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December 9, 2001
“And They Shall Be One”
to Peter and Stephanie Ferwerda, on the occasion of their re-union
Sunday morning, a special service, you stood before us a child about to be reborn, your wife standing, smiling, beside you hands enfolded as Pastor Adrian spoke of the joy of new life I saw your hands and recalled my own joy at the gift of a loving God my own true helpmeet beside me, a companion along the way and rejoiced to see you both, now as God intended, together united in body and now in spirit, two of one mind, with one goal
almost weeping as you knelt before our God and His people hearing those immortal words
I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
repeated over you to the pouring out of the water and saw you cleaned, all the deeds of your yesterdays washed away purified you rose before us prepared for all your tomorrows weeping as you were welcomed to our family by the one you love best could your wedding day have been a day more holy truly heaven’s hosts rejoiced to see you now as God had planned a man whose strength and glory is to serve his God
may the God whose joy overwhelms your soul today be your joy in all your days that follow and may the beauty of His great salvation gift never cease to give you awe
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