It’s a joyous event in any church’s life when two are getting married. For Crystal and Kraig Wade, it was special in addition, because they had been married by civil ceremony for some time. Consequently their celebration on Feb 7th felt more like taking a break from the daily work of family life, a break for prayer, reflection, and giving thanks.
The sermon centered on Jesus’ parable of the house built on rock in contrast to the house built on sand. But the thanksgiving part was the best, the reception dinner, the speeches, and the dancing that followed. It’s hard not to give thanks, if you have a happy family life with two children as wonderful as Devon and Reshan. The swirls on the dance floor expressed this well.
About Rev. Dr. Hartmut Kramer-Mills
Hartmut Kramer-Mills, a native of Jena, Germany, began his theological education at Heidelberg University. After the Middle Exam in 1986 he received a scholarship from the World Alliance of Reformed Churches for McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. He graduated from McCormick with a Master of Divinity in 1988. He graduated from Marburg University in Germany with the Ecclesiastical Exam in 1990, and received a Dr. theol. from Greifswald University, Germany, in 1997.From 1990 to 1991 he was vicar at St. Wenzel in Naumburg, Germany. He was ordained minister of word and sacrament in 1993 through the Protestant Church of the Church Province of Saxony. From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant pastor in Stoessen, Goerschen, and Rathewitz, Germany. At the same time he was lecturer for Church History at Erfurt College in Germany.From 1999 to 2000 he served the Spotswood Reformed Church in New Jersey as interim pastor. Since 2000 he and his wife serve the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey, as co-pastors.
