Allan and Kathleen Wedding Meeting

Programme

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Meeting Proper:
The Bible is full of families, births and love stories. This is true from its
very first page, with the appearance of Adam and Eve to its very last page,
where we behold the wedding feast of the Bride and the Lamb. The Bible
begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of
God and it ends with the marriage of the Lamb. With this, we can see that
the Bible begins and ends with marriage. Good afternoon, everyone and
welcome to the Allan and Keen’s Wedding Metting. I am delighted that all of
you are here to celebrate this important milestone in Allan and Keen’s lives.
I’m your host for today and I welcome you here in Frosty Bites Garden as
we celebrate love being one of God’s richest and greatest gift on earth.

Falling in love can leave you “spellbound.” This form of human love
may leave you speechless to a certain extent, not finding it necessary, or
even possible, to accurately express what you feel. But the love of God is
beyond any experience of human love. No words will be able to express
your admiration of the glory and splendor of God with whom you have been
drawn to love. However, this may be expressed in a song that tells of the
unconditional love of God who chose man even before the world began to be
one with man--to be one with you and me. This creates a personal,
affectionate and sweet relationship with God. This is God’s love--The Divine
Romance. In that spirit, let us now sing the hymn The Divine Romance.
• Hymn Singing (3:00 pm-3:20 pm /10 mins per song)
 1.Divine Romance

We all fall in love or have experienced falling in love. Usually, we fall in

love with the person that we find attractive and appropriate for us. Falling in
love, as it relates to God, is not only a human passion or emotion, it is also a
spiritual yearning that consumes your soul and leaves you content in His
presence. The experience of this union with God is a moment with Him that
is affectionate, which leaves us a feeling of something fresher than a
morning dew. We should tell the Lord that we desire Him--that we desire to
be immersed by His love. In this direction, let us now sing Immersed in Thy
Love.

2. Immersed in Thy Love

Because we love God, we don’t only say “I love You” but we also want
to be with Him all our days, come what may. The longing to be with
someone is a natural and divine feeling. You know that you are in love when
every single moment is enriched by the knowledge that you are no longer
alone, and that you will never have to be. Yes, you are never alone because
God is in you. When He is in you, He fills you not only with love but also
with Himself as your real satisfaction. Along with this, the guidance of the
Lord is for always the best thing we should consider. On that note, may we
request five persons to offer some prayers for Allan and Kathleen.

Lord Jesus, we thank you for today. As Allan and Kathleen begin their
lives together on their wedding day, we pray that their hearts will unite as
one with You in their desire to make You the center. May this day be the start
of their intimate and affectionate love with You. As they offer their vows to
one another, give them a clear understanding of their commitment to each
other. May their loyalty and faithfulness in marriage mirror Your own love
and faithfulness to all Your children. Amen.

• Prayer Offering - max 5 person

(3:20 pm - 3:30 pm/ 10 mins all)
 May every word spoken and every precious token remind the couple of
the One who holds all things together and who makes all things according to
His plan. May the Lord be their vision, their strength, and their constant
companion in their married life.

Understanding the essence and purpose marriage should be the first

important task if you want to live a happy married life. There is more to
marriage than love and loyalty. The willingness to understand is very
important. It is not always easy, but healthy love is strengthened by the
willingness to understand. Perhaps it is best to consider the Bible when
trying to understand marriage. The Bible says that God created marriage for
a purpose bigger than itself: Marriage is a picture of the believer’s
relationship with God. Paul writes, “This mystery is great; but I am speaking
with regard to Christ and the church”. Marriage is an earthly picture of the
spiritual relationship that exists between Christ, the bridegroom, and the
church, His bride. Continuing on this line, we now give the floor to Bro.
Aldrin for a message on __________________ .

• Message Giving - Bro. Aldrin (3:30 pm - 4:00 pm / 30 mins all)

_____________________. Marriage is a contract that needs to be

renewed, everyday. Yes, it’s a contract – an agreement, a deal, a pact, or a
bond of trust and togetherness. You need to continually make it work to keep
it alive and fresh not the human way but with the vision of Christ and the
believers. Just as the husband and wife are one flesh, so the believers are to
be one spirit with the Lord. Just as the church is to be subject to Christ, so
the wife is to be subject to her husband. Just as Christ loves the church, so a
husband is to love his wife. In this respect, we now hear from Bro. Ephraim
Lina and Bro. Marlon for a message on ____________.

• Strengthening of Message (4:00 pm -4:10 pm/ 5 mins each)

1. Bro. Ephraim
2. Bro. Marlon Cabañero
 There is nothing like being married! Marriage is work, but with just the
right amount of effort from both parties, coupled with love and a willingness
to go the distance, a marriage can be blissful from the moment you say “I
do” to the time both of you reflect on the moments in your life that mattered
most to you. Speaking of “I do,” we now come to the moment we all have
been waiting for. This moment may be the reason why friends and relatives
had to travel far, why weeks ago many were anxious of what to wear, or why
days before some are busy thinking what to bring, but most importantly,
THIS part of the ceremony is the reason why Allan and Keen fell in love in
the first place. They fell in love with a purpose to live together, observe
mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. In
such a case, we now hear from Bro. Jun Conde to solemnize the marriage of
Allan Mutia and Kathleen Sido.

• Solemnization (4:10 pm - 4:40 pm)

c/o Bro. June Conde
- Consecration
- Vows
- Signing of Contract

Ladies and Gentlemen, the very reason why we are all gathered here
today. Without further ado, it is with distinct pleasure as we present to you
for the very first time, Allan and Keen, as husband and wife.

Most married couples live together, and that certainly is good for
marriage. The strong commitment makes marriage work even if you’re
separated due to circumstances. The element that glues two individuals in a
marriage is commitment. Marriage definitely includes commitment,
compassion, care and respect. One aspect that makes a marriage special is
being exclusive– remaining committed to one person, your spouse. Aside
from commitment, when you are married, you must enjoy caring and
sharing. What used to be “mine” or “yours”, now becomes “ours”. You learn
to be around one another in a new space, and you grow to understand that
everything in a marriage is about each other. From the food you eat to the
toothpaste you use, all of it belongs to both of you. With these complexities,
it’s always good to get it right from the start. What better way to understand
the complexities of marriage than listening to a marriage expert. Taking this
into account, please join us here, Bro. Mario Narita, for your words of
encouragement.
• Words of Encouragement (4:40 pm - 5:00 pm)
1. Bro. Mario Narita
More often than not, marriage results in children. You and your spouse
get the distinct responsibility to raise your children with morals and values
that will sustain them throughout life. You also get the chance to leave a
mark on them that cannot be erased. Because of this, there is always a strong
bond between children and their parents. Parents know what is best for their
children because when parents advice their children, the advice always
comes with good intention and from pure heart. Parents are always there to
give love, support, encouragment and positive impact on their children to
move forward. Allan and Keen are truly blessed with such wonderful set of
parents, and I’m quite sure when it comes to knowing what marriage is all
about, they always have a word or two to share to their children. In this
regard, we now call on the parents of the bride...groom...

2. Parents bride and groom

No doubt, God loves us. He loves us in a particular way as a Spouse. we

can summarize the entire Bible with these five words: “God wants to marry
us.” When we proclaim Christ’s saving love to others, we are proclaiming
the love of the eternal Bridegroom for his Bride and we are inviting them
into this Wedding Feast of Christ and the Church. Such love is reflected in
this wedding we all witness today, December 22, 2018, the day that the
couple will forever remember. Having said that, Allan and Keen want their
wedding to be special, meaningful and memorable because it is a celebration
of love to share with family and friends that not only encompasses all of the
joy they’re feeling but also tells their story in such a way that all of us will
always remember. The point is-- it is time to capture the moment,
immortalizing the memory. We begin with...

• Picture Taking (5:00 pm - 6:00 pm)

THE FOOD IS NOW READY AND DINNER WILL COMMENCE

SHORTLY. AT THIS POINT TO MAINTAIN ORDER, THE
COORDINATORS WILL APPROACH YOUR TABLE BEGINNING AND
THE GUESTS FROM THAT TABLE WILL BE REQUESTED TO PROCEED
TO THE LOCATION OF THE COUPLE FOR PICTORIAL. RIGHT AFTER
THAT, THEY CAN LINE UP AT THE BUFFET COUNTER TO GET THEIR
DINNER. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE COORDINATORS TO APPROACH
YOUR TABLE.
 We have finally come to the end of our program. Yes, it is dinner time. It
has been such a great day! Congratulations Allan and Keen and best wishes
to the both of you. We wish you to be blessed with long and happy life
together with your future children. Once again, in behalf of Allan and Keen,
we would like to thank everyone for coming. Thank you for sharing time and
effort in this momentous event of their lives. This is Pol, signing off. Good
evening.

• Dinner with SDE (6:00 pm onwards)

5. You get to study your mate throughout your marriage.

There are many that feel that you have to date your mate for years in order to learn all
you can about that person. While that may be true, you need to understand that there’s no
way to figure a person out in three or four years compared to the lifetime you will spend
with that person once married. Each day is a learning experience with your spouse. Take
the time, because time is definitely on your side as long as you are married.

6. You get to see them for who they really are before others do.
When they wake up in the morning with hair out of place and morning breath, you are
there to observe it. However, that is when the beauty of the person you married truly
shines through. If you have to have a person who is always dressed to the nines and in
make-up or your favorite cologne, then others are only looking at your surface. As a
married couple, you find that it’s much deeper than that.

7. You get to date your spouse every day.

Just because you go to the altar doesn’t mean dating stops! It should only increase and get
better! My husband and I love to be spontaneous about where we go and what we do
together. It’s not uncommon that we meet up at new places for lunch, or take the time
during the day when most people work and go play golf. Each time we do, we know it’s
another chance to date and share our love as well as our pastimes.

8. You get to work together to solve problems.

No one person has to be concerned about circumstances that many times are beyond his
or her control. Two heads are better than one. When you come together to solve
problems, it takes the weight off of one another. Also consulting a higher power other
than yourselves keeps things in perspective for your household and family.

9. You get to experience true levels of intimacy, other than just sex.
With the work of caring for kids, working a 9 to 5, cooking, cleaning, doing chores, after
school activities, and handling different affairs, I know that sex may be last on the list at
times. However, in between time, there are other things that married couples do that still
shows intimacy. We find time to talk, hug, kiss, and be vulnerable towards each other.
Those things will let your spouse know how much you care.
10. You get to be on the same team.
No one likes to feel that they are alone in a marriage. However, having a spouse that
comforts you, cheers you on, and celebrates your accomplishments means that despite
what others think, he or she will always work in harmony with you, not against you.

11. You get to turn the flame up in your marriage.

What better way to know your mate than to learn what keeps them attracted to you. My
grandmother always used to say, “Whatever you do to get that man is the same thing you
do to keep that man!” She was so right. Whether it’s role play, foreplay, or stay and play,
do it! Obviously, that’s what he or she fell in love with!

12. You keep honesty and integrity the focal point of your marriage dealings.
Trust is the foundation of any marriage. Honesty and integrity must be present so each
person is comfortable in the decisions of the other because both parties are always in
agreement.

13. You get to find out the true purpose of your marriage.
The purpose of your marriage is to always hold each other in high regard and to defend
the sanctity of your marriage at all times. No relationship fires can stop what has been
blessed. That is a marriage based on purpose and one that will last a lifetime.

14. You understand that giving is a two-way street.

Giving is the ultimate sacrifice. It comes from the heart and shows you are selfless.
There’s no “I” and “my” but “us” and “we”. When you give to your spouse, it comes
from a healthy place inside that says “what I have belongs to you”. No other person gets
that privilege quite like your spouse.

15. You get to spend the rest of your life with your best friend.

The Bible contains numerous references to the sanctity and beauty of marriage. Its poetic
love scriptures eloquently sum up what it means to be in love and to commit yourself to
your significant other for the rest of your life. These Bible verses about marriage are the
ideal addition to your wedding vows, however, for your reception toast or invitations,
consider using Bible verses about love that everyone can relate to. After all, there’s a
myriad of ways to love one another outside of marriage.

Isaiah 54:5: “For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name; and the
Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called."

Ephesians 4:2-3: “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one
another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."

Colossians 3:14: “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in
perfect unity."
Ecclesiastes 4:9: “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their
labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But
how can one keep warm alone?"

Ephesians 5:25: “For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the
church. He gave up his life for her."

Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his
wife, and they shall become one flesh."

Mark 10:9: “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Ephesians 5:25-33: “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave
himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without
spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the
same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife
loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as
Christ does the church, ..."

The Bible has a lot to say about the bonds of love and devotion. Bible verses about love
speak of the perfect love that everyone should have toward their friends, family and
mankind, not to mention the Lord. However, Bible verses about love also offer a
revealing look at the strength and hope that romantic love can provide. It can be difficult
to put your feelings for one another into words, but these Bible verses about love seem to
capture its essence just right.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs."

1 Corinthians 13:2: “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all
knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing."

Song of Solomon 8:7: “Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If
one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."

Psalm 143:8: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my
trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life."

Proverbs 3:3-4: “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the
sight of God and man."
1 John 4:16: “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever
lives in love lives in God, and God in them."

John 15:12: “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest
of these is love."

Song of Solomon 4:9: “You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have
captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace."

1 John 4:18-19 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has
to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because
he first loved us.

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave
himself up for her.

Ephesians 5:33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself,
and the wife must respect her husband.

Colossians 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in
perfect unity.

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

1 John 3:16-18 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions
and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 18:1 I love you, O LORD, my strength.

Matthew 22:27-29 Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife
will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?” Jesus replied, “You are
in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Song of Solomon 8:4-8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken
love until it so desires. Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover?
Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in
labor gave you birth. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for
love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one
were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. We have a
young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day
she is spoken for?

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the
other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God
and Money.

Matthew 23:6-8 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in
the synagogues; they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them
‘Rabbi.’ “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master and you are
all brothers.