Rescuing Your Love Life

This course for couples, offered by Dr. Debi Smith, will take place September 19 - November 14, Wednesdays from 7:00 - 8:15 pm, in the Family Life Center. Here's your chance to grab hold of real, workable solutions to the frustrations and disappointments that so many marriages face! OCWC provides FREE childcare. Register online.

Marriage & Family Mediation

“Separation, divorce, finances and family disputes are not easy for anyone. The Marriage & Family Mediation Institute provides positive alternatives to the costly court process. We aim to stabilize relationships and assist family members in creating their own solutions.

“Through our carefully guided process, families are able to effectively resolve co-parenting, divorce, support, and custody issues. Our mediation approach is a "big picture" approach.

“We encourage total healthy life choices, and have a network of trusted Christian professionals such as counselors, therapists, financial advisors, accountants, realtors, mortgage brokers and others. Pastoral and spiritual support and accountability are highly encouraged.” more

Creative Covenant Marriage

"A Creative Covenant Marriage (C2 Marriage) is a life-long, eternal, public commitment between two believers. The marriage reflects the eternal covenant relationship God has offered to us: A 'lay down my life for you,' sacrificial, life-long commitment to be loved unconditionally. The C2 Marriage Agreement is designed to memorialize the unique marriage covenant between two believers. It help you make a game plan - an intentional strategy for building, maintaining and protecting a healthy, joy-filled marriage."

There's Nothing More Powerful

"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load." (Galatians 6: 2-5)

There's nothing more powerful than a new relationship in stirring up old issues. Well, unless it's an existing relationship with old issues.

Why is that? Every person (since Adam and Eve, that is) has learned what life is all about based on their experiences with their parents. No parents are perfect, so we each arrive at adulthood with a somewhat skewed view of reality. We each believe our way is the right way. (When it's the other guy talking, we call him "egocentric.")

We do pretty well until... Read more

Lifelines & Guidelines

Rescuing Your Love Life
Sept 19 – Nov 14
Wednesdays, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Orange County Worship Center
1440 E. Santa Clara Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705

This 9-week workshop led by Dr. Debi Smith, Christian marriage educator and couples counselor, is designed to provide you with 40 practical, irresistible ways to eliminate the things we do every day to sink our most cherished relationship. Here’s your chance to grab hold of real, workable solutions to the frustrations and disappointments that so many relationships face! Registration includes Rescue Your Love Life book and workbooks.

p.s. OCWC provides free activities for the kids, so there's no need to worry about childcare!