Spirit
Resources to help your spirit
There are some great things you can do to support your spirituality and/or add meaning to special occasions or events. Here are a number of resources that members of the NZDF Family have found helpful in their lives.

Resources for events
- Remembrance services - Military Service of Remembrance pdf or Seven Ponds remembrance service(external link) or Creative Funeral Ideas(external link)
- Examples of Wedding vows - The Spruce(external link) or Wedding Vows(external link)
- Anglican Baptism (christening) (external link) or Service for Baptism(external link)
- Baptisms, christenings and dedication ceremonies(external link) or Bible baby dedication(external link)
Relationship guidance
- ‘Prepare and Enrich’(external link) is a programme to help build healthy relationships and stronger marriages. Your Chaplain can register you free of charge.
- ‘Couple Check-up(external link)’ is designed to help you and your partner build a more satisfying and intimate relationship.
Other online information and support from the ‘Military Wife and Mum’ website:
- What a Military Marriage really looks like(external link)
- 5 tips that will save your military marriage/relationship (external link)
- The reason why it’s so hard to be in a military relationship(external link)
- The Brutally Honest Guide for Surviving the First Week of Deployment(external link)
- and the printable deployment binder (external link)
Other resources
View pdf
The Armed Forces Simple Prayer Book
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- 1.3 MB
- Date:
- 2017-10-30
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British Armed Forces Prayer Book
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- 106 KB
- Date:
- 2017-10-30