Bobby W Cure

Baker/Garcia Wedding

*** Prior to the start of the ceremony…Good evening everyone! Are you all ready to see Anthony and Kelsey FINALLY get married…Please silence your cell phones and please, no pictures or videos during the ceremony***

Entrance of the wedding party and lighting of the unity candle with Jeanette/Melinda.

Before bride’s entrance have everyone stand.

Have everyone sit down after Don and Kelsey get to the alter.

Who supports Kelsey as she and Anthony take this next step together?

***Don will say: “Her mother and I do.”

Opening Remarks:

Good Evening! On behalf of the Baker’s and Garcia’s I would like to welcome everyone as we celebrate this joyous occasion witnessing Anthony and Kelsey join together in union. All of us are fortunate to have been asked to witness the most important transition in a relationship between two people. This is the transition in which two people in love, commit themselves to each other, in word and action.

A true lasting marriage requires effort, commitment, and unending respect. As Anthony and Kelsey 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, equally capable, but each arriving with their own special skills.

A marriage thrives when each partner chooses to value the other: for everything they are, and for everything they are not. There is no limit to what a partnership can accomplish when trust and admiration flow abundantly. Today, Anthony and Kelsey acknowledge this with excitement as they prepare to join hands in marriage.

Family and friends let us pray together: Gracious Father God, we give you thanks for your gift of enduring love and your presence here with us now as we witness the vows of marriage between Anthony and Kelsey. We ask you bless this couple in their union and throughout their life together as husband and wife. Keep and guide them from this day forward. It is in Your name that we pray. Amen

All right, let’s get to the good part.

Vows:

****Anthony and Kelsey join hands. ***

Anthony, repeat after me:

I, Anthony, take you, Kelsey to be my wife.

I promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend.

I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health.

I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion.

Lastly, I promise to never miss a “That’s what she said” moment.

Kelsey, repeat after me:

I Kelsey, take you, Anthony to be my husband.

I promise that from this day forward I will regard you not only as my equal partner but as my closest friend.

I promise to comfort you in sickness and in health.

I promise to demonstrate my commitment to you through love, laughter, and compassion.

Lastly, I promise to never miss a “That’s what she said” moment.

***Get rings from best man.

Ring Exchange:

Now we come to the blessing of the rings. May these rings be blessed as symbols of this union.

These two lives are now joined in one unbroken circle.

As you, Anthony, place this ring on Kelsey’s finger, please repeat after me: I give you this ring as a symbol of my commitment to you and to our partnership in life.

As you, Kelsey, place the ring on Anthony’s finger, please repeat after me: I give you this ring as a symbol of my commitment to you and to our partnership in life.

Closing Remarks/Pronouncement/Introduction/Kiss:

So, all we have left now is for me to say, by the power vested in me by the Great State of Texas, and the American Marriage Ministries.org, I am honored to present, for the very first time as a married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Garcia. You may now share your first kiss as husband and wife!

SAY: Mr. and Mrs. Garcia!

K&A exit. Bridal party exits.

Family if you would, please stay seated. Everyone else can head to the reception area down the hall to the right. Please pay attention to the seats reserved for the bridal party. Feel free to sit anywhere other than those seats.