Pre Marital Session

A lot of events happened on the same day ie Sunday 1st October 2006

Thanksgiving / Family Day
Senior Citizen's Day / World Elders Day

And the best was the preparation for marriage session by The Family Cell.

This session was again organised by the Church. I come from an amazingly proactive church where "ur" ie "I Am" is truly understood.

A friend of mine from the youth group and myself decided at the end moment that we should just go out and have some fun. To get some insight into selecting the right partner. The Pre Marriage Session is the 1st of its kind held in Our Lady of Lourdes Church. In spite of which, we had unmarried youth from the age group of 22 and above and believe me, there were about 90 of us. A huge group, I would say.

We started off with an introductory game, a game played as a couple. A list was provided and we had to find any one person belonging to that particular category ex: someone working in an HR dept, a birthday in Sept, etc. Anil and I got the 1st prize.

The session then started with what are the fears that one goes through when they think of marriage, dating period, courtship period, what we should look for and discuss with the person we would like to marry, etc, etc.

The last game for the day was the brand building game where we were divided into groups of seven. We had to promote a brand, keeping Christ as the centre. Reason: God should be the centre of all relationships.

The grand finale was the Goan Masala. This was the actual time that we got to dance and make friends, though it was for just 10 minutes, due to shortage of time.

I am sure with the tremendous response that the Church got for the 1st Pre Marriage session, the Family Cell will organise much more in future and help bring the people of Orlem closer together, who knows, maybe as couples.