Listening with love to Strengthen & Deepen our relationships 

WHO ARE THE FACILITATORS?

Sharon and Tom Baring have been married for 26 years and have two grown children, the youngest of whom is a rising senior in college.   As an extension of their marriage under the care of Chena Ridge Friends Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, they have participated in many couple enrichment retreats as well as an ongoing growth group and were trained as a leader couple in 2015.

Carol and Rick Holmgren have been married for 36 years and have twin children, who are now grown. They are active in their local Unitarian Universalist church, where Rick serves on the board and leads Sunday services several times each year. During their lives together, they have benefited from a variety of experiences designed to foster their growth as individuals and as a couple, and they were delighted to discover the depth possible through Friends Couple Enrichment when they attended an FCE workshop in 2019. The skills they learned have helped them strengthen their relationships with each other, with their children, and with their community.

Steph Bean and Dave Diller have known each other for more than 30 years and will be marking their 20th wedding anniversary at the end of this year. They have two boys in high school, plus a grown daughter from a previous marriage, two rescue dogs, and a former farmcat who occasionally deigns to be inside. Both Steph and Dave are active in their local Monthly and Yearly Quaker Meetings in varyin grols. They attended their first Couple Enrichment workshop in 2001 and were trained as leader couples in 2006, while pregnant with their older now-high-schooler. Balancing bod mid-career choices and child-raising, these daily growth opportunities have solidified for us the values of continually striving to remain connected and ingaged in intimate / sustaining relationships (both interpersonal and larger community) in the midst of ever-changing responsibilities.