Janice Shantel Pledger

Welcome

Today is the beginning of a new life together for you.

It marks the commencement of new relationships to your families, friends and certainly to each other.

You have invited these special guests to share in one of life's greatest moments as they give recognition to the worth and beauty of your love and add their wishes to the words that shall unite you today as husband and wife.

We ask that you take this marriage as a beginning of your lives together.

Today signifies the creation of a new home and a new family for you both.

May you be fulfilled by each other's love and friendship.

May you be overjoyed by the promises you are about to make and the life together you will create.

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Who supports this couple in their marriage? ..........

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Prayer

Our heavenly Father, we ask your blessings upon Amber and Charles's lives and the home they are establishing today.

May the love they have for each other flow deeper and stronger because of their love for you.

Lord, you guided them to each other, now guide them in this new journey as husband and wife.

As they walk down this path, light their way so they may keep their eyes focused on your will.

Their hands holding fast to your truth. Their feet firmly planted in your word and their hearts bound together by your love.

This we pray in your name....Amen

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Amber .....Charles.....A good marriage must be created. In a marriage the "Little" things are big things. It is never being to old to hold hands. It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.

It is never going to sleep angry. It is standing together and facing the world. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow, It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right person.....It is being the right partner.

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at this time Amber and Charles have prepared their own personal vows to one another.........Amber.......Charles......

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Marriage Address

It is your duty, Charles, to be to Amber, to be a considerate, Tender, Faithful and Loving husband, To Support, Guide, and Cherish her in Prosperity and Trouble; To thoughtfully and carefully enlarge the place she holds in your life; To constantly show her tokens of your affection, to shelter her from danger, and to love her with an unchangeable love.

Charles, Do you promise this to Amber?

You may place her ring onto the finger that leads to her heart

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It is your duty, Amber, to be to Charles, To be a considerate, Tender, Faithful and Loving wife, To comfort, Guide, and Cherish him in Prosperity and Trouble; To give to him the unfailing evidence of your affection, to continue making the place he holds in your heart, broader and deeper, to support him, value him and work with him to make your marriage the very best that it can be?

Amber, Do you promise this to Charles?

You may place his ring onto the finger that leads to his heart.

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I call to your attention to the seriousness of the decision which you have made and the covenant you both declared before God.

The vows you took were not taken without carful thought, for in them you are committing yourselves exclusively to one another for as long as you both shall live.

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Sand Ceremony

At this time I would like to invite Kaylee, Brayden and Camden to come forward.

Amber and Charles have bound their lives together as a couple, but it is also right and fitting to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of their children as they all come together to build a family.

Amber and Charles's individual containers of sand represent the essence of all they are and the gifts they bring to this union.

I invite them to now pour some of their sands into the center vase, showing that their marriage is the foundation of this family.

Their sands mix together and symbolize their bond of love and respect that can never be separated.

I now invite Kaylee, Brayden and Camden to add their sand, representing them as unique and beloved children.

These swirling colors remind us we are all different people and it is our different personalities that add the beautiful color to the tapestry of the family.

Amber and Charles, would you now seal the union with the remainder of your sand surrounding Kaylee, Brayden and Camden in an environment of unconditional love.

May this family remain, not dependent upon one another, but interdependent and as colorful as the sands that fill this vessel.

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My Suggestions

Everyone has advise for the newlyweds. Amber and Charles, I want to offer my three suggestions for both of you on your special day.

My first suggestion:

Be constantly grateful for this precious person who has chosen to make a life with you.

My second suggestion:

Be generous with compliments, Be attentive and helpful. The world can be a tough place. Kind words and thoughtful actions make your marriage and your home an uplifting refuge.

My last suggestion, but perhaps, most important one:

Make truth the unfailing bedrock of your lives together.

A happy, loving marriage is built on trust and respect.

Always be open and truthful in every exchange no matter how small.

My hope for you is this:

That you have many long years to delight in each others company, to feel gratitude for your great fortune in having found each other.

The years will come and go.

Do not take each other for granted

Always laugh a lot. You will be the best parents you can be and that you will grow older and wiser together.

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Marriage Pronouncement

Because you two came here today intending to marry, because you joined hands and made solemn vows and exchanged rings to remind you of those vows, you are now joined as partners in mutual love and respect.

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.

According to the powers invested in me, I pronounce that your wedding vows are sealed and you may henceforth be know to all as Husband and Wife

You may now kiss Your beautiful BRIDE.

I Present to you.....

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crocker