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Christian Vow
Renewal Ceremony
- This ceremony may seem long in written form but
it only takes about 12 minutes. This service has been written by and is
performed by Rev. John Souter:
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- INTRODUCTION
You have arrived on the romantic island of
Maui, the land of aloha, after ____ years of marriage. PATRICK and
DEBORAH, you’ve decided to fan the flames of your love and renew your
commitment to each other. Today you’re pledging your love again in this
union we call marriage. -
- Think for a moment of the caterpillar. He begins
life as a lowly, uninteresting little creature shackled to the ground.
But he’s transformed by an extraordinary metamorphosis —which even the
scientists do not fully understand—into an exquisite and fragile
butterfly. In a similar way, your relationship has been changing. You
are no longer just two good friends as you were before marriage. You
have been transformed into one. Marriage has caused the merger of your
two separate lives into a union dedicated for the common good.
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- WHY DO YOU LOVE?
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- Have you thought about why you wanted to get
married? Take a moment, and gaze into each others eyes. What is it that
you first saw there that captured your soul? What spark, what love, what
beauty have you found in those eyes that has made you into a better
person?
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- Do you remember when you first met? When you
first kissed? Can you recall the moment when your lover turned your life
and your heart upside down . . . ?
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- Now, today, you have come through many struggles
and personal victories over the years and you bring all of these
emotions today as you repeat your vow of love for each other. Today it
is your desire to re-ignite the flames of your commitment, emphasizing
again that you have not forgotten what it was that first brought you
together. Today, you move further down that road which you want to last
a lifetime. That’s your hope, your desire and your commitment today.
- Love is a Verb
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- Now I don’t have to remind you that there will
never be a perfect marriage. You know full well that it takes a lot of
love AND a lot of work to make a good marriage. Some couples tend to
think of marriage as a 50/50 proposition. But the best relationships are
usually 90/10. If in the future you both will give 90%—you will have a
formula likely to bring both of you a lifetime of happiness.
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- Let me remind you that love is a verb. It’s not
just a state of being but an ACTION verb. It’s 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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- When you don’t feel like being loving, think
about how you would like to be treated. When you sense that you are
being ignored, learn how to listen to your partner’s needs. PATRICK and
DEBORAH, in the Hawaiian language ho ’oponopono means: “to put things
right by family discussion.”
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- When your feelings are hurt, don’t turn inside.
Instead, cultivate the great art of forgiving as well as being able to
say you’re sorry. Expect the best from your lover even when they’ve
disappointed you in the past. Give what you want to get, and you’ll
continue to transform your home into a castle where love can thrive.
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- SANDBURG POEM
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- Poet Carl Sandburg captured the essence of a
growing and maturing love 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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- PATRICK, please take this lei and place it around
DEBORAH ‘s neck and in the Hawaiian tradition give him a kiss on both
cheeks.
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- Do you PATRICK, continue to take DEBORAH, as your
wife? Will you continue to love and cherish her, giving her assistance
in all of life’s labors? Will you continue to be true to her both in
sickness and health, when things are going well and when there are
difficulties? 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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- PATRICK, let the beautiful & fragrant flowers
that you have placed on DEBORAH remind you of the beautiful and fragile
nature of your relationship with her. Cherish her as your princess.
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- HER VOWS
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- DEBORAH, take this lei and place it around
PATRICK ‘s neck and kiss him on both cheeks.
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- Do you, DEBORAH, continue to take PATRICK, to be
your husband? Will you continue to love and cherish him, giving him
assistance in all of life’s labors? 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 you both shall
live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.
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- DEBORAH, let the beauty & fragrance of these
flowers which you have placed on PATRICK remind you always of this day
when you committed yourself to be his bride. Cherish him as your prince.
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- HER RING
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- PATRICK, look for a moment at the ring that is
the lasting symbol of your vows to DEBORAH?
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- That gold ring has been subjected to tremendous
heat so that the waste could be removed and the metal purified; it is a
fit token of your commitment of love. PATRICK, let this ring continue to
symbolize your willingness to keep on building your character as you
love DEBORAH.
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- Touch this ring on DEBORAH ‘s hand, symbolically
giving it to her again and repeat after me as you make these vows to
her:
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- “From this day on, I PATRICK, recommit myself to
you DEBORAH as my wife. I will continue to love you, I will continue to
cherish you,
I will continue to be true to you, no matter what comes into our lives
if we are rich or poor, or if there is sickness or health, I’m committed
to stay with you as long as we both shall live, and I reoffer this ring
to you, as a symbol of my pledge of marriage.”
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- HIS RING
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- DEBORAH, touch the ring that you have given to
PATRICK as the lasting symbol of your love.
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- The ring is a circle. And a circle has no ending
so it symbolizes an enduring love. DEBORAH, let this ring remind you of
your lifelong commitment to PATRICK.
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- Touch the ring on PATRICK hand and repeat after
me as you make these vows of recommitment to him:
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- “From this day on, I DEBORAH, recommit myself to
you PATRICK,
as my husband. I will continue to love you, I will continue to cherish
you, I will continue to be true to you, no matter what comes into our
lives. Whether we are rich or poor, or if there is sickness or health,
I’m committed to stay with you as long as we both shall live, and this
ring is a symbol of my pledge of marriage to you.”
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- PROCLAMATION
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- Now that you PATRICK and DEBORAH have openly
renewed your wish to remain united in the union of marriage, and as you
have made these promises to each other before this witness, and have
given each other rings to reconfirm your vows;
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- I, John Souter, by the power & authority given to
me as a minister, do affirm that the two of you have today expressed
your desires to rekindle your love and passion and renew your vow of
marriage. So from this moment on, let all know of your desire to
continue for a lifetime as husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.
To return to the Maui Vow Renewals Page, click here:
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