Family Life

Pre-Marriage Course (PMC) equips couples before their marriage with a realistic perception of marriage as they walk through the course with the PMC facilitator/mentor. It also provides a platform for couples to highlight to the PMC facilitator/mentor potential issues which may arise in their marriage and thereby seek appropriate advice to cope with the issues should they be faced with the problem. PMC therefore strives to serve as a prelude to an enriching, fulfilling and growing marriage. 

Why PMC?
PMC equips couples before their marriage with a realistic perception of marriage as they walk through the course with the PMC facilitator/mentor. It also provides a platform for couples to highlight to the PMC facilitator/mentor potential issues which may arise in their marriage and thereby seek appropriate advice to cope with the issues should they be faced with the problem. 

PMC therefore strives to serve as a prelude to an enriching, fulfilling and growing marriage. 

The Course
Conducted in small groups of not more than 8 couples per group, PMC spans 6, 3-hour sessions.  During the course, each couple will meet up with the PMC facilitator/mentor for 2 mentoring sessions before their final interview with the Family Life Pastor.

Topics covered during the PMC are as follows:
Session 1 Origins & foundation of Christian marriage
Session 2 Personality Profiling
Session 3 Roles of Husband & Wife
Session 4 Communication
Session 5 Sex in Marriage
Session 6 Finances, Devotion time & Family planning

Couples who would like to be married by COOS are advised to commence on their wedding arrangements only after they receive the letter informing them that they have successfully completed their PMC. They will also need to fill up and submit a separate form "COOS - Application to be married by Church Of Our Saviour". This form can be obtained from the Admin counter upon request. 

Starting from 2015, couples who signed up will be paired up with a marriage mentor couple from the Family Life Ministry to walk them through the first year of their marriage.

Where to sign up?
Each couple who intends to marry, is required to submit PMC application to the Admin counter form obtainable from the "Take One Rack" or the administration desk in the foyer before or after our Saturday or Sunday services and submit to the church office.

Marriage Building Blocks is intended for couples that have been married for 3 years or less.  Held every 6 months, this event serves to follow up with couples after their PMC and their wedding.

Why the need for a Post PMC event?

• To encourage married couples to be united in love
• To have the full understanding of God’s intention for marriage
• To help married couples assess their marriage relationships
• To build couple support groups so that newly married couples know that they are not alone in this journey
• To help married couples divorce-proof their marriages

What happens during a Post PMC event?

• Conduct marital checkup surveys
• Sharing on the 7 principles that make a marriage work
• Group discussion
• Fellowship through Hi-Tea

How to sign up?
Please register at the Admin Counter during our weekend services.  We will email you a month before the event to confirm your availability and provide you with details of the event.

Transforming Marriages is a marriage course based on life-giving biblical principles that make a marriage last. The course is for all married couples to learn what it takes to build strong foundations for an enjoyable, impactful and purposeful marriage which is vital for strong families.

The Course

Course duration: 
10 sessions comprising 9 consecutive weekly sessions and a graduation party session (on Saturdays or Sundays)

Venue: 
Facilitator’s home

Time: 
Saturday or Sundays 4.00 -6.30pm 

Topics Covered:
Session 1 Building Strong Foundations
Session 2 Relationship & Trust
Session 3 Roles of Husband and Wife
Session 4 The Power of Influence
Session 5 Handling Hurts & Disappointments
Session 6 Conflict Resolution & Unity
Session 7 Intimacy & Sex
Session 8 Breaking Curses in the Family
Session 9 God’s Calling for Couples

Conditions of attendance: 

1. The course is to be attended by both husband and wife.
2. Attendance is compulsory for all 9 + 1 sessions unless last minute commitments or urgent needs situations arise. 
   * In such cases, Assistant Leaders will meet with the absent couple to make up for the missed class.
   * Please note that this is to be used sparingly as time is precious and tight for everyone.
3. A fee of $120 per couple is charged for couples who are COOS members and $150 per couple for couples who are non-COOS members
4. No baby-sitting arrangements are provided as sessions are run strictly without children around
5. If for any reason a couple drops out halfway during the course, we will not get any replacement couple as we want to protect the privacy of the group members’ sharing when the sessions continue. Therefore it is important that couples commit to the entire duration of the course.