Eric Lorne Strother

Clarke and Hannah ceremony

INVOCATION

ERIC TO THE RECEPTION

"Dear friends and family, we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the union of Clarke and Hannah. In the years that they have been together, their love for each other has grown, turning them into the couple you now see before you. By understanding what a marriage is and what it requires, they are ready to spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife.

A true marriage begins well before the wedding day, and the efforts of marriage continue well beyond this ceremony. A brief moment in time and the stroke of a pen are all that is required to create the legal bond of marriage, but it takes a lifetime of love, commitment, and compromise to make your marriage durable and everlasting.

Today you both stand before me to declare your commitment to each other with the witness of family and friends."

“Before we go any further, is there anyone here who objects to the marriage of these two? Let them speak now or forever hold your peace”

DECLARATION OF INTENT

“Seeing as there are no objections, I will now read the Declaration of Intent”

ERIC TO CLARKE

"Do you Clarke, take Hannah to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; til death do you part?"

CLARKE RESPONDS WITH AN *AFFIRMATION.

ERIC TO HANNAH

"Do you Hannah, take Clarke to be your Husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; til death do you part?"

HANNAH RESPONDS WITH AN *AFFIRMATION.

“We will now exchange the rings”

ERIC TO CLARKE

“Clarke please repeat after me”

"Hannah, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love. A physical representation of my commitment to you.”

CLARKE PLACES THE RING ON HANNAH'S FINGER.

ERIC TO HANNAH

“Hannah please repeat after me”

"Clarke, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love. A physical representation of my commitment to you."

HANNAH PLACES THE RING ON CLARKE'S FINGER.

PRONOUNCEMENT

ERIC TO THE RECEPTION

"By the powers vested in me by the great State of Texas, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss your bride.

Family and Friends I present to you for the very first time, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Rhodes!"