The Heavenly Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona create a serene setting for the most important day---and commitment--of your life
Are you choosing to reaffirm your love
and partnership?
Friends, we are gathered together in the sight
of God to witness the reaffirmation of the marriage
covenant, which was established by God, who
created us male and female for each other. With
His presence and power, Jesus graced a wedding
at Canaan of Galilee, and in His sacrificial love
gave us the example for the love of husband and
wife. I charge you both, as you stand in the
presence of God, before whom the secrets of all
hearts are disclosed, that having duly considered
the holy covenant you are about to make, you do
now declare before this company your pledge
of faith, each to the other. Be well assured that
if these solemn vows are faithfully kept, as God’s
Word demands, and if steadfastly you endeavor
to do the will of your heavenly Father, God will
bless your marriage, will grant you fulfillment in it,
and will establish your home in peace.
"Jonathan and Marianne, if you have the mind of
Christ, and if you choose to include him in the
renewal of this convent, and in so doing, you will
come to believe, and to know that, ‘Love is patient,
love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast,
it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of
wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always preserves."