A wedding with 70,000 in-person witnesses

So, you're thinking about officiating a wedding. How would you like tens of thousands of witnesses?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox, from story by KCRA-TV, Sacramento

That was a Sacramento, California pastor officiating that wedding during Bad Bunny’s historic Superbowl halftime show. Before they chose Antonio Reyes of Project Church South Sacramento, Bad Bunny’s team had visited nearly three dozen other churches.

“It was emotional, it was moving,” said Reyes. “I had to keep it together several times because I was going to cry.”

It was, of course, about so much more than the wedding. But the wedding had to go smoothly, without a hitch, and Reyes practiced for ten-hour days with the hundreds of dancers and the crew.

The wedding took place five minutes into the 13-minute extravaganza at Levi’s Stadium, with a smiling Reyes declaring the couple married, and the husband and wife sharing a kiss that anyone could tell was genuine and joyful. 70,000 stadium fans witnessed it, and 128.2 million people watched it on the air.

According to the Associated Press, “[Bad Bunny]. . . signed their marriage certificate. There was a real cake too.”

When you officiate, do your best,  but don't let the pressure get to you, either. Enjoy the adventure, as Reyes apparently did. No matter what comes up, at the end of the ceremony, once the license is signed, your couple will be married.  Touchdown!

Photo by Josh Edelson, from story by KCRA-TV, Sacramento.