Sheri Lynn Patrick

What greater thing for two people than to join together to strengthen each other in labor, to rest on each other in sorrow, to help each other in need, to share in joy and to be one with each other whatever life has to offer.

This is a special time of celebration that Kelly and Lisa will always remember and they are thankful you are here today to share in their joy...

Kelly and Lisa today begins a life of giving and sharing, nurturing and support, allowing each other the freedom to change and grow as individuals while developing your mutual spirit as time goes by.

in marriage the little things are the big things, its about establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependance is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.

Today your family and friends are gathered together to celebrate your union, today we are privileged to witness two friends and individuals committed to sharing a lifetime together...

Kelly and Lisa you are about to make your promises to one another, you will find that as you live by these vows over the years, investing your time and your commitment to one another the happy times of your life will be twice as joyous because you'll share these joys in marriage.

(Please join hands)

Kelly will you take Lisa to be your lawfully wedded wife, will you live with her in the true state of matrimony, will you love her and comfort her in good times and bad, in sickness and in health honor her at all times and be faithful unto her?

Lisa will you take Kelly to be your lawfully wedded husband, will you live with him in the true state of matrimony? Will you love him and comfort him in good times and bad, in sickness and in health honoring him at all times and be faithful unto him?

"Kelly and Lisa have chosen to do a sand unity ceramony"

Kelly and Lisa today you will join your lives to be as one. The separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families, and separate sets of friends: they represent all that you are and all that you were as an individual. They represent your lives before today, as these containers of sand are poured together into one the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one and just as these grains of sand can never be separated and placed again into their own separate containers neither will your love for each other be separated for you too will be as one

(May we have the rings please)

Lets have a prayer of Blessing on the rings...

Dear Heavenly Father, we pray for your heavenly blessings on these rings and on the couple who wear them, as these rings encircle their fingers may your divine and constant love encircle their hearts ~ Amen.

The ring is an unbroken circle it represents unending love, as often as either of you look upon these rings may you be reminded of this moment and the love you have promised each other..

Kelly please place this ring on Lisa's finger and repeat after me, Lisa I give you this ring as a symbol of my love, and I am choosing to share my life's journey with you, I give you this ring with the pledge to love you, today, tomorrow always and forever..Lisa please place this ring on Kelly's finger and repeat after me..Kelly I give you this ring as a symbol of my love, and that I am choosing to share my life's journey with you, I give you this ring with the pledge to love you, today, tomorrow always and forever. Kelly and Lisa I want to wish you both much love and happiness as you begin your new journey, remember to keep laughter in your life and love will never be far behind..may all that you are always be in love, may all that is love always be in you. May your love be as beautiful each day you share it as it is on this day of celebration and may each day you share be as special as the day you first fell in love, may you always see and encourage the best in each other and may the challenges life brings your way make your marriage even stronger. May you always be each other's best friend and greatest love..

Kelly and Lisa you have pledged your Love and faith to each other in the company of God, two families and your circle of friends so with the power vested in me by the American Marriage Ministry and the State of Michigan I now pronounce you husband and wife...Kelly you may kiss your bride....

Family and friends I am proud to present the newly weds...Mr and Mrs Kelly Patrick