Eric C Nelson

INVOCATION

OFFICIANT

Good evening family, friends and loved ones!

On behalf of Nikki and Lauren, welcome and thank you for being here on this joyous day to witness their union. They would like to thank their everyone for being a part of their family today and believing in their love.

Being here today, we are reminded that a marriage needs a supportive community. You were invited as guests not only to celebrate with them but also encourage their love. As Nikki and Lauren, embark on this new journey together, please continue to provide your continued support for their marriage.

YEHI RATZON, SHE’HA’AHAVA SHEYESH LACHEM, TI’HYEH OHR L’AMIN VILANU

POSSA L'AMORE ESSERE UNA LUCE GUIDA PER NOI.

OR MORE SIMPLY STATED :

MAY THEIR LOVE BE A GUIDING LIGHT FOR US ALL.

DECLARATION OF INTENT

OFFICIANT

With that being said, a successful marriage takes more than just love. It takes hard work, patience, perseverance and humility. It takes commitment and trust. It takes tears, pain, joy and laughter. Marriage requires courage, an open mind and heart full of hope.

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

Please face each other and hold hands.

Nikki and Lauren , do you promise to respect, care for, dance, laugh and love each other, unconditionally, from this day forward? If so, please say “We Do!”

NIKKI AND LAUREN

(together) We do!

NIKKI AND LAUREN EXCHANGE EXPRESSION OF LOVE (NIKKI & LAUREN)

EXCHANGE OF VOWS & RINGS

OFFICIANT

Nikki and Lauren will now exchange vows and rings as a display of love and commitment to one another. The rings that they have chosen are a symbol of the promises they are making today.

OFFICIANT TO NIKKI

Nikki, repeat after me:

Lauren, as your wife,

I promise to choose you every day,

I promise to honor and respect you,

I promise to encourage and support your dreams,

I promise to laugh with you in times of celebration,

and comfort you when times are hard

I promise to be your Dorothy in the streets, and your Blanche in the sheets,

I promise to Dance with you to the end of Love (Leonard Cohen).

I say these things because I love you,

and you light my morning sky with burning love (Elvis Presley)!

• NIKKI REPEATS EACH LINE AFTER IT'S SPOKEN BY THE OFFICIANT.

OFFICIANT TO NIKKI

Now take this ring and place it on Lauren’s finger and repeat these words:

I give you this ring as a symbol of my dedication to you.

Let it be a reminder that you are always surrounded by my enduring love.

• NIKKI REPEATS EACH LINE AFTER IT'S SPOKEN BY THE OFFICIANT AND PLACES THE RING ON LAUREN’S FINGER.

OFFICIANT TO LAUREN

Lauren, repeat after me:

Nikki, as your wife,

I promise to choose you every day,

I promise to honor and respect you,

I promise to encourage and support your dreams,

I promise to laugh with you in times of celebration,

and comfort you when times are hard.

I promise to remember that Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper),

I promise that when I get lost in your eyes, I will always feel my spirits rise (Debbie Gibson),

I say these things because I love you,

and I want you to know, what I’ve always known, you are the best part of me (Neil Diamond).

• LAUREN REPEATS EACH LINE AFTER IT'S SPOKEN BY THE OFFICIANT.

OFFICIANT TO LAUREN

Now take this ring and place it on Nikki’s finger and repeat these words:

I give you this ring as a symbol of my dedication to you.

Let it be a reminder that you are always surrounded by my enduring love.

• LAUREN REPEATS EACH LINE AFTER IT'S SPOKEN BY THE OFFICIANT AND PLACES THE RING ON NIKKI'S FINGER.

NIKKI AND LAUREN IN UNISON STATE:

“YOU’RE MY FIRST, MY LAST, MY EVERYTHING.”(BARRY WHITE)

PRONOUNCEMENT

• Nikki and Lauren, as you begin your life together as a married couple, may this moment forever live in your hearts. May your lives together be blessed with good health and moments to renew your love. May your love be a source of affection and devotion and may each day together be filled with laughter, friendship, and everlasting love!

• Your love is timeless, it lasts forever like the perfect love song! (Boyz II Men)

[wrap the glass, and place it at Nikki’s feet]

• Nikki, understand once you break this glass, you and Lauren will be Married.

Congregation: “Mozel Toff”

• By the power vested in me by the state of State of FL, I now pronounce you Nikki and Lauren, Imbrascio!