Joseph Cecil Jones

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Lucinda Ann Jones and Matthew Williams Higgins in the spiritual union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Lucinda Ann Jones and Matthew Williams Higgins will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Lucinda Ann Jones take this man Matthew Williams Higgins to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Matthew Williams Higgins take this woman Lucinda Ann Jones to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Lucinda Ann Jones and Matthew Williams Higgins will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of North Carolina I now pronounce you wife and husband!