1. We exist to promote life-long, healthy
marriages through
collaboration, education, and resources
to restore hope and transform our
community!
www.marriageworksmd.org
Norma G. Tilton, President

2. Back to Front
Howard Magness - Higher Together
Neil Tilton, Treasurer – Our Father’s Heart
Allan Gorman, Vice President
Harford Community Church
Sonya Pietrogiacomo , Secretary
A.P.G. Federal Credit Union
Norma Tilton, President – Our Father’s
Heart
Marie Dekowski – St. Margaret Parrish
Also, Not Shown in Picture
Janice Greenwood – Harford Co. Schools
Phil Kotschenreuther – Mountain Christian
Lori Frebert – Our Father’s Heart
Sheila Short – Holy Temple
Michael Forestieri – Tell It Like It Is

3. Marriage Works of Harford County is a faith-based
coalition that has been in existence for six (6) years.
 We are a cooperative effort to
support marriage and family life by
providing training, support, and
resources to assist in premarital
preparation, marriage
strengthening,
enrichment, family training,
and other efforts to promote
and maintain a

4.  Inthe next five (5) years we will raise the life long
healthy marriage rate to 70% in Harford County by
bringing healthy relationship building resources to
teens, to couples in pre-marital situations, and to
married couples.
 Thiswill away from shallow
short-term encounters, living together
arrangements, and post-marital divorce, and
toward dating, engagement, marital
understanding, and skills which will

5.  To promote happy, healthy marriages
 To champion the benefits of marriage
 To reduce the divorce rate in Harford
County
 To encourage and provide premarital
counseling
 To reduce out-of-wedlock birth

6.  Harford County Schools
 Harford Community College
 Boys & Girls Club of H.C.
 Harford County Court House
 Harford County Government
 Harford Community Church
 Saint Margaret Parish
 Our Father’s Heart
 Grace Assembly of God
 Mountain Christian Church
 APG Federal Credit Union
 New Hope Baptist Church

7.  Annual Marriage Conference for six (6) consecutive years
 Love Thinks training for middle and high school students
in
Harford County public schools
 Love Thinks training for singles of ALL ages offered to
community at large
 Raise awareness and promote marriage through website,
billboards, PSA’s (public service
announcements), articles
in newspapers, and premarital brochures at court house
 Relationship skills training
 Premarital counseling and assessments
 Counseling resources

8.  Excellent program, well organized, and very useful
Iknow 10’s, if not 100’s of couples who needed to
be here. When is next conference?
 Cost
effective, great location, wonderful people, and
awesome speakers.
I am going to make sure my
husband knows he is my
hero!

9. Annual Marriage Conference
featuring a
Video Simulcast
“Love Talk”
by:
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008

10. Annual Marriage Conference
featuring a
Live Video Simulcast
“Focus on Marriage”
Presented by:
Focus on the Family
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010

11. Fifth Annual
Marriage Conference
Invest In
Your
Marriage
Saturday, February 11, 2012
9:00 am to 3:30 pm
 We have held an annual marriage conference for five (5)
years
now and are now working on our 6th annual conference.
 We are committed to creating an environment where
couples can continue to learn and understand how to
sustain happy, healthy marriages.

12. Enjoyed this very much!
Well worth our time on a
Saturday.
Our marriage will be
stronger and better
because of today’s
conference!

13. Also know as, “How Not to Marry a Jerk or Jerkette”
Developed by: Dr. Van Epp
We now have six (6) teachers trained
and teaching Love Thinks in five (5)
schools in Harford County.
Janice Greenwood took the lead and followed through on the
vision to see this training approved for children in the Harford
County
Schools, she is among the to do so.
This is just one way Marriage Works is working hard to

14. WORLD-RENOWNED
SKILLS TRAINING
 EXCELLENT ROADMAP for SINGLES of ALL AGES
 FOCUS on the RELATIONSHIP ATTACHMENT MODEL
(RAM plan)
 LEARN to BALANCE BOTH HEAD & HEART in
romantic relationships
 LEARN to build a HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP &
choose a life partner

15. R.A.M.
(Relationship Attachment Model)

16. High School Diploma + Full Time Job
(Over 21 before Married + Children) = 2% Chance of Poverty
 Reaching our children at a young age is one of our
key focus areas.

18. Will focus to learn more of my wife’s needs and
strive to understand my wife and consider her
more.
Very Good! Praise God for Marriage Works

19.  YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITY
 HELP US TO CHANGE THE CULTURE BY
STRENGTHENING MARRIAGE AND
TEACHING OUR SINGLES/ YOUNG ADULTS
HOW TO HAVE HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS!!
 DONATE TODAY OR MAKE A PLEDGE
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

20.  Check out our new website
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Marriage Works of Harford County