Lead the workshop that lays the foundation for the entire series — with full preparation and pastoral depth.

⚠ Facilitators only — not for participant distribution.

This is the workshop that answers the question every other workshop in the series assumes has been answered: what is covenant, and how is it different from what most people have actually been practicing? It is the most theologically rich session in the lineup and the one most likely to be the first Mantled for Marriage™ experience your participants have. This guide prepares you to lead it with the clarity and pastoral authority it requires.

What's Inside:

• Full Zoom setup checklist, breakout room guidance, and recommended settings

• 90–120 minute session flow with online-specific timing notes

• Welcome and framing scripts — how to open for a mixed-track audience so every track feels directly addressed

• Online delivery notes: how to teach theologically rich content online without losing engagement, chat as a second teaching channel, reactions for comprehension checks

• Teaching notes for all four teachings: key objectives, Scripture context — including Hebrew word study for berithin Teaching 1 — discussion questions, chat prompts, and track-specific facilitation notes

• Guidance on facilitating the Covenant Vision Statement across a room with multiple relationship tracks simultaneously

• Exercise facilitation: Option A (breakout rooms) and Option B (solo reflection) for all four exercises

• Difficult moments protocols: a participant encountering the covenant vs. contract distinction who is in an active relational crisis; resistance to the unconditional nature of covenant; emotional disclosure triggered by Teaching 3; a participant for whom the "cost of covenant" teaching surfaces significant pain

• Crisis resources and pastoral referral guidance

• Full closing script, ecosystem pathway, and follow-up best practices