Marriage and Courtship, or the other way around?

BOTS CRU, is the Campus CRU group at U Botswana.  The young men of CRU had the idea of having a "Men's Conference" about relationships, dating, courtship, and marriage.  It sounded like a good idea at the time.

The concept was to invite male UB students to a conference where everyone could communicate clearly, fully and freely.  Over a dozen guys showed up, which was pretty much capacity for our facility and more than we have in weekly meetings, which tend to attract more women than men.

The Conference featured 3 speakers, one on dating, one on sexual purity, and one on courtship and marriage.  The talks were focussed, and so were the attendees.  After the talks there was a simple luncheon followed by a panel who fielded questions.

I was very much impressed at the interest of those young men.  They took notes during the talks, and asked question after question for over and hour.  Finally the student in charge had to call a halt, with the promise of continuing the conversation later.

This raises a few issues, I think are important:
       1) Why haven't I heard of such a thing before?  It is a simple idea, and meets a real need.
       2) Why don't we Christians take advanatges of our advantages such as:
                Opps to talk with mature people who follow G^d
                Opps to talk with trustworthy peers who are experiencing the same, things,
                Guidance from Holy Scriptures,
                Guidance from the G^d of the Universe!

And, upon reflection this applies to a LOT of things besides relationships.  Why don't we do this more often for all sorts of things?

"The person who does not read has no advantage over the person who cannot read."   Those of us who fail to take advantage of the opportunities that G^d provides have no advantage over those who do NOT have such opps.