Waleed & Erin
November 12
Entrance of the wedding party
Greeting:
Welcome to the friends and families of Waleed & Erin.
Who brings Erin here today and gives their blessing to this marriage
Chris “ I do” or “Her mother and I do.”
Seating of the audience.
As many of you know, Erin and Waleed come to this marriage with history. They come with the advantage of ten years of friendship.
This is the advantage of a love that grows over time, Of love that builds on recognition, and inclusion, on work, and on playfulness.
They have built intimacy on a foundation of knowledge and experience in addition to hope, and expectation.
Waleed and Erin share affection based on familiarity and passion discovered not in the superficial features we present in the beginning of relationships, but in the deep aspects of character we disclose over years of trust, of caring and of accepting what is found in the other.
And, like a soul, seeking over many incarnations to become one with perfection, they met, parted, and returned to each other with ever greater closeness, until now they ask you all to witness as their two lives become one.
Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage here today?
Unity Candle Lighting Ceremony:
At this time Samia and Gail will come forward and light two candles.
Waleed and Erin, the two lighted candles symbolize your separate lives, your separate families and your separate sets of friends.
The individual candles represent your individual lives before today.
Vows
Waleed, do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife? To love her, comfort her, and honor her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
(If so, answer, “I do”).
Erin, do you take this man to be your wedded husband? To love him, comfort him and honor him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
(If so, answer, “I do”)
Reading:
On Marriage from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.But let there be spaces in your togetherness,And let the winds of heavens dance between you.Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.And stand together yet not too near together:For the pillars of the temple stand apart,And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
Traditionally, the union of husband and wife is marked by the exchange of rings. The ring is a symbol of the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Love freely given has no beginning and no end, no giver and no receiver, for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May these rings always remind you of the vows you have taken this day.
Waleed, please place the ring on Erin’s finger, and repeat after me: “With this ring, I thee wed.”
Erin, please place the ring on Waleed’s finger, and repeat after me: “With this ring, I thee wed.”
In just a moment Erin and Waleed will light one central candle from the two candles you see burning.
This ceremony will symbolize the merging of their lives into one relationship.
They light the center candle to symbolize the union of their lives. As this one light burns undivided, so shall their love be one with God. From now on their thoughts shall be for each other rather than for their individual selves. Their joys and sorrows shall be shared alike. Holding hands, they encircle the candle to symbolize the sacrificial nature of their life journey together. May the radiance of this one light and their journey together be a testimony or their unity.
(While holding hands around the candles- )
By the power vested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live.
You may kiss the bride.
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage, ”Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
All “we do!”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Waleed Wahbe!
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Mike & Sally
June 10, 2006
Enter Mike and Danny
Enter Matt & Esther
Enter Rachel
Wagner’s Bridal Chorus
Enter Sally with her Mother
Danny: Welcome to the friends and families of Mike and Sally. We are here to see them joined in marriage today before God and their families, to begin a new phase of their lives together.
I ask of you gathered: “Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage today?
Having found no reason why you should not be wed, I ask Sally, do you wish to marry Mike today?
Sally: “ Yes”
Danny: Mike, Do you wish to marry Sally today?
Mike: “Yes”
In chapter 6 of Genesis, Adam observes, “ A man shall leave his father and his mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife.” He was not telling us what he learned from his family. He was not describing the expectations of his culture. He was speaking as a prophet, with direct experience of the nature of mankind. He read what was written in his blood. This is how man finds his greatest fulfillment. Mike and Sally are grown ups. They have decided to make this step of fulfilling their lives together. They have satisfied me as to their readiness.
I ask now “ who brings Sally here, and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Sally’s Mother: “ I do” (or with other family “We do”)
Danny: As a red rose symbolizes romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Sally would like to present her mother with a white rose at this time. This is to signify that she is not leaving the circle of her family, but joining them to a greater circle, drawing on the love of her family in building this new life with Mike.
Sally takes rose to her mother. Speaks privately, then returns to Mike’s side.
Danny: In first Corinthians, Paul gives us this:
Love is patient,
Love is kind,
It is not jealous,
Love does not boast,
It is not inflated.
It is not rude,
It is not selfish,
It does not anger,
It does not dwell on evil.
It rejoices in the truth
It protects all things,
It trusts all things,
It hopes in all things,
It endures in all things.
When I was a child,
I spoke as a child,
thought as a child;
When I became a man,
I put away childish things.
When we come to see all things clearly, and all things are known,
There will be
faith, and hope, and love,
but the greatest of these is love.
Mike do you have vows to offer Sally?
Mikes vows
Sally, Do you have Vows to offer Mike
Yes
Repeat after me:
” You are my beloved, I will always cherish you
You are my beloved, I see your great beauty
You are my beloved, I feel your great power
You are my beloved, I respect your great wisdom
You are my beloved, my home is with you
You are my beloved, I value your independence
You are my beloved, I am radiant in your love
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I add my breath to your breath
That our days may be long on Earth
That the days of our people may be long
That we may be one person
That we may finish our words together
May our mother bless you with life
May our Life Paths be fulfilled”.
Mike and Sally: do you have gifts to exchange?
Danny collects rings
On behalf of the family and friends of Sally and Mike, I bless these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Mike, place this ring on Sally’s finger and repeat: “This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Sally place this ring on Mike’s finger and repeat, “This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Danny To the crowd “To bless this union and sanctify the wine, please join me in reciting the Apache Wedding Prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Danny “Under this Chuppah, I give you this wine to drink.”
Sally & Mike drink from a glass. Return the glass to Danny. A napkin is placed on the ground. Mike stomps it with RIGHT foot.
Crowd yells Mazeltov!
Mike, Do you take sally to be your lawfully wedded wife?
“I do”
Sally, do you take Mike to be your lawfully wedded husband?
“I do.”
Then by the power vested in me by the State of California, and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be husband and wife, for as long as you both shall live.
You may kiss your bride.
Let us pray together- As we are brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
I t is an honor to introduce to you, Mr. And Mrs. Mike Cooper.
Recessional plays.
June 10, 2006
Enter Mike and Danny
Enter Matt & Esther
Enter Rachel
Wagner’s Bridal Chorus
Enter Sally with her Mother
Danny: Welcome to the friends and families of Mike and Sally. We are here to see them joined in marriage today before God and their families, to begin a new phase of their lives together.
I ask of you gathered: “Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage today?
Having found no reason why you should not be wed, I ask Sally, do you wish to marry Mike today?
Sally: “ Yes”
Danny: Mike, Do you wish to marry Sally today?
Mike: “Yes”
In chapter 6 of Genesis, Adam observes, “ A man shall leave his father and his mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife.” He was not telling us what he learned from his family. He was not describing the expectations of his culture. He was speaking as a prophet, with direct experience of the nature of mankind. He read what was written in his blood. This is how man finds his greatest fulfillment. Mike and Sally are grown ups. They have decided to make this step of fulfilling their lives together. They have satisfied me as to their readiness.
I ask now “ who brings Sally here, and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Sally’s Mother: “ I do” (or with other family “We do”)
Danny: As a red rose symbolizes romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Sally would like to present her mother with a white rose at this time. This is to signify that she is not leaving the circle of her family, but joining them to a greater circle, drawing on the love of her family in building this new life with Mike.
Sally takes rose to her mother. Speaks privately, then returns to Mike’s side.
Danny: In first Corinthians, Paul gives us this:
Love is patient,
Love is kind,
It is not jealous,
Love does not boast,
It is not inflated.
It is not rude,
It is not selfish,
It does not anger,
It does not dwell on evil.
It rejoices in the truth
It protects all things,
It trusts all things,
It hopes in all things,
It endures in all things.
When I was a child,
I spoke as a child,
thought as a child;
When I became a man,
I put away childish things.
When we come to see all things clearly, and all things are known,
There will be
faith, and hope, and love,
but the greatest of these is love.
Mike do you have vows to offer Sally?
Mikes vows
Sally, Do you have Vows to offer Mike
Yes
Repeat after me:
” You are my beloved, I will always cherish you
You are my beloved, I see your great beauty
You are my beloved, I feel your great power
You are my beloved, I respect your great wisdom
You are my beloved, my home is with you
You are my beloved, I value your independence
You are my beloved, I am radiant in your love
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I add my breath to your breath
That our days may be long on Earth
That the days of our people may be long
That we may be one person
That we may finish our words together
May our mother bless you with life
May our Life Paths be fulfilled”.
Mike and Sally: do you have gifts to exchange?
Danny collects rings
On behalf of the family and friends of Sally and Mike, I bless these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Mike, place this ring on Sally’s finger and repeat: “This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Sally place this ring on Mike’s finger and repeat, “This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Danny To the crowd “To bless this union and sanctify the wine, please join me in reciting the Apache Wedding Prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Danny “Under this Chuppah, I give you this wine to drink.”
Sally & Mike drink from a glass. Return the glass to Danny. A napkin is placed on the ground. Mike stomps it with RIGHT foot.
Crowd yells Mazeltov!
Mike, Do you take sally to be your lawfully wedded wife?
“I do”
Sally, do you take Mike to be your lawfully wedded husband?
“I do.”
Then by the power vested in me by the State of California, and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be husband and wife, for as long as you both shall live.
You may kiss your bride.
Let us pray together- As we are brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
I t is an honor to introduce to you, Mr. And Mrs. Mike Cooper.
Recessional plays.
Daniel & Rachel
August 7, 2004
Welcome to the attendees:
DR“ Welcome and congratulations to the friends and families of Rachel and Daniel. We are here to see the two of them joined in marriage today, before God and their families and friends, to begin their lives together.”
Enter the DANIEL with Erwin
Enter the Matrons of Honor Ann & Rhea
and Brides Maids escorted
Mary-Eileen John
Eva Adrin
Ann Gabriel
Quinn
Richelle
Enter the ring bearers Ethan & Andrew
Enter Flower Girl Danielle
Enter Bride With Alex
RACHEL gives bouquet to MoH1
DR “Marriage is a union of two lives, making of the two, one life together. I am honored to be included in this ceremony. I ask of the friends and family gathered here today ‘Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined together in Marriage?”
DR ”Having found no reason why you should not be married, I ask Rachel, Do you wish to marry Daniel today?”
RACHEL “Yes”
DR” Daniel, do you wish to marry Rachel today?”
DANIEL “Yes”
DR Please turn to your programs, we will all sing Amazing Grace.
All sing
DR ” When you look at the wonder of nature as it surrounds us today, God’s presence as it’s designer and creator is obvious.
The design of God is also obvious in the joining of a man and woman in matrimony. How a marriage is realized before God is in the hearts and minds of the man and woman. Daniel, Rachel & I have spoken about the sacred meaning of marriage and they have satisfied me as to their readiness. So we come to society…”
DR”I ask who of Rachel’s family brings her here and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Rachel’s Mom & Brothers “we/I do”
DR”I ask who of Daniels family brings him here and gives blessing to this marriage”
Daniel’s family ” We do”
{Rose ceremony to mothers:
DR: A rose symbolizes love. As a red rose means romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Rachel and Daniel would like to present a white rose to their mothers at this time to signify that they do not leave their families behind, but join them together in a larger circle, drawing on the love of their families as they build a new family together.
R& D take rose from MoH 1&2 and carry them to their Mothers.
DR “Our wish for both of you today is that your marriage will bring much happiness and joy to each of you. Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens; a good marriage must be created. And it is created in the following ways:
It is never too old to hold hands
It is remembering to say I “I love you” at least once a day
It is at no time taking the other for granted
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives
It is standing together facing life
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family
It is doing things for each other not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice
but in the spirit of joy
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
It is not looking for perfection in each other
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding, and a sense of
humor
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow
It is finding room for the things of the spirit
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful
It is establishing a relationship in which independence is equal,
dependence is mutual, and obligation is reciprocal
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner
Alex will read now from scripture…
Alex reads I Corinthians Ch 13
Daniel, do you have vows to offer Rachel?
DANIEL to RACHEL
” I take you to be my wife, to be my partner and to be my life;
I cannot imagine life without you as the center of it everyday.
I want to be husband and father and everything else a man can be,
and I find I cannot be all of that without you.
I am better for having loved you and complete because you love me.
I promise to love you everyday of our lives.
DR “ Rachel, do you have vows to offer Daniel? “
RACHEL to Daniel
” You are my beloved, I will always cherish you
You are my beloved, I see your great beauty
You are my beloved, I feel your great power
You are my beloved, I respect your great wisdom
You are my beloved, my home is with you
You are my beloved, I value your independence
You are my beloved, I am radiant in your love
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I add my breath to your breath
That our days may be long on Earth
That the days of our people may be long
That we may be one person
That we may finish our words together
May our mother bless you with life
May our Life Paths be fulfilled”.
DR Do you have gifts to exchange? Erwin and MoH2 give rings to D & R who give them to DR “ On behalf of the families of Rachel and Daniel, and before God, I ask for His blessing on these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Daniel place this ring on Rachel’s finger and repeat after me ‘ This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Rachel, Place this ring on Daniels finger and repeat after me "This ring I give in token and pledge, as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.’
DR May these rings remind you that your love, like the sun, warms all it touches, like the moon, brightens the night, and like the eye, is the window to your inmost self.
DR Today you have exchanged your gifts of wedding rings, an outward expression of your undying love and a public showing of your commitment to each other. You are also going to receive another gift from each other. Roses as we have said are a symbol of love. A single red rose has always said I LOVE YOU. So it appropriate that your next gift to each other on your wedding day be a single red rose. Please exchange roses.
Ann & Rhea give each a red rose. D & R exchange roses.
In some ways it seems as though you have done nothing at all. A moment ago you held one small rose, now you hold another. A marriage ceremony is like this.
In some ways tomorrow will seem no different from yesterday. But in fact, just now, you have both been given and received one of the most valuable gifts of life, one I hope you will always remember. You have exchanged the gift of true and abiding love within the devotion of marriage.
Daniel and Rachel, I ask that wherever you make your home in the future, whether it is a large and grand home or a small and graceful one, that you both select a very special location for roses.
In every marriage there are times when it is difficult to find the right words to say what is in your heart. It might be hard sometimes to say, “I’m sorry” “I forgive you.” “I need you.” “ Or “I am hurting.” If this should happen and you just cannot find these words, leave your spouse a single red rose in that special spot.
That rose says the words “ I still love you.” The other can accept this rose for the words that cannot be found, and remember that it was love that brought you here today, it is only love which can make it a glorious union, and it is by love which your marriage shall endure.
DR “ Daniel do you take Rachel to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
Daniel “I do”
DR” Rachel, do you take Daniel to be your lawfully wedded husband?”
Rachel ” I do”
DR “ By the power invested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live. You may kiss the bride.”
DR “ Let us pray together…As this community is brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage,” Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
All “we do!”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Daniel Figueroa.
Exit Bride & Groom
Exit Erwin with Ann & Rhea
Exit Brides Maids with Groomsmen
Exit Children
DR “The bridal party will be staying here for photographs, but they invite everyone else to return to town .They will join you at 1pm for the reception…”
Exit DR
August 7, 2004
Welcome to the attendees:
DR“ Welcome and congratulations to the friends and families of Rachel and Daniel. We are here to see the two of them joined in marriage today, before God and their families and friends, to begin their lives together.”
Enter the DANIEL with Erwin
Enter the Matrons of Honor Ann & Rhea
and Brides Maids escorted
Mary-Eileen John
Eva Adrin
Ann Gabriel
Quinn
Richelle
Enter the ring bearers Ethan & Andrew
Enter Flower Girl Danielle
Enter Bride With Alex
RACHEL gives bouquet to MoH1
DR “Marriage is a union of two lives, making of the two, one life together. I am honored to be included in this ceremony. I ask of the friends and family gathered here today ‘Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined together in Marriage?”
DR ”Having found no reason why you should not be married, I ask Rachel, Do you wish to marry Daniel today?”
RACHEL “Yes”
DR” Daniel, do you wish to marry Rachel today?”
DANIEL “Yes”
DR Please turn to your programs, we will all sing Amazing Grace.
All sing
DR ” When you look at the wonder of nature as it surrounds us today, God’s presence as it’s designer and creator is obvious.
The design of God is also obvious in the joining of a man and woman in matrimony. How a marriage is realized before God is in the hearts and minds of the man and woman. Daniel, Rachel & I have spoken about the sacred meaning of marriage and they have satisfied me as to their readiness. So we come to society…”
DR”I ask who of Rachel’s family brings her here and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Rachel’s Mom & Brothers “we/I do”
DR”I ask who of Daniels family brings him here and gives blessing to this marriage”
Daniel’s family ” We do”
{Rose ceremony to mothers:
DR: A rose symbolizes love. As a red rose means romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Rachel and Daniel would like to present a white rose to their mothers at this time to signify that they do not leave their families behind, but join them together in a larger circle, drawing on the love of their families as they build a new family together.
R& D take rose from MoH 1&2 and carry them to their Mothers.
DR “Our wish for both of you today is that your marriage will bring much happiness and joy to each of you. Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens; a good marriage must be created. And it is created in the following ways:
It is never too old to hold hands
It is remembering to say I “I love you” at least once a day
It is at no time taking the other for granted
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives
It is standing together facing life
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family
It is doing things for each other not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice
but in the spirit of joy
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
It is not looking for perfection in each other
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding, and a sense of
humor
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow
It is finding room for the things of the spirit
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful
It is establishing a relationship in which independence is equal,
dependence is mutual, and obligation is reciprocal
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner
Alex will read now from scripture…
Alex reads I Corinthians Ch 13
Daniel, do you have vows to offer Rachel?
DANIEL to RACHEL
” I take you to be my wife, to be my partner and to be my life;
I cannot imagine life without you as the center of it everyday.
I want to be husband and father and everything else a man can be,
and I find I cannot be all of that without you.
I am better for having loved you and complete because you love me.
I promise to love you everyday of our lives.
DR “ Rachel, do you have vows to offer Daniel? “
RACHEL to Daniel
” You are my beloved, I will always cherish you
You are my beloved, I see your great beauty
You are my beloved, I feel your great power
You are my beloved, I respect your great wisdom
You are my beloved, my home is with you
You are my beloved, I value your independence
You are my beloved, I am radiant in your love
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I add my breath to your breath
That our days may be long on Earth
That the days of our people may be long
That we may be one person
That we may finish our words together
May our mother bless you with life
May our Life Paths be fulfilled”.
DR Do you have gifts to exchange? Erwin and MoH2 give rings to D & R who give them to DR “ On behalf of the families of Rachel and Daniel, and before God, I ask for His blessing on these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Daniel place this ring on Rachel’s finger and repeat after me ‘ This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Rachel, Place this ring on Daniels finger and repeat after me "This ring I give in token and pledge, as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.’
DR May these rings remind you that your love, like the sun, warms all it touches, like the moon, brightens the night, and like the eye, is the window to your inmost self.
DR Today you have exchanged your gifts of wedding rings, an outward expression of your undying love and a public showing of your commitment to each other. You are also going to receive another gift from each other. Roses as we have said are a symbol of love. A single red rose has always said I LOVE YOU. So it appropriate that your next gift to each other on your wedding day be a single red rose. Please exchange roses.
Ann & Rhea give each a red rose. D & R exchange roses.
In some ways it seems as though you have done nothing at all. A moment ago you held one small rose, now you hold another. A marriage ceremony is like this.
In some ways tomorrow will seem no different from yesterday. But in fact, just now, you have both been given and received one of the most valuable gifts of life, one I hope you will always remember. You have exchanged the gift of true and abiding love within the devotion of marriage.
Daniel and Rachel, I ask that wherever you make your home in the future, whether it is a large and grand home or a small and graceful one, that you both select a very special location for roses.
In every marriage there are times when it is difficult to find the right words to say what is in your heart. It might be hard sometimes to say, “I’m sorry” “I forgive you.” “I need you.” “ Or “I am hurting.” If this should happen and you just cannot find these words, leave your spouse a single red rose in that special spot.
That rose says the words “ I still love you.” The other can accept this rose for the words that cannot be found, and remember that it was love that brought you here today, it is only love which can make it a glorious union, and it is by love which your marriage shall endure.
DR “ Daniel do you take Rachel to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
Daniel “I do”
DR” Rachel, do you take Daniel to be your lawfully wedded husband?”
Rachel ” I do”
DR “ By the power invested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live. You may kiss the bride.”
DR “ Let us pray together…As this community is brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage,” Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
All “we do!”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Daniel Figueroa.
Exit Bride & Groom
Exit Erwin with Ann & Rhea
Exit Brides Maids with Groomsmen
Exit Children
DR “The bridal party will be staying here for photographs, but they invite everyone else to return to town .They will join you at 1pm for the reception…”
Exit DR
Bryan & Morena
July 28, 2007
(Procession)
(Welcome)
Welcome to the friends and families of Bryan and Morena. We are here to see them joined in marriage today before God and their families, to begin a new phase of their lives together.
(Giving of the bride)
I ask now “ who brings Morena here, and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Victor: “ I do”
Please all be seated.
Morena steps forward, gives her bouquet to Iris, Victor is seated
I ask of you gathered: “Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage today?
Having found no reason why you should not be wed, I ask Morena, do you wish to marry Bryan today?
Morena: “ Yes”
Bryan, Do you wish to marry Morena today?
Bryan: “Yes”
In chapter 6 of Genesis, Adam observes, “ A man shall leave his father and his mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife.” He was not telling us what he learned from his upbringing. He was speaking as a prophet, with direct experience of the nature of mankind. He read what God had written in our blood. Marriage is how man finds his greatest fulfillment. Morena and Bryan and I have spoken about the sacred meaning of marriage and they have satisfied me as to their readiness.
(Scripture reading)
In First Corinthians, Paul gives us this:
Love is patient,
Love is kind,
It is not jealous,
Love does not boast,
It is not inflated.
Love is not rude,
It is not selfish,
It does not anger,
It does not dwell on evil.
It rejoices in the truth
Love protects all things,
It trusts all things,
It hopes in all things,
It endures in all things.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, thought as a child;
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
When we come to see all things clearly, and all things are known,
There will be these: faith, and hope, and love,
but the greatest of these is love.
(Vows)
Bryan do you take this woman to be your wedded wife? To love her, comfort her, and honor her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
“I do”
Morena, do you take this man to be your wedded husband? To love him, comfort him and honor him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
“I do”
(Exchange of rings)
Will you exchange rings?
Ryan hands the rings to Danny
On behalf of the family and friends of Morena and Bryan, I bless these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Bryan, place this ring on Morena’s finger and repeat: “ With this ring I thee wed.”
Morena, place this ring on Bryan’s finger and repeat, “With this ring I thee wed.”
(Unity Candle)
Morena and Bryan will light two individual candles. These will be used to light one central candle.
As you each light your candle the two distinct flames represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique.
As you light the Unity candle together, your two flames and your two lives, join together as one.
Matt 5:14 “You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand,
and it gives light to all in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others,
so that they may see your good works
and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
We extinguish the two separate flames thus letting the center candle symbolize the union of their lives. As one light cannot be divided, neither will their lives be divided.
(Prayer)
Let us pray together…”As this community is brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
(Pronouncement)
By the power vested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live.
You may kiss the bride.
(Presentation)
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage, “Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
“We do”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Bryan Kidd(Recession
July 28, 2007
(Procession)
(Welcome)
Welcome to the friends and families of Bryan and Morena. We are here to see them joined in marriage today before God and their families, to begin a new phase of their lives together.
(Giving of the bride)
I ask now “ who brings Morena here, and gives blessing to this marriage?”
Victor: “ I do”
Please all be seated.
Morena steps forward, gives her bouquet to Iris, Victor is seated
I ask of you gathered: “Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage today?
Having found no reason why you should not be wed, I ask Morena, do you wish to marry Bryan today?
Morena: “ Yes”
Bryan, Do you wish to marry Morena today?
Bryan: “Yes”
In chapter 6 of Genesis, Adam observes, “ A man shall leave his father and his mother, and he shall cleave unto his wife.” He was not telling us what he learned from his upbringing. He was speaking as a prophet, with direct experience of the nature of mankind. He read what God had written in our blood. Marriage is how man finds his greatest fulfillment. Morena and Bryan and I have spoken about the sacred meaning of marriage and they have satisfied me as to their readiness.
(Scripture reading)
In First Corinthians, Paul gives us this:
Love is patient,
Love is kind,
It is not jealous,
Love does not boast,
It is not inflated.
Love is not rude,
It is not selfish,
It does not anger,
It does not dwell on evil.
It rejoices in the truth
Love protects all things,
It trusts all things,
It hopes in all things,
It endures in all things.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, thought as a child;
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
When we come to see all things clearly, and all things are known,
There will be these: faith, and hope, and love,
but the greatest of these is love.
(Vows)
Bryan do you take this woman to be your wedded wife? To love her, comfort her, and honor her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
“I do”
Morena, do you take this man to be your wedded husband? To love him, comfort him and honor him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
“I do”
(Exchange of rings)
Will you exchange rings?
Ryan hands the rings to Danny
On behalf of the family and friends of Morena and Bryan, I bless these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Bryan, place this ring on Morena’s finger and repeat: “ With this ring I thee wed.”
Morena, place this ring on Bryan’s finger and repeat, “With this ring I thee wed.”
(Unity Candle)
Morena and Bryan will light two individual candles. These will be used to light one central candle.
As you each light your candle the two distinct flames represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique.
As you light the Unity candle together, your two flames and your two lives, join together as one.
Matt 5:14 “You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand,
and it gives light to all in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others,
so that they may see your good works
and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
We extinguish the two separate flames thus letting the center candle symbolize the union of their lives. As one light cannot be divided, neither will their lives be divided.
(Prayer)
Let us pray together…”As this community is brought to understand God through Jesus Christ and to ask for God’s blessings and to give thanks in His name, we ask for His love to include and support love within this marriage, and to warm them when they grow cold, and to strengthen them when they weaken, and to nourish them when they hunger. And we give thanks that they have found each other and found love in each other and have promised to preserve that love before us all.” AMEN
(Pronouncement)
By the power vested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live.
You may kiss the bride.
(Presentation)
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage, “Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
“We do”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Bryan Kidd(Recession
Richard & David
May 27th, 2007
Overture
Duet cues entrance of Danny and Peter,Dhyanna , Breanna & Taylor
Then Richard & David
David & Richard light white tapers and take places in front of Danny(Music ends)
Welcome to the friends and families of David and Richard. We have been invited here to see the two of them joined together in a public commitment of their love.
Richard and David grew and formed in the cultures of their families. They bring the values of those families with them today. Those values are the importance of family, the importance of the group, the tribe above the needs of the individual.
They grew to be men in the company of men. They learned how the values that formed them applied to a new kind of family, a new group to which they belonged as though they were born to it, because, of course, they were.
And now, after finding each other, and growing closer thorough recognition and acceptance, work and playfulness, affection and intimacy, they come before us all, from the families of their origin and the families they created to surround them as men, to create a new family. A family of two people committed to each other in love, until they are parted by death.
David and Richard are unique individuals, and the qualities that make them should be mentioned today.
They have both taken the talents, the strengths that they posses and given them to the community, David’s support of and participation in the arts, in both avocation and vocation are worth all our respect.
Richard, also a performer, has worked in support of healing and caring for others throughout his adult life. This is not only his profession, but also the focus of his personal life in his father’s last years.
These two men are each deserving of the love, care and support they have shared with the world. But this is a different kind of devotion. This is a committed, exclusive, passionate love. We call this arrangement a marriage.
Richard- Do you agree to this commitment to David? To love, honor and keep yourself only for him, as long as you both shall live?
David- Do you agree to this commitment to Richard? To love, honor and keep yourself only for him, as long as you both shall live?
To mark the occasion of this marriage, the partners will light a unity candle.
Richard and David, the two lighted candles symbolize your separate lives, your separate families and your separate sets of friends.
I ask that you each take one candle and that together you light the center candle.
The individual candles represent your individual lives before today.
Lighting the center candle represents that your two lives are now joined to one light,
and represents the joining of your two families and sets of friends to one. David and Richard will now extinguish their own candles,
thus letting the center candle symbolize the union of their lives. As one light cannot be divided, neither will their lives be divided.
Return here.
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens;
a good marriage must be created.
And it is created in the following ways:
It is never too old to hold hands
It is remembering to say I “I love you” at least once a day
It is at no time taking the other for granted
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives
It is standing together facing life
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family
It is doing things for each other not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice
but in the spirit of joy
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
It is not looking for perfection in each other
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding, and a sense of
humor
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow
It is finding room for the things of the spirit
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful
It is establishing a relationship in which independence is equal,
dependence is mutual, and obligation is reciprocal
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner
Will you exchange rings? ( Peter hands me the rings)
I name the significance of these rings to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Richard, place this ring on David’s finger and repeat after me ”as this ring is pure and endless, so will my love be for you. With this ring, I thee wed.”
David, place this ring on Richard s finger and repeat after me ”as this ring is pure and endless, so will my love be for you. With this ring, I thee wed.”
Please join me as we bless this union with the Apache wedding prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Aho, Amen
Now, by the power vested in me, I pronounce you to be partners for life.
You may now kiss your partner!
Recessional & Exit
May 27th, 2007
Overture
Duet cues entrance of Danny and Peter,Dhyanna , Breanna & Taylor
Then Richard & David
David & Richard light white tapers and take places in front of Danny(Music ends)
Welcome to the friends and families of David and Richard. We have been invited here to see the two of them joined together in a public commitment of their love.
Richard and David grew and formed in the cultures of their families. They bring the values of those families with them today. Those values are the importance of family, the importance of the group, the tribe above the needs of the individual.
They grew to be men in the company of men. They learned how the values that formed them applied to a new kind of family, a new group to which they belonged as though they were born to it, because, of course, they were.
And now, after finding each other, and growing closer thorough recognition and acceptance, work and playfulness, affection and intimacy, they come before us all, from the families of their origin and the families they created to surround them as men, to create a new family. A family of two people committed to each other in love, until they are parted by death.
David and Richard are unique individuals, and the qualities that make them should be mentioned today.
They have both taken the talents, the strengths that they posses and given them to the community, David’s support of and participation in the arts, in both avocation and vocation are worth all our respect.
Richard, also a performer, has worked in support of healing and caring for others throughout his adult life. This is not only his profession, but also the focus of his personal life in his father’s last years.
These two men are each deserving of the love, care and support they have shared with the world. But this is a different kind of devotion. This is a committed, exclusive, passionate love. We call this arrangement a marriage.
Richard- Do you agree to this commitment to David? To love, honor and keep yourself only for him, as long as you both shall live?
David- Do you agree to this commitment to Richard? To love, honor and keep yourself only for him, as long as you both shall live?
To mark the occasion of this marriage, the partners will light a unity candle.
Richard and David, the two lighted candles symbolize your separate lives, your separate families and your separate sets of friends.
I ask that you each take one candle and that together you light the center candle.
The individual candles represent your individual lives before today.
Lighting the center candle represents that your two lives are now joined to one light,
and represents the joining of your two families and sets of friends to one. David and Richard will now extinguish their own candles,
thus letting the center candle symbolize the union of their lives. As one light cannot be divided, neither will their lives be divided.
Return here.
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens;
a good marriage must be created.
And it is created in the following ways:
It is never too old to hold hands
It is remembering to say I “I love you” at least once a day
It is at no time taking the other for granted
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives
It is standing together facing life
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family
It is doing things for each other not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice
but in the spirit of joy
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude
It is not looking for perfection in each other
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding, and a sense of
humor
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow
It is finding room for the things of the spirit
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful
It is establishing a relationship in which independence is equal,
dependence is mutual, and obligation is reciprocal
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner
Will you exchange rings? ( Peter hands me the rings)
I name the significance of these rings to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Richard, place this ring on David’s finger and repeat after me ”as this ring is pure and endless, so will my love be for you. With this ring, I thee wed.”
David, place this ring on Richard s finger and repeat after me ”as this ring is pure and endless, so will my love be for you. With this ring, I thee wed.”
Please join me as we bless this union with the Apache wedding prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Aho, Amen
Now, by the power vested in me, I pronounce you to be partners for life.
You may now kiss your partner!
Recessional & Exit
October 7, 2006
Scott Zacharias And Kari Dierks
Palos Verdes California
Enter the Groom & Celebrant
Enter the Groomsmen and Brides Maids
Flower girls, ring bearer
All Stand,
Enter the Bride & her Father
“ On behalf of the families of Scott and Kari I want to welcome you all. Many of us may have wondered if we would ever see this day. Kari & Scott each seemed to be focused on a life of adventure and in no way was their goal to ‘settle down’.
I don’t think they have settled down or have any intention of doing so. They both have a love of adventure, a taste for risk.
What I think we have come here to celebrate with them today is the miracle of each finding a partner in this adventure. They are taking a mature and considered risk, in making a commitment to have the others needs, goals and dreams become their own. They are letting us all know they will have each others’ back.
Agreeing that this is why we are here, I now ask ‘Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage here today?’”
“I now ask ‘Who brings Kari here today and gives their blessing to this marriage?’
As the families meet today to join their children in marriage, we ask for Pam, Kari’s mother and Helen, Scott’s mother to come forward and light two candles to represent the individuals who will be joined in this union.
(Pam & Helen light the tapers and return to their seats.)
(Song) The Prayer
“A rose symbolizes love. As a red rose means romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Scott & Kari would like to present a white rose to their mothers at this time to signify that they do not leave their families behind, but join them together in a larger circle, drawing on the love of their families as they build a new family together.
Bride & Groom each take rose from Maid of Honor and carry them to their Mothers. They return to their places.
Scott do you have vows to offer Kari?
Then repeat after me…
” I take you to be my wife, to be my partner and to be my life;
I cannot imagine life without you as the center of it everyday.
I want to be husband and father and everything else a man can be,
and I find I cannot be all of that without you.
I am better for having loved you and complete because you love me.
I promise to love you everyday of our lives.
Kari, Do you have vows to offer Scott?
Then repeat after me…
I take you to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.
Do you have gifts to exchange? Tony and Jennifer give rings to Scott & Kari who give them to Danny
“ On behalf of the families of Kari & Scott, I ask for a blessing on these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Scott, place this ring on Kari’s finger and repeat after me ‘ This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Kari, Place this ring on Scott’s finger and repeat after me "This ring I give in token and pledge, as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.’
May these rings remind you that your love, like the sun, warms all it touches, like the moon, brightens the night, and like the eye, is the window to your inmost self.
(Song)
Through the Eyes of Love
Scott and Kari are going to light their Unity Candle, a symbol of their marriage relationship. The candles from which they light it have been lighted by their mothers to represent their lives to this moment.
The lights, representing the strength, wisdom, and love they have received from their parents, are distinct, each burning alone. Kari and Scott will light the center candle to symbolize the union of their lives. As this one light burns undivided, so shall their love be one. We now extinguish the two separate flames as you are forever united as one in eternal love.
“ By the power vested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live. You may kiss the bride.”
I ask now that you all join me in a prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Aho, Amen.
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage,” Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
All “we do!”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Scott Zacharias!
Storybook Love Lyrics
Come my love I'll tell you a tale,
Of a boy and girl
And there love story.
And how he loved her oh so much,
and all the charms she did posess
Now this did happen once upon a time,
When things were not so complex.
And how he worshiped the ground she walked,
And when he looked he became obsessed.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
His love was stronger than the power so dark,
A prince could have within his keeping.
His spells to weave and steal her heart,
Within her heart but only sleeping.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
And he said:
"Don't you know I love you oh, so much,
and lay my heart at the foot of your dress."
And she said:
"Don't you know that storybook loves,
Always have a happy ending."
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stallion the rode away.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
Scott Zacharias And Kari Dierks
Palos Verdes California
Enter the Groom & Celebrant
Enter the Groomsmen and Brides Maids
Flower girls, ring bearer
All Stand,
Enter the Bride & her Father
“ On behalf of the families of Scott and Kari I want to welcome you all. Many of us may have wondered if we would ever see this day. Kari & Scott each seemed to be focused on a life of adventure and in no way was their goal to ‘settle down’.
I don’t think they have settled down or have any intention of doing so. They both have a love of adventure, a taste for risk.
What I think we have come here to celebrate with them today is the miracle of each finding a partner in this adventure. They are taking a mature and considered risk, in making a commitment to have the others needs, goals and dreams become their own. They are letting us all know they will have each others’ back.
Agreeing that this is why we are here, I now ask ‘Is there any lawful reason why these two should not be joined in marriage here today?’”
“I now ask ‘Who brings Kari here today and gives their blessing to this marriage?’
As the families meet today to join their children in marriage, we ask for Pam, Kari’s mother and Helen, Scott’s mother to come forward and light two candles to represent the individuals who will be joined in this union.
(Pam & Helen light the tapers and return to their seats.)
(Song) The Prayer
“A rose symbolizes love. As a red rose means romantic love, a white rose means familial love. Scott & Kari would like to present a white rose to their mothers at this time to signify that they do not leave their families behind, but join them together in a larger circle, drawing on the love of their families as they build a new family together.
Bride & Groom each take rose from Maid of Honor and carry them to their Mothers. They return to their places.
Scott do you have vows to offer Kari?
Then repeat after me…
” I take you to be my wife, to be my partner and to be my life;
I cannot imagine life without you as the center of it everyday.
I want to be husband and father and everything else a man can be,
and I find I cannot be all of that without you.
I am better for having loved you and complete because you love me.
I promise to love you everyday of our lives.
Kari, Do you have vows to offer Scott?
Then repeat after me…
I take you to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.
Do you have gifts to exchange? Tony and Jennifer give rings to Scott & Kari who give them to Danny
“ On behalf of the families of Kari & Scott, I ask for a blessing on these rings, and name their significance to be the unending circle of affection, respect and support which marriage embodies.
Scott, place this ring on Kari’s finger and repeat after me ‘ This ring I give in token and pledge as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.”
Kari, Place this ring on Scott’s finger and repeat after me "This ring I give in token and pledge, as a symbol of my love and devotion. With this ring I thee wed.’
May these rings remind you that your love, like the sun, warms all it touches, like the moon, brightens the night, and like the eye, is the window to your inmost self.
(Song)
Through the Eyes of Love
Scott and Kari are going to light their Unity Candle, a symbol of their marriage relationship. The candles from which they light it have been lighted by their mothers to represent their lives to this moment.
The lights, representing the strength, wisdom, and love they have received from their parents, are distinct, each burning alone. Kari and Scott will light the center candle to symbolize the union of their lives. As this one light burns undivided, so shall their love be one. We now extinguish the two separate flames as you are forever united as one in eternal love.
“ By the power vested in me by the State of California and the church, I hereby pronounce you to be lawfully wed, and to be husband and wife for as long as you both shall live. You may kiss the bride.”
I ask now that you all join me in a prayer:
Now you will feel no rain, For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness, For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,To enter into the days of your togetherness.And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Aho, Amen.
I ask now of the family now joined together by this marriage,” Do you acknowledge and recognize this marriage and will you support these two in starting their life together as one?”
All “we do!”
Then it is with pleasure and pride that I introduce Mr. And Mrs. Scott Zacharias!
Storybook Love Lyrics
Come my love I'll tell you a tale,
Of a boy and girl
And there love story.
And how he loved her oh so much,
and all the charms she did posess
Now this did happen once upon a time,
When things were not so complex.
And how he worshiped the ground she walked,
And when he looked he became obsessed.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
His love was stronger than the power so dark,
A prince could have within his keeping.
His spells to weave and steal her heart,
Within her heart but only sleeping.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
And he said:
"Don't you know I love you oh, so much,
and lay my heart at the foot of your dress."
And she said:
"Don't you know that storybook loves,
Always have a happy ending."
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stallion the rode away.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it’s as real as the feelings I feel.
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