SPARROW MINISTRIES INC

Premarital preparation for engaged couples is provided by Sparrow Ministries through two interrelated offerings. These are a workshop and small group meetings. The first offering is A Marriage Worth Pursuing Workshop which takes place over two days for the purpose of foundation building using God's original design for marriage and covers several marriage-related topics such as communication, finances, in-law relationships, sex & sexuality, etc. In 2025, four workshops were scheduled, two were held and two were canceled. A total of five couples participated in the workshop that was held in January and four couples participated in the workshop held in June . It required 10 planning hours, 20 hours to prepare for the workshop, and 8.5 hours to implement the workshop. In addition to the workshop is Premarital-focused Small Groups which occur over a four week period following the workshop involving five to six couples and a trained couples coach where couples can explore and talk about their upcoming marriage in a safe small group environment. No premarital small groups were held in 2025.

Marriage enrichment for couples is where Sparrow Ministries offers a variety of events to keep marriages strong and growing, or to address issues that may be causing a rough patch in the marriage. These events and offerings can be in the form of a workshop or a marriage-focused small group that may meet for six to eight weeks. A two-day Thriving Marriage Workshop is planned around several topics to be covered: 1. spiritual, emotional, and sexual intimacy; 2. safety; characteristics of marriages that last, etc. through a balance of teaching, gender-based group discussion, and couple time. Other topically based workshops held for couples are Soul Care for Couples, Communicate to Connect, as well as Blended and Blessed. In addition to workshops, topically based marriage enrichment seminars in the form of small group meetings over several weeks are offered. In 2025 there were five Thriving Marriage workshops scheduled, one Soul Care for Couples workshop was scheduled, and two Communicate to Connect workshops were scheduled. Due to lack of participation, only three Thriving Marriage Workshops were held. Three couples attended in February, three couples attended in May, and 10 couples attended in October. The three workshops that were held required a total of 90 hours of planning and preparation time and 18 hours of implementation.