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[ May 29, 2013 ]
The two marriage retreats
held in England were very successful and well
attended. The first retreat was held at a
De Vere Hotel in Enfield, London and sixty-five
couples attended. The second retreat was
at a De Vere Hotel in Northampton, London and
thirty-seven couples attended. The couples
were enthusiastic and responsive.
Between the two retreats,
which were held on the weekends, Barrington
conducted a five-night family seminar at the
Bedford Central Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Bedford is the birthplace and home town of John
Bunyan of Pilgrims Progress. Barrington
spoke on active parenting, anger management,
abuse, and forgiveness. The participants
were excited as they were able to ask questions
and interact with the speaker.
England is quite a
cosmopolitan country. At both retreats there
were many nationalities represented. For
example, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana, Jamaica,
Barbados, England, Ireland, Rwanda, Trinidad,
South Africa, Haiti, and much more.
The mixture of nationalities made the retreats
very exciting as we learned about the cultural
differences and challenges in marriages from the
different participants. Some of the
hot topics at the marriage retreats were
communication and conflict resolution skills,
gender equality in marriage, sex, passion and
compassion.
The first seminar was
organized my Linda Mukwada (Zimbabwe) assisted
by her husband, Take Care affectionately called
T.C.. Linda is a theology student at New
Bold College, England, and was determined to
have a retreat for couples when she heard
Barrington Brennen at Camp Meeting 2012 in
London. The second retreat was
organized by Peterson Sentenga. He is the
leader of Marriage Couples Fellowship.
This group was organized more than eight years
ago and has been having marriage retreats ever
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Barrington Brennen is
an ordained minister of the gospel, marriage and family therapist, counseling
psychologist, a Nationally Certified
Psychologist, Board Certified Clinical
Psychotherapist, USA; a Certified Prepare/Enrich
Trainer and Counselor; a musician and recording
artist, and
Justice of the Peace for the Commonwealth of The
Bahamas.
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Annick Brennen
is a retired educator and, administrator.
She currently an education consultant, freelance
rapporteur,
and designer.
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Annick and
Barrington have been married since July 21, 1977
(almost 36 years). They have two married
adult children and three grand children. (Gerard
and
Marguerite)
The Brennen family
is a little United Nations. Barrington is from
The Bahamas. Annick is from Martinique
(French), Leslie (son-in-law is from St Maarten
(Dutch). Dana (daughter-in-law) is from Nebraska
(Caucasian America) |
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Family
Seminar May 20 to 23
Bedford
Central
Seventh-day Adventist
Church
73 Bromham
Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK40 2AQ
7:00 to 9:00
PM Nightly
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