Preparing couples for marriage is an important―and evangelizing―ministry of the Church. In your role as a minister in the marriage formation process, you will accompany couples and invite them to discover the dignity and beauty of marriage with Christ as the center and foundation of their union. Marriage in the Lord: Forming Couples for a Sacramental Marriage provides marriage ministers with fully prepared formation sessions in order to facilitate discussion with engaged couples preparing to be married in the Catholic Church. Designed to be used along with the couple’s booklet, Marriage in the Lord: A Catholic Formation Resource , this facilitator’s guide will help you to enrich the couple’s spiritual life and to encourage their active participation in the life of the Church. This resource includes: -Five formation sessions corresponding to each session in the couple’s booklet -Facilitator’s preparation guidance Suggestions for facilitating conversation with adults -Sample texts and conversation sparkers -Questions for discussion -Scripts for opening and closing prayer rituals -Appendix for leading wedding liturgy preparation workshops Facilitators and Couples can access a password protected website that includes supplemental materials that will help couples prepare for marriage formation and their wedding liturgy. This set of ten videos can be used during formation sessions and the liturgy preparation workshop or sent to couples before sessions. The videos include interviews with other married couples who share insights about their own marriage, their wedding celebration, and address the following topics: -The Meaning of Christian Marriage -The Importance of Marriage Formation -What Is Liturgy? -A Life of Prayer -A Life of Discipleship -The Wedding Liturgy: A Sign of Unity -The Wedding Liturgy: The Entrance Procession -The Wedding Liturgy: Music -The Wedding Liturgy: Within or Without Mass -The Wedding Liturgy: Scripture Readings, Prayers, and Blessings This resource may be used in a variety of ways from day-long formation events and weekend retreats to meetings with sponsor couples. Suggestions for adapting the material to your diocesan or parish needs are included, and additional materials and videos are provided on a supplemental website. Liturgists, music directors, pastors, and wedding coordinators will appreciate the appendix with session guides, preparation forms, and videos which will help them lead wedding liturgy workshops with couples. This worshop presents best practice according to the Order of Celebrating Matrimony . It will help parish communities and couples prepare wedding celebrations that engage the whole community. Marriage in the Lord: Forming Couples for a Sacramental Marriage provides you with all the tools needed to facilitate a dynamic and meaningful formation experience for all those preparing to be married in the Catholic Church. Leisa Anslinger brings extensive experience in parishes and schools to her ministry as an author, speaker, and consultant. She is the director of Catholic Life and Faith, a center for leadership development to help pastoral leaders engage their people in living faith. She is the author of books, articles, and numerous e-resources for evangelization, catechesis, and stewardship, and is a regular contributor to the International Catholic Stewardship Council’s e-newsletter and Catechetical Leader, the journal of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership . Leisa is a frequent presenter at national and diocesan gatherings as well as parish leadership days and parish missions. She holds a bachelor of arts in music education from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master of arts in secondary school counseling from Purdue University, and a master of arts in religion from Athenaeum of Ohio. She has been married for almost 30 years and has two grown children and two grandchildren. Corinna Laughlin is the pastoral assistant for liturgy at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, and liturgy consultant for the Archdiocese of Seattle. She has written extensively on the liturgy for Liturgy Training Publications, an agency of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and has contributed to Pastoral Liturgy®, Ministry and Liturgy, and other publications. She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Washington. Danielle A. Noe is an editor at Liturgy Training Publications. She holds a master of divinity from St. John’s University School of Theology and Seminary (Collegeville, MN) and bachelor of arts degrees in English and Theology from King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, PA). Her areas of liturgical interest and focus include the pastoral implementation of ritual texts, the liturgical year, and the connection between liturgy and Catholic Social Teaching. She is the former co-host of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s radio show Focus on the Liturgy . Danielle has presented nationally and virtually on a variety of liturgical topics and has been active in many liturg