Another Sunday Morning Wedding

A week ago Sunday there was wedding at church. And a baptism.  And a child dedication. What a joyful day it was!

Pastor Simi talking about baptism before Mike and Claudia are baptized.

The couple dedicating their children to the Lord.

Mike preaching the wedding message.  Kristina is interpreting for him.

Mike and Claudia live in Germany and were married in a civil ceremony earlier this year, but Claudia wanted a church wedding, too.  Mike is German but Claudia is Romanian and so they came back to Romania to be married where her family could participate in the event.  Claudia also wanted to be baptized and Saturday night Mike decided to be baptized, too.  As long as they were doing all this, they decided to dedicate their children to the Lord as well.
All this made the order of service very full but very beautiful.  Mike preached a short message from Eph. 5: 22-33 comparing marriage to the believer's relationship to Christ.
Following the service the two of us were invited to the wedding meal where we were honored to sit at the head table.  The groom, Mike, speaks fluent English but little Romanian so he invited Mike to sit with him so they could talk during the event.
We are learning a great deal about Romanian customs and are enjoying sharing our faith in this new setting.