{"id":17383,"date":"2023-10-09T12:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=17383"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:33:12","slug":"merge-champions","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/event\/merge-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge | Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Are you seriously dating or engaged?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This 9-week class is ideal and preferred option for seriously dating and engaged couples, <strong>who are NOT married to anyone or have a pending divorce<\/strong>. Each week we cover a different topic, taught by a couple from our Champion Forest MERGE teaching team.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>We cover topics such as communication and conflict, finances, sexual intimacy, in-laws and expectations.\u00a0 <strong>Interested? <a href=\"https:\/\/rock.cfbc.org\/Registration\/merge-cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will be led by a married mentor couple and will go through the class with other participating couples in the same stage of life. The 9-week class provides the ideal opportunity for you and your significant other to process next steps in your relationship in the context of small group community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should I take this course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We strongly recommend couples take the 9-week course instead of the weekend experience since you will have more time to learn, process and build relationships. We offer the 9-week class at two different times a year. The 9-week class costs $30 per couple.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary-cf btn-xl py-2\" href=\"https:\/\/rock.cfbc.org\/Registration\/merge-cc\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you seriously dating or engaged? This 9-week class is ideal and preferred option for seriously dating and engaged couples, who are NOT married to anyone or have a pending divorce. Each week we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/event\/merge-champions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Merge | Champions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/event\/merge-champions\/\" class=\"button more-button small\">Learn More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17893,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[499,55,500,502,503,501],"tribe_events_cat":[197,225,504],"class_list":["post-17383","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dating","tag-engaged","tag-engagement-classes","tag-merge","tag-merge-at-champions","tag-pre-marital-classes","tribe_events_cat-adult-ministry","tribe_events_cat-champions","tribe_events_cat-merge","cat_adult-ministry","cat_champions","cat_merge"],"event_start_date":"2026-01-28T18:45:00-06:00","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19629,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17383\/revisions\/19629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17383"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.championforest.org\/events\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=17383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}