Marjorie Jewel Blake

INVOCATION & GREETING

OFFICIANT TO GUESTS

Welcome family and friends. Today Amberlea Warren and Dylan Johnson are officially "tying the knot" of marriage.

Before we begin, let’s take a moment and acknowledge all the wonderful people who are joining you on this special day as well as those special guests seated in Heaven. Amberlea and Dylan, please turn to face your guests and look at all of those smiling faces.

COUPLE TURNS TO FACE GUESTS, GUESTS WAVE AND SMILE AND CHEER

Know that each person you see is here because they love and support you in this new journey.

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

Over the past eight years, you’ve laughed, cried, fought and forgiven each other. In short, you’ve become lovers and best friends. In reality, you fell in love by chance, but you're here today because you're making a choice. You both are choosing each other. You've chosen to be with someone who enhances you, who makes you think, makes you smile, and makes every day brighter. Dylan and Amberlea, I encourage you to remember that marriage is a physical and spiritual bond of unconditional love. It is a strong bond that now and forevermore will be a symbol of unity between you. A union of mutual concern and shared respect, and of holding tightly to each other as you form a lifetime of memories.

EXCHANGE OF VOWS

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

The vows you make today are your verbal commitment to each other to marry, and they come from your heart with love.

Amberlea and Dylan have prepared their own vows and will present them at this time.

OFFICIANT TO BRIDE

Do you, Amberlea Warren, take Dylan Johnson to be your wedded husband, to love and honor from this day forward, to be bound in your heart forever?

I do.

OFFICIANT TO GROOM

Do you, Dylan Johnson, take Amberlea Warren to be your wedded wife, to love and honor from this day forward, to be bound in your heart forever?

I do.

RING WARMING CEREMONY

As their closest people, I now ask you to warm these rings by passing them around. As you hold them in your hands, pause for a moment, and make your wishes for the couple and for their future before you pass them on to the next person.

These rings will not only be a gift from Amberlea and Dylan to each other but will be given with the love, support and wisdom of you, their family and friends.

At this time I will ask the ring bearers to begin passing the rings around.

EXCHANGE OF RINGS

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

Wedding rings are an unbroken circle of love, telling the world that you are forever united in marriage. They are a physical symbol of your promises, unbroken and unending, as your commitment grows stronger in love every day.

OFFICIANT TO Amberlea

Amberlea, please place the ring on Dylan’s hand and repeat after me:

Dylan, take this ring / as a symbol of my love and faithfulness to you / and as a reminder / that you are my best friend / and the love of my life.

OFFICIANT TO Dylan

Dylan, please place the ring on Amberlea’s hand.

Amberlea, take this ring / as a symbol of my love and faithfulness to you / and as a reminder / that you are my best friend / and the love of my life.

Advice for the Newlyweds

As you go through the motions of the day, it becomes easy to slip into a monotonous routine. Don’t forget to make memories. So often, we exhaust all energy on planning and attempting to portray a good time as a memory and lose the authenticity of the core memory. There will be beautiful photos to cherish forever from your special day, today. Don’t be afraid to live in the moment! You are the photographer of your life.

CLOSING WORDS & PRONOUNCEMENT

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Texas, it is my honor to pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss your bride!

Family and friends, it is my pleasure to present to you for the first time as newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

RECESSION

CEREMONY ENDS.

The newlyweds have requested your company for the reception. Please be patient as they take a moment to celebrate and will arrive at the reception shortly. Please make yourself comfortable and help yourself to light refreshments.

PHOTOS AND RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.