Carolyn Buenger Mott

Ladies and Gentlemen please stand

Once the couple is in place, announce that attendees may sit if they wish.

 

Invocation

Thank you for being here today as Oriana and Dylan enter into a lifelong union. Today, we celebrate the separate journeys which brought them together, and the beginning of their journey as one.

A true lasting marriage requires effort, commitment, communication, and a little zing. As Oriana and Dylan declare their love on this day, we reflect on the meaning of partnership and its importance to a successful union. Partners, in life, think of one another as teammates. Both on their own path, but also growing as one.

A marriage thrives when each partner chooses to value the other; for everything they are, and for everything they are not. Today, Oriana and Dylan acknowledge this with excitement as they prepare to join hands in marriage.

 

Vows

Oriana and Dylan, you may exchange your vows.

 

Declaration of Intent

Do you, Oriana, take Dylan to be your equal partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, and to demonstrate your commitment through love, laugher, and patience?

I do.

Do you, Dylan, take Oriana to be your equal partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, and to demonstrate your commitment through love, laughter, and thinking thoroughly before you speak?

I do.

 

Ring Exchange

You may now exchange rings

 

Pronouncement

By the authority vested in me by the American Marriage Ministries and the state of North Carolina, I now pronounce you as husband and wife. Dylan you may kiss your bride.