Partners 298: Free Marriage Counseling, Disaster Prep Prayer Meetings

FREE Marriage Counseling. A research study at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA is offering free couples counseling to the Hampton Roads community. Couples could receive 10-13 sessions of free counseling that would typically cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. The project is directed by Jennifer Ripley, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, professor at Regent and Director of Hope Couples Lab. Couples should be married or engaged--or just living together. You can read more about the study and complete the initial screening at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P889wgpajrQeAYYxX0kIGg_3d_3d
Contact Dr. Ripley at marriage@regent.edu

My wife and I went through such a research project at a seminary many years ago. I was skeptical at first ( as most men are of counseling), but afterwards I had to admit that I had grown as a husband and in personal communication with others. These deals don;t come around very often. I recommend that pastors encourage some of their members to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. ----Bob Fox

Disaster Prep Prayer Meetings:Each morning from 3-6 AM, during Oct 1-7, several Hampton Roads prayer ministries on the Peninsula and in Southside are holding prayer meetings to help Tidewater churches prepare for coming emergencies, either natural or man-made. There is significant agreement among many local leaders that the Lord may be warning our region that a disaster may come our way in the near future. A well-known national leader, Chuck Pierce, has prophesied a large hurricane would come to threaten our area this year. Chuck, be the way, predicted a similar wind to blow through New Orleans exactly one year before Katrina hit there. Contact Chris Cunningham at prayer@newlifeprovidence.com, phone 757-424-1907 or Russell Evenson at 757-234-4365 , revenson@wowcenter.org

Go here for more details and links: http://hr-prayer-prep.blogspot.com/

More Churches Serving Inner City in Hampton Roads: The Wave Church (http://www.wavechurch.com) has been involved with Dream Keeper's Academy, a public school in Norfolk (they are on Princess Anne Road near Booker T. Washington-bad area) for a few years, after school tutoring and this year they remodeled the inside building with new paint and light fixtures, did landscaping and installed a new playground. Wave also has buses that go into the inner cities for services.