Tami Lynn Davis

Dearest family and friends,

Thank you for being here today to celebrate these two amazing people, Sarah Parks, and Blade Longmire, and their choice to commit to one another in the blessed Union of marriage.

We come together not to mark the start of a relationship, but to acknowledge and strengthen a bond that already exists.

This ceremony is a public affirmation of that bond and as their dearest family and friends, it is our honor and privilege to stand witness to this event.

This day is made possible not only because of your love for each other, but through the grace and support of your family and friends. It is our hope that your fulfillment and joy in each other will increase with each passing year.

Marriage is a commitment in life, where two people can find and bring out the very best in each other. It offers opportunities for sharing and growth that no other human relationship can equal, a physical and emotional joining that has the promise of a lifetime.

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

While the commitment begins with the two of you, its effect radiates outward. It touches your family and friends and ultimately all of society. When this commitment is seriously made and continuously fulfilled, it leads to the richest and most rewarding of human relationships.

Your relationship will take more than love. It will take trust, to know in your hearts that you want only the best for each other. Dedication, to stay open to one another, to learn and grow, even when it is difficult to do so. And faith, to go forward together without knowing what the future holds for you both.

While love is our natural state of being, these other qualities are not as easy to come by.

Marriage is a give and take between two personalities, a mingling of two endowments which diminishes neither, but enhances both.

Seeing that no moment is without meaning, we ask that you take this marriage as a beginning of your lives together. Today signifies the creation of a new home and a new family for you both. May you be fulfilled by each other's love and friendship.

May you be overjoyed by the promises vou are about to make and the life together you will create.

Remember that in every marriage, there are good times and bad, times of joy and times of sorrow. Marriage is a journey - a time of adventure and excitement enhanced by the love, trust, dedication and faith you share in one another.

May the promises you make to one another today, be lived out to the end of your lives.

Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys, but today is the day it all begins.

Sarah-Blade, do you, with your family and friends as your witnesses, present yourselves willingly and of your own accord to be joined in marriage?

[We do]

Will you promise to care for each other in the joys and sorrows of life, come what may, and to share the responsibility for growth and enrichment of your life together?

[We will]

*(Vows)*

Blade will you repeat after me

“I, Blade Longmire, take you Sarah Parks to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping myself unto you for as long as we both shall live.”

Sarah will you repeat after me

“I, Sarah Parks, take you Blade Longmire to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping myself unto you for as long as we both shall live.”

*(Ring Exchange)*

Sarah and Blade will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment. Sarah place blade’s ring on the third finger of his left hand and repeat after me “with this ring, I thee wed”

Blade place Sarah’s ring on the third finger of her left hand and repeat after me “with this ring I thee wed”

*(Candle Ceremony)*

Sarah and Blade, you’ve exchanged vows and rings as a symbol of your devotion to each other. 

 

*(Move to candle table)*

Now, we celebrate you as individuals and as partners, as you join forces to build a bright and joyful future together

*light the individual candles*

As you light this candle today, may the brightness of the flame shine throughout your lives. May it give you courage and reassurance in darkness, warmth and safety in the cold, and strength and joy in your bodies, minds, and spirits. May your union be forever blessed.

*light unity candle*

*blow out individuals and set them aside*

If there are no objections to the Union of this man and this women then I am happy to say that by the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Washington I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may kiss the bride!