Marriage Week
Marriage provides the best possible foundation for individuals who choose to partner for the long term to play a full and meaningful part in contributing towards a secure society, and that marriage provides the most beneficial environment in which to conceive and raise children.
Marriage is recognised and uniquely valued in all cultures and nations. It involves a private commitment, and a public declaration before witnesses to a relationship which is both permanent, exclusive and voluntarily entered into.
MW encourages as many groups as possible to host an event, or events during the 7-14th February each year designed to celebrate marriage or educate couples.
MW encourages promotional strategies amongst partner groups such as; action groups, church networks, businesses, secular agencies and political bodies who support the same aims and values.
MW is not a forum to propagate a particular political or religious opinion or view, other than that expressed above. However MW recognises that churches and other faith groups in a local context will draw upon a rich religious history to express MW.
Marriage is a lifestyle choice open to all irrespective of race creed or religion which reaches backwards into history, and forwards into the future, to which men and women for generations have participated.
What Does Marriage Week Look Like?
- Modern, friendly and encouraging, while retaining traditional principles and values;
- Could mean discovering through reading a newspaper article how to resolve conflict, or a couple attending an "improve your love-life" workshop;
- Is a platform for Christian churches, other faith communities, secular agencies, Government initiatives and community schemes to promote their services;
- Has been building a clear interfaith and ethnically appropropriate persona, drawing in key figures from a variety of faith and professsional backgrounds;
- Is born from mainstream Christian figures and organisations, so it will always have a Christian distinctive - while welcoming, accommodating and being much the weaker without the active participation of others;
What is the legal structure?
The interllectual copyright for Marriage Week is held by registered charity Futureway Trust. The project in the UK is operating under the auspices of Futureway as a legal entity. Currently, the international group operates under the auspices of Futureway Trust, and each nation operates their own autonomous Marriage Week project under informal and formal arrangements with national leaders. In reality the international group is more of a gathering of independent national leaders.
Therefore, the Board of Futureway Trust are currently working with the international group to identify the best possible international structure for this fast growing activity. The objective being to create a structure which will allow security, and ownership from stakeholders. Each national leader can be contacted through their web sites; For International development enquiries contact Richard Kane at marriageweek@tiscali.co.uk">marriageweek@tiscali.co.uk or call +44 (0)1202 880681
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More information about Marriage Week
www.marriage-weekinternational.comSome examples:
Marriage Week 2010 – a great success in Germany
With more than 500 events and 20.000 participants Marriage Week 2010 was again a great success. All over Germany couples were invited to participate in candelight-dinners, seminars, teamtraining for couples, concerts, ballroom-dancing in Munich`s Hofbräuhaus, wellness-weekends in hotels, comedy events etc. to invest in their marriage.
MarriageWeek advancing in Europe
Marriage Week is advancing in Europe. Following Richard Kane`s idea of hosting a national marriage-week in February every year, in 2009 Germany, UK, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Hungary and Belgium got involved in the Marriage-Week movement.
MarriageWeek has reached Ukraine
Family festival in Lutsk, Ukraine, united about 1,500 people on Sunday, May 22nd. The goal of this celebration was to support Christian family values and healthy marriages.