Welcome to Five Fridays

Thanks for joining the nearly 200 couples who have signed up to participate in the “Five Fridays” challenge!

Here’s how it works:

Every two weeks we will send an email that will contain a suggested series of questions that are intended as conversation starters for you as a couple. Your commitment is to arrange time together to work your way through the questions. It can be as simple as having coffee and dessert together at home after the kids are in bed – or as fancy as setting a “date night” out at your favorite local restaurant. You can do “Five Fridays” as a couple – or join some friends for one or more of your “Five Fridays” time together!

The point is to be intentional about your marriage by spending time together focused only on each other!

We have also created a blog on the FBCG website where we would love to hear about how you are using the “Five Fridays” emails – and how your time together has impacted your marriage. Simply click on the “Five Fridays” button and share your experience with us!

Let’s get started!

A couple of suggestions as we start:

• Understand that these questions are intended to initiate positive and fun conversation! Most of the questions will NOT have right and wrong answers! Agree ahead of time that if a certain question causes tension – you will put that conversation aside for another time and move on to the next question.

• Consider agreeing ahead of time that you will take turns answering the question first.

• Make sure both of you are in a relaxed frame of mind. If either of you is tired or stressed-out – it might be better to wait for another time.

Five Fridays #1:

1. Set a time (it doesn’t have to be a Friday!) to sit down together over coffee, dessert or dinner – to invest in your marriage.

2. Find the booklet from the “Time of Your Life” Couples event – and look over the “Fun List” you made (page 9 for him; page 11 for her). If you didn’t get a chance to complete you list – do so before you get together as a couple! Questions for Him  Questions for Her

3. Take turns sharing your “Fun List” with each other. Try to recall the last time you shared that particular activity together – and why you thought it was so much fun!

4. Choose one or two items on your combined lists (you might consider allowing each of you to choose your favorite) – and set a date on the calendar to have fun together!

The longer we are married – the easier it is for us to take certain things for granted – like fun! But sharing fun and laughter together is extremely important and beneficial to our relationships. Use the “Five Fridays” challenge as an opportunity to discover, or re-discover, the power of fun in your marriage!

Make sure to put your next “Five Fridays” date on the calendar – about two weeks from today!

Pastor Brian and Lorene