Meet The Thompsons

Workshop leaders, Samuel and Gail Thompson have been married over 45 years and are the parents of adult twin daughters. Their unique teaching; counseling ministry for marriage enrichment has been developed through formal training and a combination of over 20 years of counseling experience as former employees with the Department of Social Services, various youth and adult groups, and as counselors in their local church in Roanoke, Virginia, Spirit of Life Chuch International.

Samuel and Gail are trained to administer the Prepare/Enrich and SYMBIS (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) Inventories for premarital counseling. Additionally they are trained in Christian PREP, and FOCCUS inventories. The Thompsons are also certified Marriage Mentors.  They enjoy membership as a trained leader couple and presenters for Better Marriages . They are co-founders of “FLAME” a community based marriage enrichment group and members of the American Association of Christian Counselors. Samuel and Gail are both ordained Elders and serve on the ministerial staff and coordinators of the Marriage Mentoring and Enrichment Ministry in their local church.