1. Living Our Sacrament Introduction and Opening Prayer
Have this slide up from when attendees are arriving

2. The Impossible Dream from the musical “Man of La Mancha” Song
Left-click on gray “Play” icon to play the song, ‘The Impossible Dream’ or use your weekend CD
from the musical
“Man of La Mancha”

3. Our Hopes & Dreams
II.A. Experience of our Sacrament

4. Open Sharing
What are my hopes and dreams for our relationship as a result of this Weekend? How do I feel about that?
II B. Open Sharing
Keep slide up during open sharing

5. Continuing Our Journey
III.A. Continuing the Journey

6. Being Open and Apostolic
Being Open: to be receptive to hearing God’s voice speaking in our hearts and speaking through the voices of others
Being Apostolic: to respond to God’s call to go out and spread the good news
III.B.1. Being Open and Apostolic

7. Holy Orders
III B 2. The other-centeredness of Holy Orders

8. Couple Power
III B 3. Couple Power

9. You have the power to change the world!
IV.A. We can change the world

10. Exercise
Couple: How do I hear God calling us to be open and apostolic in sharing our love as a couple?
Priest/Religious: How can I stretch beyond my comfort zone to be more open and apostolic and to reach out to the people with whom I have been called to minister?
IV B. Activity on being open and apostolic
Optional 10 minute break

11. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
They call the promised land
And I’ll be there someday
If you will hold my hand
I still need you there beside me
No matter what I do
For I know I’ll never find another you
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

12. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
There is always someone
For each of us, they say
And you’ll be my someone
Forever and a day
I could search the whole world over
Until my life is through
But I know I’ll never find another you
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

13. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
It’s a long, long journey
So stay by my side
If I walk through a storm
You’ll be my guide, be my guide
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

14. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
If they gave me a fortune
My treasure would be small
I could lose it all tomorrow
And never mind at all
But if I should lose your love, dear
I don’t know what I’d do
For I know I’ll
Never find another you!
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

15. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
It’s a long, long journey
So stay by our side
If we walk through a storm
You’ll be our guide, be our guide
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

16. “There’s a New World Somewhere”
If they gave us a fortune
Our treasure would be small
We could lose it all tomorrow
And never mind at all
But if we should lose your love, dears
We don’t know what we’d do
For we know we’ll
Never find another US!
Before beginning section V, introduce and sing “There’s a New World Somewhere”

17. Relationship a Priority
Tools for Keeping Our
Relationship a Priority
V.A. Keeping our relationship a priority in today’s world

18. Attention to Communication
V A 1. Attention to our communication in and out of dialogue

19. Couple Prayer
V A 2. Couple prayer

20. Attention to Our Sexual Relationship
V A 3. Attention to our sexual relationship

21. Marriage Encounter Community
V A 4. Being involved with the Marriage Encounter Community

22. Re-evaluation
V.B Re-evaluation of attitudes and behaviors in order to commit to using the tools

23. Exercise
Couple: What specifically am I going to do to keep our relationship a priority?
Priest/Religious: What specifically am I going to do in order to make my relationship with those closest to me a priority?
All: What attitudes and behaviors do I need to change to make this possible?
V.B. Re-evaluation of attitudes and behaviors in order to commit to using the tools

24. Sharing in the Dream
VI,VII. Sharing in the dream

25. Sending Forth
VIII,XI. Wrap-Up and Closing Mass