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- Maui Wedding
Christian Ceremony
Maui Wedding Ceremony by Rev. John Souter -
- Because you want your wedding to be special, you will want to
select just the right ceremony that best fits the two of you.
This ceremony may seem long in written form but it only takes
about 10 to 12 minutes. Below you will find the text of the Christian
Wedding Ceremony.
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- INTRODUCTION
- STEVEN and TONYA you have arrived here
on Maui in this beautiful setting, so that you could publicly
commit yourselves to each other in marriage.
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- God invented marriage. He created it because
He looked into the future and saw what your needs and your desires
would be for companionship, love and fulfillment. But God also
knew that no marriage would ever be perfect. As you enter this
union, it’s important to realistically understand that it
will take a lot of love and work to make this relationship a
success.
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- Many couples tend to think marriage as
a 50/50 proposition. Actually, the best relationships are 90/10.
If you both will give 90%—you will have a formula likely
to bring both of you happiness for a lifetime.
THE BIBLE AND MARRIAGE
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- The best manual ever written on the subject
of marriage . . . is the Bible. Here are a few of the things
that God has to say about marriage:
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- "Each man should have his own wife,
and each woman should have her own husband... A man leaves his
father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are
united into one. Since they are no longer two but one, let no
one separate them, for God has joined them together.
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- “Give honor to marriage, and remain
faithful to one another in marriage. Husbands ought to love their
wives as they love their own bodies... Each man must love his
wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
(1 Cor. 7:2; Matt. 19:5-6; Heb. 13:4; Eph. 5:28, 33)
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- 1 CORINTHIANS 13
- Love is a verb. It is not just a state
of being but an ACTION verb. It is not just how you feel about
each other, but what you DO for each other that will keep your
relationship growing and alive.
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- The Bible has a lot to say about love.
Let me read 1 Corinthians 13 from The Living Bible:
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- “Love is very patient and kind, never
jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or
selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not
irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly
even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice,
but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
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- “If you love someone you will be
loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe
in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your
ground in defending him.”
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- STEVEN and TONYA, in the Hawaiian language
there is a term that describes how couples should treat one another:
Ho’oponopono, literally means: “to put things right
. . . by family discussion.”
- In other words, don’t let the sun
set when you find that you are angry. Talk things out. Makes
things right with each other quickly, before the sun disappears.
That’s the best way to keep small misunderstandings from
growing into problems that break you down.
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- SANDBURG POEM
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- While marriages are founded and built
upon love, emotions are often fickle. Carl Sandburg captured
the essence of a love which can stand the test of time when he
wrote:
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- “I love you. I love you for what
you are, but I love you yet more for what you are going to be.
I love you not so much for your realities as for your ideals.
I pray for your desires, that they may be great, rather than
for your satisfactions, which may be so hazardously little.
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- “A satisfied flower is one whose
petals are about to fall. But the most beautiful rose is one,
hardly more than a bud, wherein the pangs and ecstasies of desire
are working for larger and finer growth. Not always shall you
be what you are now. You are going forward toward something great.
I am on the way with you and . . I love you.”
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- HIS VOWS
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- STEVEN, please take the lei and place
it around TONYA ‘s neck and in the Hawaiian tradition kiss
her on both cheeks. Let these pretty & fragrant flowers that
you have placed upon her remind you of the beautiful and fragile
nature of your relationship with her.
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- Do you STEVEN, take TONYA, to be your
wife, to live together according to the Word of God? Will you
love and cherish her, giving her assistance in all of life’s
labors? Will you be true to her both in sickness and health,
when things are going well and when there are problems? And will
you be faithful to her as long as you both shall live? If so,
you may answer, I WILL.
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- STEVEN, cherish TONYA always treating
her as your princess.
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- HER VOWS
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- TONYA, take this lei and place it over
STEVEN ‘s neck and kiss him on both cheeks. Let the beauty
& fragrance of these flowers which you are giving to STEVEN
remind you always of this day when you committed yourself to
be his bride.
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- Do you, TONYA, take STEVEN, to be your
husband, to live together according to God’s Word, the Bible?
Will you love him and submit to him in the Lord, and be his helper
in all that comes your way. Will you be true to him both in sickness
and health, both when things are going well and when there are
problems? And will you be faithful to him as long as both of
you shall live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.
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- TONYA, cherish STEVEN always, treating
him as your prince.
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- HER RING
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- STEVEN, may I have the ring that is a
lasting symbol of your vows to TONYA?
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- This gold ring has been subjected to tremendous
heat so that the waste could be removed and the metal purified
into a fit token of your commitment of love. STEVEN, let this
ring symbolize your willingness to build your character through
your self-sacrificial love for TONYA.
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- Place the ring on the third finger of
TONYA ’S left hand and repeat after me as you make these
vows to her:
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- “I STEVEN, from this day forward,
take you TONYA, to be my lawfully wedded wife. I will love you;
I will cherish you; I will be true to you; No matter what comes.
Whether we become rich or poor;
whether there is sickness or health; as long as we both shall
live, and with this ring, as a symbol of this pledge, I now marry
you.”
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- HIS RING
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- TONYA, may I have the ring that is the
lasting symbol of your vows to STEVEN.
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- This ring is a circle, which symbolizes
eternity—for a circle has no ending. TONYA, let this ring
remind you of the new relationship that you are entering with
STEVEN which you desire to last for a lifetime. Place the ring
on the third finger of STEVEN ’s left hand and repeat after
me as you make these vows to him:
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- “I TONYA, from this day forward,
take you STEVEN, to be my lawfully wedded husband. I will love
you; I will cherish you; I will be true to you; no matter what
comes. Whether we become rich or poor. Whether there is sickness
or health, as long as we both shall live, and with this ring,
as a symbol of this pledge, I now marry you.”
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- PRAYER
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- PROCLAMATION
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- Now that you STEVEN and TONYA have openly
declared your wish to be united in the covenant of marriage,
and as you have made these promises to each other before God
and these witnesses, and have given each other rings to confirm
your vows;
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- I, John Souter, by the power & authority
given to me as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and
according to the laws of the County of Maui and the State of
Hawaii, do now pronounce you to be:
Husband and wife, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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- You may kiss your bride.
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