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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY BEFORE GOD TO JOIN THIS MAN AND WOMAN IN HOLY MATRIMONY. FOR IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SACRED OF HIS WISHES.THROUGH ME, HE UNITES YOU IN ONE OF THE HOLIEST OF BONDS.
PLEASE FACE EACH OTHER FOR THE READING OF THE VOWS.
BROOKE AND DANIEL, YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES BEFORE GOD TO FORM A COVENANT IN WHICH YOU WILL BECOME ONE IN THE EYES OF GOD.
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO MARRY BECAUSE YOU BELONG WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT TO EACH OTHER. YOU PLEDGE YOUR DEVOTION TO EACH OTHER AND PROMISE TO RESPECT EACH OTHER AS INDIVIDUALS AND CHERISH EACH OTHERS NEEDS IN HARSH TIMES AND SHARE FULLY THE JOYS THAT LIFE WILL BRING.
YOU PROMISE TO NURTURE YOUR RELATIONSHIP SO THAT ALTHOUGH YOU RETAIN YOUR PRESENT IDENTITIES, YOU WILL ALSO GAIN A PRECIOUS UNITY OF SPIRITS. MOST OF ALL, YOU VOW TO CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO FURTHER YOUR LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER.
MAY I HAVE THE RINGS PLEASE
MAY THE LORD BLESS THESE RINGS WHICH YOU GIVE AS YOUR SIGN OF LOVE AND DEVOTION, NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN.
GROOM ~ PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME
I DANIEL, TAKE YOU BROOKE, AS MY WIFE, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, AND WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH BOTH OUR BRIGHTEST AND OUR DARKEST HOURS, NOW AND FOREVER
PLACE THE RING ON HER FINGER
BRIDE ~ PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME
I BROOKE TAKE YOU DANIEL , AS MY HUSBAND, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, AND WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH BOTH OUR BRIGHTEST AND OUR DARKEST HOURS, NOW AND FOREVER
PLACE THE RING ON HIS FINGER
MAY YOU ALWAYS SHARE WITH EACH OTHER THE GIFTS OF LOVE AND BE ONE IN HEART AND ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL OF MIND. MAY YOU ALWAYS CREATE A HOME TOGETHER THAT PUTS LOVE, GENEROSITY AND KINDNESS IN YOUR HEART, .
WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. AND SO BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY ALMIGHTY GOD AND BY OUR LORD SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE.
DANIEL, YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I PRESENT TO YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME,
MR. AND MRS.
DANIEL CALLICIOAT
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE WITH GEORGE AND LAUREN, AS THEY TAKE THEIR FIRST STEPS TOGETHER ON THIS JOURNEY OF LIFE AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. WE WILL NOT ONLY CELEBRATE THE UNION OF GEORGE AND LAUREN, BUT THE UNION OF TWO FAMILIES WHO WITH FAITH AND THE GRACE OF GOD WILL LAST AN ETERNITY.
LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.
O LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER FOR GEORGE AND LAUREN WHO TODAY ARE UNITED IN MARRIAGE BEFORE YOU. GIVE THEM YOUR BLESSING AND ALWAYS STRENGTHEN THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. AMEN.
HAND IN HAND, YOU WALK TOGETHER, YOUR LOVE SO STRONG. YET YOUR HEARTS BEAT AS ONE. AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BEAUTIFUL. FOR AS YOUR EYES MEET, THERE IS NO DOUBT, YOUR LIVES HAVE FOREVER TOUCHED AND THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY THE BEAUTY WILL BE THERE. AS SURE AS THE WIND, AS SURE AS YOU CARE AND LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, YOUR LOVE WILL LAST FOR ALL ETERNITY.
MAY I HAVE THE RINGS PLEASE
MAY THE LORD BLESS THESE RINGS WHICH YOU GIVE AS YOUR SIGN OF LOVE AND DEVOTION. MAY THE ETERNAL LOVE AND UNION WHICH THEY SYMBOLIZE, BE GRANTED UNTO YOU, NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN.
PLEASE FACE EACH OTHER FOR THE READING OF THE VOWS.
I GEORGE, TAKE YOU LAUREN, AS MY PARTNER IN LIFE, AND I WILL BE AT YOU SIDE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WILL SUPPORT YOU AND SHARE FULLY IN ALL THAT OUR LIFE TOGETHER WILL BRING. I PROMISE YOU THIS WITH ALL OF MY LOVE.
PLACE THE RING ON HER FINGER
I LAUREN, TAKE YOU GEORGE, AS MY PARTNER IN LIFE, AND I WILL BE AT YOU SIDE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WILL SUPPORT YOU AND SHARE FULLY IN ALL THAT OUR LIFE TOGETHER WILL BRING. I PROMISE YOU THIS WITH ALL OF MY LOVE.
PLACE THE RING ON HIS FINGER
GEORGE AND LAUREN, WE HAVE ALL WITNESSED YOUR EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT BEFORE GOD. THEREFORE IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE.
GEORGE, YOU MAY KISS YOU BRIDE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR NEWLYWEDS, GEORGE AND LAUREN MARTIN
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN LIFE. TO RECOGNIZE THE STRENGTH AND BEAUTY OF LOVE, AND TO GATHER TOGETHER WITH THESE WORDS, OUR BEST WISHES AS JANE AND JOHN ARE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY.
PLEASE FACE EACH OTHER FOR THE READING OF THE VOWS
JOHN, DO YOU TAKE JANE TO BE YOUR WIFE, TO LOVE HER, TO RESPECT HER AND PROTECT HER, ABANDONING ALL OTHERS AND DEDICATING YOURSELF ONLY UNTO HER? I DO.
JANE, DO YOU TAKE JOHN TO BE YOUR HUSBAND, TO LOVE HIM, TO RESPECT HIM AND PROTECT HIM, ABANDONING ALL OTHERS AND DEDICATING YOURSELF ONLY UNTO HIM? I DO.
MAY I HAVE THE RINGS PLEASE?
MAY THE LORD BLESS THESE RINGS WHICH YOU EXCHANGE AS YOUR SYMBOLS OF TRUST, EVERLASTING LOVE AND DEVOTION. MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE WITH YOU FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE. AMEN
JOHN, AS YOU PLACE THE RING ON JANE'S FINGER, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: I JOHN, TAKE YOU JANE, TO BE MY WIFE, TO SHARE AND CARE FOR YOU, FOR RICHER AND POORER, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, GIVING ALL OF MY LOVE TO YOU.
JANE, AS YOU PLACE THE RING ON JOHN'S FINGER, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: I JANE, TAKE YOU JOHN, TO BE MY HUSBAND, TO SHARE AND CARE FOR YOU, FOR RICHER AND POORER, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, GIVING ALL OF MY LOVE TO YOU.
JOHN AND JANE, NOW THAT YOU HAVE BOTH DECIDED TO BE UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY, HAVE PROMISED YOUR LOVE TO EACH OTHER, AND HAVE EXCHANGED RINGS, JOINING YOUR HANDS, I PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE.
THIS BOND THAT HAS BEEN AFFIRMED TODAY SHALL NOT BE BROKEN BY ANYONE. NOW AND FOREVER.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAY I PRESENT TO YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME
MR. AND MRS. JOHN AND JANE PHILLIPS
