Marriage Resources

Christ Community offers a pre-marriage mentoring program in an effort to prepare engaged couples for God-honoring marriages. This vital ministry is centered on a curriculum focused on Biblical values, and includes nine sessions with the mentors, for four to six months prior to their planned wedding date. Find out more or schedule a wedding consultation with a Campus Pastor. Click the button below.

Christ Community values healthy marriages. As such, in an effort to encourage and support those considering this amazing, God-honoring covenant, we have a range of ministries available to equip couples to make wise choices as they consider getting married. One of these ministries is pre-engagement counseling with a pastor, or a recommendation to a counselor off of our extensive counselor referral list. To find out more or schedule an appointment, call 630-485-3420 or email caring@ccclife.org.

Engaged couples interested in using one of the Christ Community campus locations and a Christ Community pastor to officiate their wedding should click the button below for details regarding costs, procedures, and availability. After reading the included information, the next step is to contact the recommended Campus Pastor to set up their initial meeting.

Your wedding should be a joy-filled occasion, but sometimes planning a wedding can be stressful. Our desire at Christ Community is to ensure that even when wedding planning gets stressful, we can partner with you in ensuring the most God-honoring and encouraging ceremony takes place. This may involve a desire or need for wise counsel. We can partner with you in this via pastoral counseling or a counselor off of our extensive counselor referral list. To find out more or schedule an appointment, call 630-485-3420 or email caring@ccclife.org.

Christ Community values your marriage and desires for it to remain as healthy as possible. But marriage is not always easy, and can often endure misunderstanding, communication breakdown, and conflict. Our desire is to encourage you through these tough areas of marital life. We can do this by partnering with you through pastoral counseling or a counselor off of our extensive counselor referral list. To find out more or schedule an appointment, call 630-485-3420 or email caring@ccclife.org.

Would you rate your marriage as a 2 or a 10? Somewhere in-between? re|engage is a marriage enrichment program. Marriages in any condition can benefit, whether you are struggling to get along, your marriage is broken, or you simply want to grow closer together as a couple. We will explore topics like embracing humility, extending grace and forgiveness, communication and conflict, commitment and truth, expectations and understanding, and more. For more information please click the button below.

The most basic way Christ Community supports marriages is by connecting couples with each other for encouragement, prayer, support, accountability, friendship and the study of Scripture. We have 70+ Married Couples Community Groups across our campuses, typically consisting of three to six couples. These groups meet throughout the week, usually in the evening, in homes throughout our communities. Studies can be topical, marriage specific, or simply on a book of Bible.

Would you rate your marriage as a 2 or a 10? Somewhere in-between? re|engage is a marriage enrichment program. Marriages in any condition can benefit, whether you are struggling to get along, your marriage is broken, or you simply want to grow closer together as a couple. We will explore topics like embracing humility, extending grace and forgiveness, communication and conflict, commitment and truth, expectations and understanding and more. For more information, please click the link below.

Are you considering a divorce? Find hope, help, and healing for the hurt of separation and the potential of divorce. This workshop is a friendly and caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. It is open to those considering divorce, engaged in the process, and are post-divorce. You do not have to consider or endure this process alone.

Is your communication breaking or broken down? Is your marriage in crisis? These areas of marital distress cause misunderstanding, conflict, and brokenness. Our desire is to partner with you in finding hope, healing, and help for these conflicts within marital life. We can do this by working with you via pastoral counseling or a recommendation for a counselor off of our extensive counselor referral list. To find out more or schedule an appointment, call 630-485-3420 or email caring@ccclife.org.

You are not alone. Find help and healing for the hurt caused by separation and/or divorce. This workshop and its support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through, and want to help. You’ll find an empathetic community, gain access to valuable resources to help you address the pain of the past, and essential tools in an effort to look forward to rebuilding your life for the future. For more information, please click below.

Divorce is often a traumatic event in the life of individuals. It can sometimes result in anger, shame, broken communication, and an unwillingness or lack of desire to trust. Our desire is to partner with you in finding hope, healing, and help for these hurts. We do this by working with you in pastoral counseling at Christ Community, or a recommendation for a counselor off of our extensive counselor referral list. To find out more or schedule an appointment, call 630-485-3420 or email caring@ccclife.org.