Ashley Harnish

Welcome to this most important moment in the lives of Brianna and Jeffrey. We are gathered here today as beloved family and friends, to join Brianna and Jeffrey in the union of marriage. What greater thing for two persons than to feel they are joined together. To strengthen each other, to rest on each other, to help each other in need and to be with each other-whatever life has to offer

This contract of marriage is not to be entered into lightly, but thoughtfully and seriously, and with deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. It is about establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. Please remember today and every day that love, loyalty and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Jeffrey, from this day onward, do you chose Brianna to be your wife, your best friend and your only love? To live together, play together and laugh together. To work by her side and dream in her arms, to fill her heart and feed her soul, to always seek out the best in her, always loving her with all your heart until the end of forever? IF so, say “I do”.

Brianna, from this day onward, do you choose Jeffrey to be your husband, your best friend and your only love? To live together, play together and laugh together. To work by his side and dream in his arms. To fill his heart and feed his soul. To always seek out the best in him, always loving him with all your heart until the end of forever? If so, say “I do”.

This is the point where we usually talk about wedding bands being a perfect circle, with no beginning and no end. But we all know that these rings do have a beginning. Rock is dug up from the earth, metal is liquefied in a furnace at a thousand degrees, then molded, cooled and painstakingly polished, something beautiful is made from raw elements. Love is like that. It comes from humble beginnings, like meeting for a first date at a club on the jersey shore. It is the process of making something beautiful where there was once nothing at all. Brianna and Jeffrey have done just that.

With that being said, Jeffrey, place the ring on Brianna’s finger and repeat after me. This ring is my promise to accept your imperfections and appreciate all that makes you unique and beautiful.

Brianna, place the ring on Jeffrey’s finger and repeat after me. This ring is my promise to accept your imperfections and appreciate all that makes you unique and beautiful.

You both came here today to affirm your love for one another and formally acknowledge that which your hearts already knew… That your lives are meant to be shared as one, that you are stronger together than you are apart, and that, for all your days yet to come, you wish to share together all life’s joys and challenges, committed to one another. Beloved family and friends, Brianna and Jeffrey, I would like to officially declare that by the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the state of New Jersey, I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may now kiss the bride!