Blended Family Help

02/04/2024

Church series: Time and Stewardship go hand in hand... today we take a look at the family... "The Pain and Agony of it." We will be going into some great stuff in regard to the family join us at 10AM or here online at: Church at Addis.

09/06/2021

What are your top three stressors in your blended family?

10/26/2020

TONIGHT AT 7PM Dr. Tommy Middleton. Come out and here a good word to charge you up! I know you might be tired, but if you can make it, come join us at the main Auditorium to hear Dr. Middleton! 6781 LA Hwy 1 South.

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Pastor Tom

10/21/2020

Register for the days you are coming quickly!!! Sunday 25th Rev.Tom Shepard (Canes Chicken on the grounds after service)
Monday Dr. Tommy Middleton
Tuesday Dr. Chuck Kelley
Wednesday Dr. Chuck Kelley, Dr. Rhonda Kelley, Dr. Wade Smith, Dr. Tommy Middleton
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Join Us Beginning Sunday Oct 25th at 10 am. To learn more and register go to FallRevival.com

05/24/2020

If you missed church this morning join us here!

03/29/2020

Hey Church! Join us again this Sunday for our Online Worship Service.
Simply got to https://ChurchatAddis.com/sermons/ anytime after 8 am to watch and join us in worship! We will also post to FaceBook as well, so church family please share this on your feeds- Bro. Gary

02/08/2020

How many would like a reference book to look up quick answers to blended families with a biblical perspective?

04/06/2019

Tell us the most common area of struggle in your blended family.

05/11/2018

Q: “So many couples in blended families divorce. How can I make sure this marriage is my last?"

A: Everyone wants "this marriage" to be their last. They want it to last and to be healthy and strong. But many couples in blended families (also called stepfamilies) know that the odds are against them – very much against them. While the U.S. divorce rate sits around 45 percent, the blended marriage divorce rate is approximately 67 percent (73 percent for third marriages)

But the good news is that most remarried couples can beat the odds of divorce and build a successful blended family if they know how to overcome the unique barriers to marital intimacy in a blended family and if they understand stepfamily dynamics. In other words, they can beat the odds of divorce if they "get smart."

I'm convinced many blended marriages fall prey to divorce because they get blindsided by the pressures and unforeseen dynamics of stepfamily living. Dating couples, for example, naively assume that their first-marriage taught them everything they need to know to have a happy remarriage, and parents who raised their own children assume they know how to be a stepparent. Generally speaking, neither is the case.

Another common "blindside" occurs when blended marriage couples, who believe that stepfamilies are just like first-families, discover their stepfamily is very different from anything they've ever experienced and realize they don't have the tools to successfully manage their home. Smart blended family couples, however, don't get blindsided. They see it coming. They study the qualities of successful blended families, and they work at their marriage. They overcome well-intended but misguided assumptions with "street smarts," and they – and their children – do just fine.

Did you ever stop to realize that most of the families of the Old Testament were blended families – albeit blended families of a different color (i.e., they resulted from multiple marriages instead of death or divorce)? Blended families were very common in biblical times and are even more so now. Today in America, approximately 33 percent of all weddings form blended families. Blended families are very common, but being a smart blended family is not.