Gwendalynn B Browning

Please stand for the bride *during the pause of “you keep his shirt” & “he keeps his word”

Please be seated.

**SPEAKING TO COUPLE**

Kimberlynn and Joshua,

today we are gathered here to celebrate the love you have found in each other.

We have all had the pleasure of watching your relationship grow from a high school friendship into a true and enduring love. You are two people who were destined for each other.

Standing here and looking at the two of you and thinking about this great journey you are about to embark on is a blessing.

Your marriage will be filled with so much love and happiness because that’s what you both deserve.

Throughout this adventure, keep searching for the good, the fun, and the laughter that you find within each other. Continue being each other’s comfort during difficult times and understand that dynamics change and that life can be messy but at the end of the day you have each other to lean on.

Today, is the first day of the rest of your lives. Into a vast and unknown future stretching out before you.

(to guests)

With that, Kimberlynn and Joshua present themselves to be married today, cheerfully surrounded by the people they love the most.

The bride and groom would like also to give a special thank you to their families who have loved and supported them every step of the way.

*Ask for rings.

DECLARATION OF INTENT OFFICIANT (to groom):

Josh, do you take Kim to be your lawfully wedded wife from this day forward - to have and to hold, in good times and bad, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health; will you love, honor, and cherish her for as long as you both shall live?

groom: I do.

OFFICIANT (to bride):

Kim, do you take Josh to be your lawfully wedded husband from this day forward - to have and to hold, in good times and bad, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health; will you love, honor, and cherish him for as long as you both shall live?

bride: I do.

Josh, take Kim’s ring, place it on her ring finger, and repeat after me:

Kim, with this ring, I thee wed,

and I do promise to love, honor, and cherish you,

in good times and bad,

for richer or poorer,

in sickness and in health,

until death do us part.

Kim, take Josh’s ring, place it on his ring finger, and repeat after me:

Josh, with this ring, I thee wed,

and I do promise to love, honor, and cherish you,

in good times and bad,

for richer or poorer,

in sickness and in health,

until death do us part.

PRONOUNCEMENT OFFICIANT (to couple):

Kimberlynn and Joshua, having proclaimed your love and commitment to one another in the sight of Almighty God and these witnesses, by the power vested in me by the state of West Virginia it is my pleasure to pronounce you, husband and wife! You may now kiss the bride! (Couple kisses)

It is my great pleasure to present to you for the first time as a married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell!