What a beautiful and special wedding this was! Steve and Becky were married on March 28th, 2009 at Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Monument, Colorado. In their words they are "A Match Made in Heaven" and they wanted to make sure their love for each other rang loud and clear (how very special)!!
Guests were treated to several different ceremonies to demonstrate Steve and Becky's commitment to each other. The first of these was renewing their baptismal vows (Purification Rite). By doing so they were asking to be cleansed of their previous mistakes.
Next they combined three strands to create "God's Knot." Each strand had a special meaning. The purple represented the groom, the white the bride, and the gold God.
This was followed by the actual ceremony where Pastor Dyer gave his message, they gave their Declaration of Intent,and exchanged their vows.
They then prayed a special Cherokee prayer and had the Blessing of Las Arras where they offered their earthly treasures and asked for God's blessing. Next was the beautiful ceremony of lighting the unity candle which did not stop with Steve and Becky's candles. After lighting theirs from the Christ candle they lit the candles of Becky's children (Angie and Dustin). The four candles were then used to light Unity candle followed by the lighting of the guest's candles.
Becky and Steve offered their own personal prayers which was followed up by them distributing Holy Communion to their family and friends.
Next was the El Lazo which is a Mexican Wedding tradition symbolizing the unity and love that binds the couple together. Becky's daughter placed it in a figure 8 around Becky and Steve which symbolized infinity.
Of course their love does not stop here! They had a special wine created for their toast called Bernais Sauce Love Potion 2009.
One of the very special dances that night was when Becky danced with her son Dustin and Steve danced with Angie.
It was an honor to be apart of this special day! May you both have many wonderful and happy years together!
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