Table of Contents Issue 2 – Fall 2023
WELCOME FROM THE EQ
Dear CCC Extraordinary Couples! It is our pleasure and privilege to serve as your Executive Quartet for 2023-24. We are all passionately committed to fulfilling the CCC mission that “all couples in the world experience profoundly fulfilling relationships.” To accomplish this, we established the following priorities for 2023-24:
1. Effective Communications using the CCC website and other available tools.
2. Enhance Source Couples and Circle health.
3. Foster leadership and participation on a Circle and National level.
4. Create Convention 2024.
5. Ensure synergy between all committees….. Read more >>
IN THE NEWS
CONVENTION 2023 was “A Weekend to Remember” that included a roadmap to Couple fulfillment and delightful attractions along the way. Couples from around the country plus couples from Thailand, Mexico, France, and Canada traveled to Princeton New Jersey to attend the first live CCC Convention in 4 years. Reconnecting, and meeting people for the first time after years of virtual participation was exciting and joy-filled! Read about what made it memorable for our members and get valuable insights and tips from the 4 very special workshops at this year’s event… Read more >>
Behind the Curtain
What does it take to produce a CCC convention? And who did it this year?
After three years of virtual conventions, the CCC Board of Directors envisioned a post-quarantine in-person convention, but were people ready? It would take a bold commitment. The convention quartet, Carol and Duane Gumbs and Kim and Tom Uhlig, led from their declaration, “We light the way for couples to play.” Couples from 8 different circles stepped up to co-create…
Behind the Curtain of the workshops
For former attendees, this year’s four convention workshops were a bit different from usual. There was an extra layer to them, a through line, dreamed up by Carol Gumbs, Rhona Fiore, and Eloise Bruce of the Northern New Jersey circle. They knew that this year’s convention content had to be special… Read more >>
Dear Ambassadors
This issue we offer a 100% solution to this member’s question: “My partner travels for work a great deal, and I am home with the kids. We sometimes feel so disconnected! How can we maintain our closeness while physically apart and with such different responsibilities? Signed, Disconnected… Read more >>
Meet Our Members: Jen Schwartz and Joe Jacobs
IT ALL ADDS UP! 13, 8, 5, 4, 2, 3, and 3 are the numbers that best describe Jen Schwartz and Joe Jacobs. What do they mean? 13 years together; 8 children (yours, mine, and ours, ages 10-24); 5 years married; 4 years in CCC; 2 businesses that they own and run; 3 non-profit boards that they serve on; and a 3-legged Pitbull that helps glue them all together. Read more >>
Meet Our Members: Jim Sewell and Charlene Jacob
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Many couples share dreams of unending travel and adventure, but Jim Sewell and Charlene Jacob are actually fulfilling that dream! Since selling their home in 2021 they have been living a full-time “on-the-road” life in their RV, exploring the country. They traveled extensively before starting their family, and after 37 years together they realized that nomadic spirit was missing in their lives. Read more >>
Get Inspired
Looking for new sources of inspiration for your Couple? Have you ever heard another Couple’s declaration and said “that one really lights us up?” We’ve put together some of our favorite declarations from the Hudson Valley Virtual Circle and created a fun game. For the link to the declarations and instructions for the game Read more >>
Come Join Us
Launched at this year’s convention in August, the “Come Join Us” campaign now includes all CCC members. See why you matter to us and why we can matter to you. Read more >>