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Four In 10 Say Marriage Is Becoming Obsolete

A study by the Pew Research Center, in association with Time magazine, highlights rapidly changing notions of the American family. And the Census Bureau, too, is planning to incorporate broader definitions of family when measuring poverty, a shift caused partly by recent jumps in unmarried couples living together.

About 29 percent of children under 18 now live with a parent or parents who are unwed or no longer married, a fivefold increase from 1960, according to the Pew report being released Thursday. Broken down further, about 15 percent have parents who are divorced or separated and 14 percent who were never married. Within those two groups, a sizable chunk — 6 percent — have parents who are live-in couples who opted to raise kids together without getting married.

Indeed, about 39 percent of Americans said marriage was becoming obsolete. And that sentiment follows U.S. census data released in September that showed marriages hit an all-time low of 52 percent for adults 18 and over.

When asked what constitutes a family, the vast majority of Americans agree that a married couple, with or without children, fits that description. But four of five surveyed pointed also to an unmarried, opposite-sex couple with children or a single parent. Three of 5 people said a same-sex couple with children was a family.

To read this article in its entirety visit ABC News.

Don't Come Any Closer...

Finding happiness...Finding love...finding "the one"...this great quest is drummed into our collective heads from the time we are very young. The quest alone can kill you - or at least make you reevaluate your world on an almost daily basis. But, for purposes of today's diatribe, let's jump to the point where you've found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

Congratulations! Mazel Tov! Feliz...well, my Spanish is a bit rusty. . .


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Blessings All Around and New Life Pastoral Counseling Helping Bridal Couples to Succeed

Helping you plan your life together from "I Do" to Forever.

Blessings All Around, one of Long Beach’s leading sites for mobile wedding ceremony planning and Officiant services, just announced that Blessings All Around is teaming up with New Life Pastoral Counseling for premarital counseling services to wedding couples. New Life Pastoral Counseling provides integrated counseling services for numerous counseling needs.

New Life Pastoral Counseling, one of the most modern integrated pastoral counseling locations in Long Beach, CA, helps couples were they are. The programs used recognize each couple at their spiritual level. From quality of service to overall level of professionalism, the high level of service that bridal couples expect from Blessings All Around and other wedding vendors, can be found at New Life Pastoral Counseling.

“Blessings All Around, is so excited to work with New Life Pastoral Counseling. So many couples wish to start their marriage with all the right tools. They don’t want to become another divorce statistic. Premarital Counseling, can give them that great start.” said Lisa Johnson, Assistant to Rev. Chester.

Blessings All Around will continue to provide the same high quality mobile Officiant services within the Los Angeles County and Orange County areas. Blessings All Around can be found across the WeddingWire network, which includes WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee.

For more information, please visit the Blessings All Around or New Life Pastoral Counseling websites.

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About
Rev. Angela Butts Chester, is a pioneer in the field of family destiny fulfillment. As a Pastoral Counselor, she blends a motivational spirit with a love for helping others, into a system that shows families how to keep the happiness, love, prosperity and abundance within the household.

Following in her family’s footsteps, she became an ordained minister in 2005. Starting a family ministry was a must for Rev. Chester, thus Blessings All Around was born. This blessing ministry not only focuses on marrying couples, but various ceremonies that form bonds and traditions; ways to keep the family together.

Rev. Chester has taken her expertise to the Internet. As the host of I Do Radio, she discusses wedding issues to assist engaged couples with ceremony dos-and-don'ts and wedding vendor issues.

As the author of Before You Tie The Knot - A Premarital Counseling Workbook For The DIY Couple, Angela Chester Ministries, focuses on keeping you on track and faith focused.

Wedding Ceremony Alternative

Many brides are looking for an alternative to the expensive wedding with all the fluff. Some brides, want the fluff (and have dreamed of it since she was 5 years old), but just don’t have the budget. Blessings All Around, has a solution.

The Just for Two package offered by Blessings All Around, is a wonderful way to celebrate your union. This private wedding provides all you the alternative of not getting married at the County Clerk’s office.

Add a “special touch” to your wedding, to personalize it. Choose from sand ceremony, unity candle, holy communion, bread & wine ceremony and the rose ceremony as additional items to add that special pizzazz to your day.

Just for Two Package $100

Great for the eloping couple or those wishing to have a private ceremony. Travel limited to Downtown Long Beach only.