Amanda Kathleen Spiaggi
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Prelude |
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Special Music |
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Lighting
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"If
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Groomsmen Entrance of Bridesmaids
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Entrance
of Bride |
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| Purpose of
Marriage: By His infinite authority and wisdom, Almighty Gad has authored the marriage relationship between man and woman. This being true, marriage is sacred rather than secular. It does not depend on any external act or words, no matter how symbolic. No man or words con join two hearts together, only God alone can do that! Before this marriage, Michael and Amanda belonged to the families to which they were born: after it, they belong to each other. At this marriage, a new family is created, a new home is established on this earth. All of this is not mans doing, it is the plan of God. Knowing this, let us unite in prayer that we may have an unusual sense of Divine Presence as your wedding vows are sealed. |
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Blessing: Eternal Father, bless us with an awareness of Your presence as we worship and celebrate today. WE praise You for creating us in love, and making our hearts restless until we respond in love to You, and to each other. Bless Michael and Amanda who stand here now. We ask Your divine blessing on them in this high moment of their lives. Make them mindful of Your helpfulness in the past and give them confidence that You will continue to help them be true to the vows they will make to each other before You here today. In Christ's name, AMEN. |
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Giving
Away of the Bride |
Who gives this woman to be married to
this man? Dad: "Her mother and I do" |
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of Intent: Michael and Amanda, God has ordained marriage as a covenant between two persons who are in a covenant with Him, so it is God who is joining you together. He will seal your covenant with the eternal dimensions of His covenant, so that you can be an instrument of His will and purpose. You have joyously responded to God's gift of love. Now He will create out of your love something that has never existed before: a holy union in marriage. Being in love is the most selfless of experiences, for we are taken out of ourselves and are concerned with another. Love is a way of living, and is sacrificial-not a self-conscious martyrdom, but the discovery of another life which is as dear as one's own. To love is to recognize in another the nature and purpose of ones own existence. Love is selfless service-it seeks always to create happiness, to build confidence, to insure a sense of self-worth and fulfillment. All for the good of the one loved. Love is continuous. It is never interrupted while one decided whether or not it is deserved. Love is patient; it never grows weary when results are not evident. Love is endless; it is never suspended as a threat of ultimate withdrawal. One who loves is always confident, but never arrogant, secure in the certainty that love is of God. Marriage demands the giving of all that one
is-without reserve to another.. The commitment of the couple to each other, their shared
values and goals, is a costly devotion of one's whole being to another who has been
carefully chosen; the opening up of inner lives to each other without deceit or defense.
When we love somebody, we trust them fully, we except nothing but good things from them
even if appearances are against them. Marriage then becomes a miracle: In one's
relationship with another, through one flesh as part of God's process and design, one is
re-created in another. |
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| VOWS: I ask of you, Michael, will you take this woman to be your wife? Will you do everything in your power to make your love for her a growing part of your being? Will you continue to strengthen it from day to day from the best resources of your life? Will you stand by her in health and sickness, in plenty or want, in success or failure, in duty and service, at home or abroad, according to the ordinances of God? Groom: "I Will." Bride: "I
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Michael to
Amanda: This ring I give you as a symbol of my never ending love. May you wear it always as a sign of the spiritual bond in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. |
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| Amanda to Michael: This ring I give you as a symbol of my never ending love. May you wear it always as a sign of the spiritual bond in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. | ||
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Candle: You will no longer be two, but one. During the years of your youth, you lived individual lives. You thought, planned, and acted as individuals. These two lit candles are the same way, two distinct separate lights, each capable of going its separate way. Rut now your thoughts are for each other, not just for yourself. When you light the center candle together and extinguish your own, it will represent the union of your lives into one. Just as one light cannot be divided, so will your one light be a testimony of your unity in the Lord Jesus Christ. Lighting of the unity candle |
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| Pronouncement: Because you two have desired to be one in Christian marriage and have proclaimed this before God, affirming your acceptance of the responsibilities of such a union and pledging your faith and love to each other, sealing your vows in the giving and receiving of rings, you are husband and wife in the sight of God. Let all people here and everywhere recognize and respect this holy union now and forever. Sir, you may kiss your bride. |
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| "Friends and family, I now pronounce to you the new Mr. and Mrs. Michael Conn." |
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