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Spiritual Vow
Renewal Ceremony
- This ceremony may seem long in written form but
it only takes about 12 minutes. Below you will find the text of the
spiritual vow renewal ceremony. The service is by Rev. John Souter.
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- INTRODUCTION
Good relationships never stop growing. Like fine wine, they get better
with age. MALCOM and ROSEMARY you’ve now been married ____ years; and
today you come to renew your vow and commitment of love for each other
here in the land of aloha.
- God invented marriage because He knew of your
need and desire for companionship, love and fulfillment. But we know
that there will never be a perfect marriage. As you continue in your
relationship, I’m sure you understand that it takes a lot of love AND a
lot of work to make your relationship work properly.
- Some couples tend to think of marriage as a 50/50
proposition. But the best relationships are usually 90/10. If you both
give 90%—you’ll have a formula likely to continue to bring a lifetime of
happiness.
Love is a verb. Although it can describe a state of being, love really
is an ACTION verb. It’s not just how you feel about each other, but what
you DO for each other that’s the key. Over time, feelings can change.
But if you keep performing acts of love for each other, your feelings
will stay fresh & alive.
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- 1 CORINTHIANS 13
- Some of the greatest advice about love ever
written is found in 1 Corinthians chapter 13. Let me read it from the
Living Bible:
- “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.
- “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.”
- Great words for us to live by.
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- In the Hawaiian language there is a term that
describes how couples should treat one another. Ho’oponopono means: “to
put things right by family discussion.”
- In other words, don’t let the sun set when you
find that you have become angry. Talk things out. Makes things right
with each other quickly, before the sun disappears into the horizon.
That’s the best way to keep little misunderstandings from growing into
relationship killing problems.
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- SANDBURG POEM
- Poet Carl Sandburg captured the essence of a love
which can grow and mature over a lifetime when he wrote:
- “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.
- “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
- MALCOM, please take the lei and place it around
ROSEMARY ‘s neck and in the Hawaiian tradition, give her a kiss on both
cheeks.
- Do you MALCOM, acknowledge your desire to
continue to take ROSEMARY, to be your wife, to live together according
to the Bible? 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, both 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 DO.
- MALCOM, let the beautiful & fragrant flowers that
you have placed on ROSEMARY remind you of the fragile nature of your
relationship with your wife. Cherish her always as your princess.
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- HER VOWS
- ROSEMARY, take this lei and place it around
MALCOM ‘s neck and in the Hawaiian tradition, give him a kiss on both
cheeks.
- Do you, ROSEMARY, acknowledge your desire today,
to continue to take MALCOM, to be your husband and to live together
according the Bible? Will you continue to love and cherish him, giving
him assistance in all of life’s labors? Will you continue 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.
- ROSEMARY, let the beauty & fragrance of these
flowers which you have placed around MALCOM ‘s neck remind you of your
commitment to continue to be his bride. Cherish him always as your
prince.
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- HER RING
- MALCOM, may I see the ring that is the lasting
symbol of your vows to ROSEMARY?
- 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. As it has since the day you first
gave it to ROSEMARY, let this ring continue to symbolize your
willingness to build your character through your self-sacrificial love
for your wife.
- Touch that ring on ROSEMARY ’s finger, symbolic
re-giving it to her, and repeat these vows to your wife:
- “I MALCOM, renew my commitment to you ROSEMARY,
as your husband. I will love you; I will cherish you. I will to be true
to you, no matter what comes, whether we become rich or poor, whether
there is sickness or health, until we are parted by death, and with this
ring, as a symbol of my pledge, I now renew my
vow of love to you -- my wife.”
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- HIS RING
- ROSEMARY, may I see the ring that is the lasting
symbol of your vows to MALCOM?
- Note that the ring you have given him is a
circle, which symbolizes eternity—for a circle has no ending. ROSEMARY,
let that ring remind you of the new lifetime relationship that you are
continuing in with MALCOM. Touch the ring on MALCOM ’s finger and repeat
after me as you remake these vows to your husband:
- “I ROSEMARY, renew my commitment to you MALCOM,
to be your 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, until we are parted by death, and with this ring,
as a symbol of my pledge, I now renew my vow of love to you -- my
husband.”
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- PRAYER
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- PROCLAMATION
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- Now that you MALCOM and ROSEMARY 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, do affirm before God, that the two of you have today
expressed your desires to rekindle your love and passion, and renew your
vow of marriage.
- From this moment on, let all know of your desire
to continue for a lifetime: as husband and wife. May God bless you. You
may kiss your bride.
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