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Affordable Maui Weddings offers several Vow Renewal Ceremonies
for you to choose from. You'll want to check out all four.
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Affordable
Maui Weddings provides all of the services you need
for a magical and romantic Vow Renewal in paradise.
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Christian
Vow Renewal Ceremony
Performed by Rev. John Souter
- This ceremony may seem long in written form but
it only takes about 12 minutes. This service is by Rev. John Souter
and is designed to be a contemporary Christian ceremony.
 Introduction-
Good relationships never stop growing. Like fine wine, they
get better with age. CHRIS and KELLEY, you have now been
married ____ years and through all the years of your journey
together, you have now come to Maui, to this beautiful
setting, so that you could renew your vow and commitment of
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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 later be for companionship, love and
fulfillment. But God also knew that no marriage would ever
be perfect. As you continue in this union, you already know
that it will continue to take a lot of love AND work to keep
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Many couples tend to think of
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 continue to bring both of you
happiness for a lifetime.
The Bible & 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:
"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)
1 Corinthians 13
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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."
KELLEY and CHRIS, in the Hawaiian language there is a term
that describes how couples should treat one another:
Ho'oponopono, which means: "to put things right . . . by
family discussion."
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In other words, don't let the sun set
on your anger. Talk your problems out. Make things right
with each other quickly each day, before the sun disappears.
That's the best way to keep small misunderstandings from
growing into problems that can break down your relationship.
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Marriage is more than a contract. It
is a commitment to take your joy deeper than happiness,
deeper into the discovery of who you really are. It is a
journey to a life of becoming. Marriage is even deeper than
commitment. It is a covenant—a covenant that says: I love
you. I trust you. I will be here for you when you are
hurting. And when I am hurting, I will not leave. . .
Marriage is intended to provide a sanctuary safe enough to
risk loving, to risk fully living and risk sharing from the
center of yourself. Expect the best from your lover and you
can transform your home into a castle where love thrives.
Sandburg's Poem
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While marriages are founded and built
upon love, emotions are often fickle. Poet 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."
His Vows
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CHRIS, please take the lei and place
it around KELLEY 's neck. Let these pretty & fragrant
flowers that you have placed upon KELLEY remind you of the
beautiful and fragile nature of your relationship with her.
Is it your desire CHRIS, to continue to have KELLEY as your
wife, to live together according to the Word of God? 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 difficulties? And will you continue to be
faithful to her as long as you both shall live? If so, you
may answer, I WILL.
CHRIS, cherish KELLEY always, treating her as your princess.
Her Vows
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KELLEY, take this lei and place it
around CHRIS 's neck. Let the beauty & fragrance of these
flowers which you are giving to CHRIS remind you of this day
when you have recommitted yourself to him, to once again be
his bride.
Is it your desire KELLEY, to continue to have CHRIS as your
husband, to live together according to the Word of? Will you
continue to love him and submit to him in the Lord, and be
his helper in all that comes your way. Will you continue to
be true to him both in sickness and health, both when things
are going well and when there are difficulties? And will you
continue to be faithful to him as long as both of you shall
live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.
KELLEY, cherish CHRIS always, treating him as your prince.
Her Ring
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CHRIS, please touch the ring that you
gave to KELLEY when you were first married, now symbolically
re-giving it to her. That ring was
subjected to tremendous heat so that the waste could be
removed and the metal purified into a fit token of your
commitment of love. CHRIS, let this ring symbolize your
willingness to build your character through your
self-sacrificial love for KELLEY.
Holding KELLEY 's hand and looking into her eyes, repeat
after me as you make these vows to her:
I CHRIS,
renew my commitment
to you KELLEY
as your lawfully wedded 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;
Whether we become rich or poor
Whether there is sickness or health,
For as long as we both shall live,
And with this ring,
As a symbol of my love,
I now renew my vow
of marriage to you.
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HIS RING
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KELLEY, place your fingers on the
ring that you gave to CHRIS when you were first married as
you symbolically re-give it to him.
That ring is a circle, which symbolizes
eternity—because a circle has no ending. KELLEY, let the
ring remind you always that you desire your relationship
with CHRIS to continue for a lifetime. Repeat after me as
you make these vows to him:
I KELLEY,
renew my commitment
to you CHRIS
As your lawfully wedded 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.
Whether we become rich or poor;
Whether there is sickness or health,
For as long as we both shall live,
And with this ring
As a symbol of my love,
I now renew my vow
of marriage to you.
PRAYER
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PROCLAMATION
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Now that you CHRIS and you KELLEY have openly expressed your
desire to remain united in the covenant of marriage, and as
you have given each other these leis and symbolically
re-given each other rings to reconfirm your vows;
I, John Souter, by the power and
authority granted to me as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, do affirm before God, that the two of you have today
expressed your desire to rekindle your love and passion and
renew your vow of marriage.
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From this moment on, let all know of
your desire to continue for a lifetime, as:
Husband and wife in the name of
the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
God has joined you together —let no one tear you apart.
"May the Lord bless you and keep you; may His face shine
upon you; may He be gracious to you and give you peace,
forever."
You may kiss your bride.
To read the Legacy Vow Renewal
Ceremony, click here:
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page, click here:
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Feel Free to Call Me
If you are ready to talk
about your vow renewal, just give me a call to see if
your date is
available on our calendar. Give me a ring and I'll help
you get everything taken care of with reigniting your passions and your
wedding vows with your beloved.
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To Book Your Wedding or Vow Renewal Call Susan at:
USA Toll Free:
1-888-990-MAUI (888-990-6284)
1215 S. Kihei Road, Kihei, Maui, HI 96753
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