2007 ANNUAL REPORT  

The Marriage Enrichment Weekend Program, Inc.  

P.O. Box 94026

Albuquerque , NM 87199-4026

December 31, 2006

 

 

1.        Past Year Accomplishments

2.        Current Year Activities and Goals  

3.        Activity Metrics

4.        Divorce Reduction Data

5.        Annual Operating Budget

6.        Fundraising

7.        In-Kind Contributions

8.        Intellectual Property

9.        Strategic Plan

 

  Program Abbreviations:

1. Weekend   =   Marriage Enrichment Weekend                                             

2. Retreat       =   Married-Couple Retreat                                                                             

3. Engaged     =   Engaged-Couple Enrichment                                  

4. Youth         =   Youth Dating and Healthy Relationships

5. Support     =   Marriage Support Groups

6. Renewal     =   Marriage Renewal and Education                    

1.    PAST YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS  

 Ministry Outreach:   Provided program support to 37 churches in 31 communities throughout 7 states and Mexico .  

Presentations:    Conducted 127 program presentations including:  16 Weekends, 3 Engaged, 8 Renewal, and 100 Support sessions.              

Annual Marriage Enrichment Conference:  Held in Santa Fe , New Mexico .  Theme was:  Marriage:  Reality to Spirituality.     

National Network: 

-         CMFCE (Smart Marriages) conference with exhibit booth. 

-         NACFLM (National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers) conference with exhibit booth and roundtable session.  

-         United Methodist Church – website listing.

-         ACF , U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; HHMI (Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative; and National Marriage Resource Center .

Strategic Project:   Continued search for national publisher for program materials.

Youth Ministry:  Completed development of Youth Dating and Healthy Relationships in English and Spanish.

New Materials Developed:  5 publications (3 in English and Spanish).

Leadership:  Two couples added to the Board of Directors.

Legal:  3 copyrights registered nationally.

Finance:  Conducted fundraising campaign.

2.   CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITIES AND GOALS

New Youth Ministry:  Promote.  

National Publisher:  Develop partnership with national publisher to expand ministry.   

Strategic Plan:  Develop partnership business plan and a strategy for replacing videos.   

National Promotion:  Actively participate at the local and national level. 

-         HEALTHY MARRIAGE initiative.

-         CMFCE (Smart Marriages) 

-         NACFLM (National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers)  

-         ACF , U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

-         HHMI (Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative

-         National Marriage Resource Center

-         United Methodist Church – website listing

-         Network – with other marriage ministries  

New Materials development:

-         National Publisher  -  Organize materials accordingly.

-         Spanish Translation  -  Continue and complete.

-         Program Videos  -  Update including DVD format.

-         Merchandise Catalogue  -  Develop.

Website:  Expand to Spanish language option.   

Ministry Database:  Complete the project to combine three computer databases.  

Fundraising Activity:  Focus and expand outreach.  

Conference and Meetings:  Organize and promote – focus on ministry improvements.

Board of Directors:  Expand membership and promote volunteerism.

3.   ACTIVITY METRICS  

The activity numbers are for the year 2007 and for the period from May 1974 to December 2007.