Couple's Garden

The next Couple's Garden will be on Saturday, March 19th with Todd and Beverly Sandel! 

"Four Keys to Communicate in Chaos"

Please RSVP to the church office at (404) 634 3355 or churchoffice@clairmontpres.org. 

Couple's Garden™

Todd Sandel is the Executive Director at LifeGate Counseling Center

Founded by Dr. Gary Brainard, a Pasadena-based psychologist and marriage enrichment speaker, The Couple's Garden is a relationship enrichment series of special "Date Nights" offering participants the opportunity to explore and nurture their relationship.  It begins at Clairmont this fall!  If you have kids, they will enjoy “Movie Night” with the children’s ministry during the Couple’s Garden.

5:20-30pm – Drop kids off; enjoy snacks and the fellowship of other couples

5:30pm – Enjoy an insightful speaker trained in marriage therapy who will focus on an aspect of marital health.

6:40pm - Dine with your spouse at the restaurant of your choice

8:30pm – Pick up children

Why should we attend?

The danger to most marriages today is not serious problems but lack of nourishment. Many couples have good intentions to attend to their relationship but discover those intentions fall prey to demands of family, work, social commitments, and even over-scheduled church commitments. By attending The Couple's Garden evenings, couples set aside time to spend together and receive up-to-date information on how to develop and maintain strong and healthy couple relationships.

Why is it called 'The Couple's Garden?'

In many ways, nurturing love is like tending to a garden.  When you attend carefully to a garden - thoughtful pruning, regular watering, careful feeding, periodic weeding - it will grow into a place that provides beauty, satisfaction and pleasure. If the garden is neglected, it will dry up and become an unpleasant, unproductive place. The same principle holds true in relationships.  We hope that Couples Garden will be a place for you and your significant other to be proactive in tending to and nurturing your marriage.

How much does it cost?

One evening is $10 per couple which covers the snacks, childcare, and speaker.  Following the speaker, couples are on their own for dinner at the restaurant of their choice.