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Photos by Lay la Fanner Newly weds Kina and James Washington pose with (from left): Dr. Eric Gladney, Rev. Dr. Sir Walter Mack, their daughter, Matron of Honor Jennie Boyd and Best Man Carles Boyd. Newly weds Deborah and Roger Martin pose with family members and service leaders. Dr. Mack leads couples in the renewing of their wedding vows. Weddings fiom page A1 now have a home and a^ car, and James Washington, a delivery truck driver, said they are looking forward to more good things in the coming year. "We're looking forward to bigger and bet ter things, a brighter future," said Mr. Washington, 30. "This is a day we've been looking forward to for a very long time." The ceremony was the result of a vision Union's pastor. Rev. Dr. Sir Walter Mack, unveiled at the start of 2011, as part of an increased focus on marriage and family the church embraced last year. Mack, who tied the knot himself in 2011, reminded those in the audience who had not yet found mates to remain optimistic. "Just because you are not married does not mean God has left you out of His plan. .1 spent 44 years as a single man and now God has blessed me with a beautiful wife," Mack, who made his vows to the former Kim Romaine Bush, before thousands at a lavish ceremony in May, told the audience. "Keep your head lifted up, take care of yourself and know that God has something for you." 1 M : A ?L_ U:A C A iviucu jaiu mc tciciuuny, which was iuiiu ed entirely by donations - complete with bridal attire and limousine rides - and offered at no cost to the participants, was designed to target couples that were cohabitating and encourage them to make their relationships official. "So often, the church has been judgmen tal of people who are living together but not necessarily providing a method for them to get out of it," he said "I believe it is the church's duty to provide solid theological cri tique to social causes but also to provide a method and a way of deliverance." For Kina Washington, 33, the ceremony came at just the right time. She and James had discussed getting married for more than a year, and were tentatively planning to so in the spring. When Kina began attending Union several months ago and learned about the mass ceremony, she said it seemed like a perfect fit. * "It must have been God's purpose because we were already talking about getting mar ried," said Mrs. Washington, a city native. "When we came to this church and they announced it,, we were like, 'Let's go for it.'" Both Mr. and Mrs. Washington had been married previously, but Kina said Saturday that getting married at a church before her family and friends was a first for her. 'The moment that I hit the door, my heart was pounding," she said of making her entrance before hundreds of supportive onlookers. "I was like oh my gosh, I'm finally doing it the right way." The dozen couples who renewed their commitmentsto one another'dtfnng the cere mony celebrated everything from 10 to a whopping 58 years of holy matrimony. Mack praised Clenzo and Lorraine Barringer, Harold and Shalonda Brandon, McReadell Sr. and Linda Butler, Sammie and Inez Gray, Arthur and Sonya Harris, Jeffery Alan and Crystal Hoover, Phillip III and Mary Jeffries, Aaron and Annie Johnson, Lawrence and Bridgette Reaves, William-Jr. and Joyce Smith, Clifton and Walteria Spaulding and Robert and Ann Wells of Alaska for their continued dedication to their marriages, even in the face of the myriad challenges that they have undoubtedly faced over the years. "The mere fact that you're standing here today says that you're stronger than any of those things, that have tried to come against you,"1 the pastor intoned. "I feel the bliss of love, I feel the connection of spirit between you." Mack said he was hopeful the couples who participated in the service would serve as strong examples of Christian marriage, just as his own marriage has. "I was ecstatic to see these couples unite and reunite," he declared. "If they do what we did, and that is to keep God in their relation ship, they're going to have plenty of great days ahead of them." Kina Washington is escorted down the aisle by her father. . T - \ t GET READY FOB ROLLOUT RECYCLING Como April recycling in \Afiitsfno,"$oioNi np?H ....U-L DIUICKTIfl V ? * switcn to pivfcclULi rotiooi recycling with # l?,||NMMH|i: cart far all haaaatoM rccydahlca. " Tuatlnaa fa aca yaar graaa cony ow om mroofo too ooo or March. ? If yaa 4a aat hava a graaa Ma. cart wM hava yaar caKactiaa ?daf tha cart Recycle Your Tree Set your Christmas tree at the curb. The city will collect it and turn it into mulch. 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