{"id":4981,"date":"2014-02-07T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwgnm.wordpress.com\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2020-06-26T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:59:05","slug":"national-marriage-week-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingcollectivenm.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/07\/national-marriage-week-begins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"National Marriage Week Begins Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>National Marriage Week is February 7th through 14th!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwgnm.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/wedding-couple-fountain.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[4981]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4982\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Bryan's Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/pwgnm.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/wedding-couple-fountain.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Bryan&#8217;s Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Marriage Week USA Organization sent the following email about this week&#8217;s activities to us at <a title=\"Perfect Wedding Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectweddingguide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Perfect Wedding Guide<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>National\u00a0Marriage\u00a0Week\u00a0USA (Feb. 7-14)<\/b>\u00a0provides a positive way to actually help reverse the alarming decline of\u00a0marriage\u00a0in your church or your town during the\u00a0week leading up to Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0week\u00a0National\u00a0Marriage\u00a0Week\u00a0USA launched a free FUN video clip series-the Affordable Wedding Project-with stories about how to help couples create more affordable weddings,\u00a0since clergy say they are seeing increased cohabitation while couples feel they must save up for today&#8217;s overly expensive wedding events.<\/p>\n<p>Watch and share these compelling short 90-second and 5-minute free videos\u00a0that tell alternative ideas&#8211;one couple put together a beautiful wedding for $8000, another tell of their intimate, heartwarming wedding inside the home of a friend, one woman put together a wedding in one\u00a0week\u00a0for her friends who had neither time or money. Watch and share at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org\/affordableweddings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org\/affordableweddings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just this\u00a0week\u00a0was also published an excellent article-chock full of statistics and what we can do about the decline of\u00a0marriage-plus a Q &amp; A with Sheila Weber, NMW Executive Director, who shares her personal thoughts about how to help rescue more marriages\u00a0and assist the younger generation, which is increasingly choosing cohabitation.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sonomachristianhome.com\/2014\/01\/national-marriage-week-antidote-to-poverty-and-nation-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/sonomachristianhome.com\/2014\/01\/national-marriage-week-antidote-to-poverty-and-nation-builder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Online\u00a0National\u00a0Marriage\u00a0Calendar,free to every one,\u00a0is \u00a0hosted at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.NationalMarriageWeekUSA.org<\/a>. You can list or locate for free ANY\u00a0marriage class or activity all year long. Help your own\u00a0marriage\u00a0or reach out and help someone else!<\/p>\n<p>For everything you need to plan your wedding, please visit <a title=\"Perfect Wedding Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectweddingguide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Perfect Wedding Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Marriage Week is February 7th through 14th! The National Marriage Week USA Organization sent the following email about this week&#8217;s activities to us at The Perfect Wedding Guide: National\u00a0Marriage\u00a0Week\u00a0USA (Feb. 7-14)\u00a0provides a positive way to actually help reverse the alarming decline of\u00a0marriage\u00a0in your church or your town during the\u00a0week leading up to Valentine&#8217;s Day. 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