Amy Michelle Stanley

INVOCATION

(Amy to everyone)

Dear friends and family, we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the union of Madora and Brian.

In the years that they have been together, their love for each other has grown, turning them into the couple you see before you. They now, are ready to spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife.

A true marriage begins well before the wedding day, and the efforts of marriage continue well beyond the ceremony. A brief moment in time and the stroke of the pen are all that is required to create the legal bond of marriage, but it takes a lifetime of love, commitment, and compromise to make marriage durable and everlasting. Today you declare your commitment to each other before family and friends.

CONSENT

(Amy to Dad, Allen)

Who gives this woman to wed this man?

(Dad, Allen to Amy)

Her mother and I do.

(Amy asks everyone to be seated)

PRAYER

(Amy to everyone)

God in heaven above, please protect the ones we love. We honor all you created as we pledge our hearts and lives together.

We honor Mother Earth, and ask for our marriage to be abundant and that it grow stronger through the seasons.

We honor Fire, and ask that our union be warm and glowing with love in our hearts.

We honor Wind, and ask that we sail through life – safe and calm, as in our father’s arms.

We honor Water, to clean and soothe our relationship – that it may never thirst for love.

With all the forces of the Universe, which is your creation – we pray for harmony and true happiness, as forever we grow young together. So Mote it Be, Amen.

DECLARATION OF INTENT

(Amy To Brian)

Do you Brian Ray, take Madora Love - to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part?

(Brian to Amy)

I do or I will.

(Amy to Madora)

Do you Madora Love, take Brian Ray - to be your Husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part?

(Madora to Amy)

I do or I will.

RINGS EXCHANGE

(Amy to Brian)

Brian, place the ring on Madora’s left ring finger, and say:

Madora, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.

(Brian places the ring on Madora’s finger and repeats)

(Amy to Madora)

Madora, place the ring on Brian’s left ring finger, and say:

Brian, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love.

(Madora places the ring on his finger and repeats)

PRONOUNCEMENT

By the power vested in me by the State of South Carolina, as a Notary - I now pronounce you husband and wife. Brian you may kiss your bride.

PRESENTATION

Family and Friends I present to you Mister and Misses Ray!!

RECESSIONAL

(Madora mentioned doing their first dance as soon as Amy presents them and before recessing out of the ceremony area. This is not certain yet. We will not decide until wedding day.)

(Amy to guests after Brian and Madora recess)

Brian and Madora invite everyone to please stay for the reception.

Everyone is invited to begin serving themselves at the buffet. Before everyone is dismissed, let’s join in a blessing for the meal.

(Amy will give a blessing over the meal)

We seek your blessing - Father Creator and Mother Earth.

Blessed be the Earth for giving birth to this food. Blessed be the Sun for nourishing it. Blessed be the Wind for carrying its seed. Blessed be the Rain for quenching its thirst. Blessed be the hands that helped to grow this food, and brought it to our tables nourishing our minds, bodies, and spirits.

Blessed be our friends, our families, and our loved ones.

So Mote it Be, Amen!