First Church of God  
of Elizabethtown  
   
 
   

MARRIAGE PLANNING & ENRICHMENT

Pastor Mark Yarger, M.Div., is a trained PREPARE/ENRICH facilitator for this very successdful program.  For additional information or to make an appointment with Pastor Yarger, please call the church office at 717-367-7060.

The information below is a brief review of the program:

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Prepare/ Enrich

 Building Strong Marriages

This is an excellent resource for couples planning for marriage and married couples who desire enrichment. There are special assessments for couples never married, couples remarrying with children, married couples desiring enrichment and even Golden agers re-marrying who face different challenges.

What is PREPARE/ENRICH?

PREPARE/ENRICH is a customized couple assessment completed online that identifies a couple's strength and growth areas. Based on a couple's assessment results, a trained facilitator provides 4-8 feedback sessions in which the facilitator helps the couple discuss and understand their results as they are taught proven relationship skills.

How many people have taken the PREPARE/ENRICH Program?

Over 2.5 million couples have taken the PREPARE/ENRICH Program (5 million people) since it began in 1980.

What are the major goals of the PREPARE/ENRICH Program?

There are several goals of the PREPARE/ENRICH Program.  In order to achieve these goals there are exercises designed to help couples improve their relationship skills.  The program helps couples:

  • Explore strength and growth areas
  • Strengthen communication skills
  • Identify and manage major stressors
  • Resolve conflict using the Ten Step Model
  • Develop a more balanced relationship
  • Explore family of origin issues
  • Discuss financial planning and budgeting
  • Establish personal, couple and family goals
  • Understand and appreciate personality differences

What relationship areas are assessed by the Inventories?

  • 12 Relationship Scales — communication, conflict resolution, roles, sexuality, finances, spiritual beliefs and more
  • 5 SCOPE Personality Scales
  • 4 Couple and Family Scales — based on the circumplex model
  • 4 Relationship Dynamic Scales
  • 30 Customized Scales

Is the PREPARE/ENRICH Program valid & reliable?

An important strength of the PREPARE/ENRICH Inventories is their strong psychometric properties. High levels of reliability and validity have been found for each instrument, making them valuable tools for research as well as clinical use.

National Norms based on over 500,000 couples

High Levels of Validity and Reliability:

PREPARE has validity in that it discriminates premarital couples that get divorced from those that are happily married with about 80-85% accuracy. Reliability is high (alpha reliability of .80 - .85).

What is the cost of PREPARE/ENRICH?

$35.00 per couple

Who uses PREPARE/ENRICH?

The inventories have been utilized by over 75,000 trained clergy members, professional counselors, mentors, and marriage educators throughout the U.S.

Over 2.5 million couples have taken a PREPARE/ENRICH inventory and worked through their results under the guidance of one of our trained facilitators.

Find a trained PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator in their area?

Pastor Mark H. Yarger  M.Div., First Church of God, Elizabethtown, PA

Who developed the Customized Version of PREPARE/ENRICH?

David H. Olson, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota; Founder and CEO, Life Innovations; Developed ten diagnostic tools and Circumplex Model; Licensed Consulting Psychologist and Licensed Marital & Family Therapist, State of Minnesota.

Peter J. Larson, Ph.D
President, Life Innovations. Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Minnesota.