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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Courageous Men's Ceremony


“The Resolution” hanging on our dining room wall.

This past Sunday, our church had a Courageous Men’s Ceremony. For those of you who have seen the movie, there is a scene when all 5 men and their families gather together to read and sign “The Resolution.” Since our church had been doing a study to go along with the movie for the past couple of months, we culminated the series with a celebration similar to the one that took place in the movie.

Nearly half of the church participated on Sunday! All of the families were dressed up and many of the men were in suits and ties. We all went up on stage, and our Pastor read the resolution, clause by clause, and the men repeated after him. Then they all signed the resolution along with their wives and pastors as witnesses. It was a very special ceremony, and I know that many men have committed to being the leaders that God has called them to be.

After church, we were all invited to celebrate at a local burger restaurant. I know, it wasn’t quite as fancy as the ceremony, but logistically it was better than a fancy restaurant. But the food was still tasty and the fellowship was good! It was a great day and we are so thankful to have a godly husband and father to lead our family!

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2 comments:

  1. JasonDecember 12, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    A group of us is looking into doing the ceremony as well, but our church is trying to squeeze the time that we can complete the ceremony. About how long did it take you to complete reading the resolution, for the signers to repeat it and to actually sign?

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  2. 7 EaglesDecember 13, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    Thanks for your question, Jason. When we performed the ceremony at our church, one of the deacons administered the vows to our two Pastors who repeated their vows together. Then our Senior Pastor administered the vows to all 20-plus families who took place in the ceremony. All the men repeated the vows together, so in total, the resolution was read and repeated twice. Then all the men (along with their wives) filed in two lines by a table to sign their resolutions. I would say that the ceremony was between 20 and 30 minutes long.

    I hope this helps! If you have any more questions, please feel free to leave another comment or email us via our contacts page.

    ~Bianca

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