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| Option #2: Have a wedding ceremony between God and your group. Ask for a student volunteer who will be the officiating minister (possibly someone who is not ready to make any commitment to God but who would like to participate). Have students who want to say vows to God find a partner who would act as the voice of God for their friend. Prepare an area—a pulpit—where these vows can be spoken. Perhaps for every student, you can stand in as the witness. If you want to be creative, you may have a “wedding cake,” or use some sort of a ring that symbolizes one’s commitment to God. However, don’t let the wedding part trivialize the seriousness of the commitments your students are making. Close with a prayer of blessing for each student. INSIGHTS FROM THE SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah was a prophet to Judah from 627-585 BCE. Jeremiah lived through the reign of five southern kingdom kings as they struggled with the threat of takeover from superpower Babylon. Jeremiah critiqued them all, calling these kings to the radical notion that God wanted them to submit to the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar. This seemed like treason and hence Jeremiah faced much persecution for this and other prophecies. Other prophets told more favorable prophecies and spoke with the same authority (Thus says the LORD), so the people didn’t know who to believe. No wonder Jeremiah is known today as the weeping prophet. Continued |
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