding feedback results from couples attending.”
 
“We are very encouraged that an increasing number of couples marrying in a civil venue are attending our day.  Christian couples are joined on the course by those of other faiths or no faith and atheist couples.  All enjoy an inspiring and hugely beneficial day in church” says Janice.
 
Couples are referred by churches and others find a suitable date and venue on Marriage Prep in-a-Day’s website via an internet search.  At only £25 per couple, those attending regard it as outstanding value and a not for profit rarity in the wedding industry!  Duncan said, “We are attempting to set an easily replicable concept of excellence and our hope is that contemporary one day Marriage Prep will be an option in every city in the UK within ten years, with church at the centre.”
 

www.marriageprep.co.uk


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