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Overview:
Rules for Romance That Can Help You Find the Love of Your Life

Boundaries in Dating helps singles of all ages to avoid the pitfalls of dating. It unfolds a wise, biblical path to developing self-control, freedom and intimacy in the dating process.

Between singleness and marriage lies the journey of dating. Want to make your road as smooth as possible? Set and maintain healthy boundaries — boundaries that will help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control. If many of your dating experiences have been difficult, Boundaries in Dating could revolutionize the way you handle relationships. And even if you're doing well, the insights you'll gain from his much-needed book can help you fine-tune or even completely readjust important areas of your dating life. Written by the authors of the best-selling book Boundaries, Boundaries in Dating is your road map to the kind of enjoyable, rewarding dating that can take you from weekends alone to a lifetime with the soul mate you've longed for.

From the Publisher
Dating can be fun, but it's not easy. Meeting people is just one concern. Once you've met someone, then what? What do you build? Nothing, a simple friendship, or more? How do you set smart limits on physical involvement? Financial involvement? Individual responsibilities? Respected counselors, popular radio hosts, and best-selling authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend apply the principles described in their Gold Medallion Award-winning Boundaries to matters of love and romance. Helping readers bridge the pitfalls of dating, Boundaries in Dating unfolds a wise, biblical path to developing self-control, freedom, and intimacy in the dating process. Boundaries in Dating helps singles to think, solve problems, and enjoy the benefits of dating to the hilt, increasing their abilities to find and commit to a marriage partner.

Liberally illustrated with insightful, true-life examples, this much-needed book includes such topics as:

• Sins You Can Live With
• Recognizing and choosing quality over perfection in a dating partner
• Don't Fall in Love with Someone You Wouldn't Be Friends With
• How to ensure that honest friendship is one vital component in a relationship
• Don't Screw Up a Friendship Out of Loneliness
• Preserving friendships by separating between Platonic relationships and romantic interest
• Kiss False Hope Good-Bye—Moving past denial to deal with real relational problems in a realistic and hopeful way . . .
  
  and much more.

Reader Comments
A must-read in today's dating scene. This is a great book [Boundaries in Dating] If I try to tell you all the reasons why, I'll just end up copying it word for word. So I will attempt to highlight a few of the book's strengths. First, I liked that it doesn't make dating bad ipso facto. A lot of dating is sketch in this day & age but dating in and of itself is not, and can, in fact, be good. The authors, who are both Christian psychologists, illustrate how dating is a helpful aid in the marriage discernment process, and how at the same time, it can be a tool for our own personal spiritual growth.

It is balanced between evaluating the person you are dating and evaluating your own character and what you bring to the relationship. It is sometimes tempting for Christians to seek perfection in a date/future spouse, but the authors help the readers to refocus their sights on righteousness, not perfection, reminding us that we need to take the logs out of our own eyes before we deal with the specks in others.

The book is nicely organized into 4 parts: You and Your Boundaries, Whom Should I Date?, Solving Dating Problems: When You're Part of the Problem, and Solving Dating Problems: When Your Date Is the Problem. As an added bonus, there are Take-Away Tips at the end of every chapter that summarize the main points just outlined.

I know for my part that this book has helped me understand past relationships, as well as discern for the future. It is a welcome antidote to the prevailing theories of love, sex, and relationships. I recommend it without reservation.~Katie

• Debbie - Dating as an opportunity to learn about self and others.
• Guy - Dating provide a context to work through issues.
• Mary Lou - Dating helps build relationship skills.
• Maeve - Dating can heal and repair.
• Mike - Dating is relational and has value in and of itself.
• Brad - Dating allow us to learn what we prefer in a relationship.
• Geri - Dating as it relates to physical intimacy.

If you're unable to attend, listen to recordings of past classes!

Do you want to learn to jitterbug, fox trot or waltz? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to do the hustle or the swing? Then join us in the Expressway Youth Center from (6:30 for beginner lesson) 7 - 8:30 p.m. any Thursday evening during the months of September, October, and November.

Persons of any age, gender or marital status are welcome as long as you want to have fun! There is a $3.00 suggested donation per person per evening with the money given to support the Youth Center.

"Ultimately the goal of ballroom dance is to build relationships and respect between people. Dance helps us identify and strengthen our roles as men and women," said leader Dale Walton. Dale has been leading dance at GBCC for ten years, with as many as 125 people at a time coming to cha-cha the night away.

You do not have to be a member of GBCC to join the dance ministry. You do not have to come every week in order to catch on to new dance moves, but it is best to be there for the start of the class at 7:00 p.m. You can leave early if you can't stay until 8:30 p.m., but if you miss the beginning, you may have a difficult time catching on.

Call Dale Walton at 469-0949 for more information.