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