Activity #1:
Start the date with a conversation. Talk about your individual goals and dreams for the future.
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What are you passionate about?
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What challenges are you facing?
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How can you support each other in achieving your goals?
Activity #2:
Print off two goal cards to help you two set goals for these 4 areas.
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Spiritual
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What is one thing you can do to grow closer to God individually?
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What is one thing you two can do together to have a Christ-centered marriage?
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Marriage
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How often do you want to have date nights?
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What is one thing you can focus on to grow your marriage this year?
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Financially
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If you do not have a monthly written budget, start one.
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What is one thing you can do this year to better yourselves financially? Example: Start an emergency fund, pay off debt, etc.
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Other
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Set 2 other goals. This can be for individual growth or something to do to grow together. Some examples are:
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Read 6 books this year
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Work out every day
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Invest in a younger couple
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Have friends over once a week for dinner and community.
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Learn a new skill
Activity #3:
Make a date night jar. You can download our free date night ideas and cut them out and put them into a jar, and add some of your own ideas to the jar too. Try to come up with at least 26 ideas.
Grab the free Date Night ideas here
Supplies:
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Print out the FREE resource above.
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Scissors
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A glass jar
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Paper & pen
Cut out the date ideas on the free resource and add them to the jar. Grab a piece of paper and add some fresh ideas of your own and cut them out to put into the jar.