Inviting
- Pulpit Talks
Role-Play Pulpit Talk
Jack
& Karen Baker
This role-play pulpit talk is a very quick and different approach
to doing a Worldwide Marriage Encounter pulpit talk. When we did
this, we each had a microphone and were able to start the presentation
as we walked up to the front of the church from different sides.
The whole thing was less than three minutes long, and couples came
up to us after Mass to say it was the best announcement they had
heard in church in a long time. They really got a kick out of the
part about the priest offering a dollar to each couple who attended
the Weekend with him. (We did get his permission to say this beforehand.)
Trying short role-play pulpit talks, like this one, was an idea
Lee & Jan Kremer suggested and it has worked well for us. Give
it a try, be innovative, have fun and fill your Weekends.
Role-Play Pulpit Talk
Wife
Hey, (Husband’s name) I just ran into Frank & Mary at
the store. They looked like a couple of newlyweds. Mary said, they
had just been on a Marriage Encounter Weekend and it was better
than any of their vacations.
Husband
I noticed Frank has had a different attitude at work this week.
He doesn’t seem all stressed out and he has been leaving earlier
to go home at night. What do you know about Marriage Encounter anyway?
I heard how popular it was in the early 80’s and that some
are surprised that it is still around.
Wife
Mary said that Marriage Encounter rewrote their outline three years
ago. They still speak the same values but they have an updated approach
that really draws couples into their relationship. She said for
them it has refreshed the love that seemed to have gotten lost in
their busy schedules with jobs, volunteer work and children.
Husband
They call it a Marriage Encounter Weekend. Is it the whole weekend?
Did Mary say who took care of their children?
Wife
She said her mother was going to take care of the children but that
fell through so they asked Tom & Sally if they wanted to do
a baby sitting exchange. Tom & Sally are going to the next scheduled
Weekend.
Husband
Didn’t both of those couples attend our parish Marriage Renewal
Workshop with us last year?
Wife
Yes, Mary said the two compliment each other. With so many marriages
ending in divorce and all of us being so busy it sort of makes sense
that we should do whatever we can to keep our relationships in good
shape.
Husband
So do you want to go? How do we find out what it costs and when
they are offered?
Wife
There will be brochures like this one (show a brochure) at all the
doors as we leave church and couples on the breezeway to answer
questions.
Husband
I heard Marriage Encounter was designed to support both the sacrament
of Matrimony and Holy Orders. I heard priests attend the Weekend
also. As a matter of fact I heard our pastor is going and he offered
to pay a dollar to each couple who attends the same Weekend that
he goes on. Let’s go get one of those brochures and hope we
can get on the Weekend with our pastor.
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