Brooke Penfield

Welcome

Thank you all for coming today. Partner A and Partner B are so happy you could be here. They have known most of you for many years. You watched them grow up, you went to school with them, or you worked with them. Because you are the ones who have supported them and known them so well, it is only fitting that you are the ones to share this moment with them. They also want to recognize the loved ones who could not be here today. We will take a moment of silence in their honor.

Intro to the Couple

Partner A and Partner B’s love story started in a Walgreen’s between two coworkers. They actually met before that though. It was their love of movies that introduced them and led to their first date. They’ve traveled and shared many memories over the years. Mourned losses, and celebrated gains. And if it wasn’t for Orsen, we may not even be here today! But most of all, they see each other when they see their future and that is why we are here today.

So, let us take this step together with them as they publicly declare their love and commitment to each other.

Some people think finding love means you have found perfection. I think most of us here can vouch that is incorrect. Love is not perfect. It is messy, it is breathtaking, it is frustrating, it is calming, it is the great paradox of life. Marriage does not equal happiness. For happiness is a mood, it comes and goes, it alters. Marriage is a commitment you make to each other, every day, that you will choose each other above all else. It’s a journey of ups and downs, good times and bad. The perfect relationship is not measured in arguments and agreements but the balance you find in each other. How you bring out the best in each other, to face those challenges together. That is what makes a great marriage.

I have had the pleasure of getting to know both of you over the years. Partner A you are more of a brother to me than my own blood. And Partner B, you have been a part of our family for so long already. I hope you find the same peace and fulfillment in your marriage as I have found in my own. I believe in true love. I believe love conquers all. It is unconditional, which means you are to love each other, even when you do not like each other. Marriage is what gets you through and your love is what will keep you going. And it starts with a simple declaration.

Declaration of Intent

Partner A, do you take Partner B as your wife? To love and support, with patience and understanding? In good times and bad, as long as you live?

Partner B, do you take Partner A as your husband? To love and support, with patience and understanding? In good times and bad, as long as you live?

Ring Exchange

Now that you have declared your intent, let us symbolize it by exchanging rings and vows. A wedding ring shows the world your commitment and bond. It represents a promise of everlasting love. And just like a promise, it is a circle that cannot be broken.

Partner A/Partner B, place the ring on Partner B/Partner A’s finger and repeat after me.

With this ring {} I promise to love you {} when life is easy and when it is hard. {} I promise to hold you in the highest regard. {} To always listen to hear {} instead of listening to respond. {} To always lead with patience, kindness and understanding. {} I promise to always encourage and support you. {} These things I give to you now and forever. {}

Family and friends. Do you vow to support and help Partner A and Partner B to uphold these promises to each other? (Just say we do)

Pronouncement

Partner A and Partner B, remember this day, not just as your wedding day, but as a beginning. Let the past be the past, do not look back, always remember to keep moving forward. I encourage you both to find growth and knowledge from trials you face. Be graceful, for love keeps no record of wrongdoing.

Remember you are a team now, work together so you may never be torn apart. Share your lives, laugh together, cry together, hurt together, and heal together. For love, is too precious a gift.

Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, without any further ado, I would like to officially introduce MR and MRS _________!