Adam and Michelle
Harris Pelham Inn, Pelham, NH,June 14th 2008
Please stand for the bride.
PROCESSIONAL
Reverend:
It is With great pleasure we gather this afternoon to witness the joining of two hands and two hearts in holy matrimony. Today Michelle and Adam make a bond, a sacred covenant before God, whereby their hearts, bodies, and souls shall be united as one.
You, their Families and friends, represent a circle of love where members care for and nurture one another in times of joy and sorrow.
Today this couple creates a new circle of love that is made stronger by the two from which it emerged. Because of their love for you, and the meaning you have brought to their lives, you have been invited to witness this creation.
THE GIVING IN MARRIAGE
Reverend: Who give this woman to this man?
Escorts: We do.
Reverend: With your blessing we proceed. Please be seated.
1st Reading Maid of Honour
Rev: Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes in all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
2nd Reading Guest from seating
Michelle and Adam have chosen to mark their love and their vows today with an exchange of rings. Rings are a symbol of unending love as they have no beginning and no end. Who can say for sure the precise moment that love begins and once love is discovered, it can never be lost.
Do we have the rings? - rings from Best Man
We bless these rings as a symbol of sacred love and they are empowered by the solemn vows that you are about to undertake as a couple. In the eyes of God and supported by our friends and family. Amen.
Give ring to Michelle, she places ring on Adams finger
Please repeat after me.
with this ring.......
I Michelle take you Adam to be my lawfully wedded husband. I promise to support you, to laugh with you, to work with you and to share with you all of life's experiences. In good times and in bad. Like this ring, my love has no beginning and no end, but it has strength and beauty, and will be there for you as long as we both shall live.'
Give ring to Adam, he places ring on Michelles finger
Please repeat after me.
with this ring.......
I Adam take you Michelle to be my lawfully wedded wife. I promise to support you, to laugh with you, to work with you and to share with you all of life's experiences. In good times and in bad. Like this ring, my love has no beginning and no end, but it has strength and beauty, and will be there for you as long as we both shall live.'
Blessing -
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you shall be shelter to the other.
Now you shall feel no cold,
For each of you shall be warmth to the other,
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Although you are two bodies,
There is only one life before you.
Go now to enter the days of your togetherness,
May your days be long and good upon the earth.
Amen.
By the power vested in me, by the state of New Hampshire, and by God and these witnesses.
I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may kiss the Bride....[kiss]
[turn to face witnesses]
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you
Mr and Mrs Dunn!!!