Michael W St Onge

Ceremony Script for Jeremy Thomas Short and Tiffany Ann McPherson

Welcome to this beautiful day and occasion. My name is Mike St Onge and I’m a marriage minister and a friend of the Short family. It is an honor to officiate this wedding.

Family, friends, and those who we hold dear to our hearts, we are gathered here today in the sight of God, Angels, and Ancestors to witness and bless the joining together of Jeremy Thomas Short and Tiffany Ann McPherson in Holy matrimony. Let's take a breath and a brief moment to thank God in our own thoughts for bringing us together today and all he has done for us. (Pause)

Marriage 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, understanding and COMMUNICATION are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Love is a force more formidable than any other.

It cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession ever could.

But although this love joins you together as one, remember the gift of your individuality. Cherish and affirm your differences as you love each other.

Be supportive of your strengths, and tender towards your weaknesses.

Laugh together, cry together, be comforted by each other's presence, and secure in each other's absence.

Let us pray.

Beloved God, we welcome you and are grateful for your presence here today.

We ask that you guide and bless Jeremy and Tiffany with a loving, healthy and happy marriage. We ask that you bless this family deeply that is created by this union.

We ask that your light and grace be extended to all, that they may know you and welcome you in their lives each and every day.

Amen.

As we rejoice in Jeremy and Tiffany’s marriage today, let us each consecrate the relationships in our own lives and rededicate ourselves to these unions we share.

May God bless Jeremy and Tiffany’s parents, whose love, support and nurturing are such an essential part of who they are today!

Thank you for being their first teachers of the powers and possibilities of love.

May you take great joy in the fact that the seeds of love you planted in Jeremy and Tiffany will flourish in the formation of this new family.

Let us remember, today and always, that there is nothing more important than loving one another.

Jeremy and Tiffany, you have come here this day so you may have your love sealed and strengthened before God, Angels, Ancestors, and this gathering of friends and family. I ask you to state your intentions:

Have you both come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?

Jay and Tiffany: “We have.”

And now Jay and Tiffany will say their vows

Hyrum and Evalyn, please come forward with the rings

Please hold the rings as I bless them.

These rings are the outward and visible signs of the vows and promises you have willingly exchanged. They reflect the commitment of your words.

Bless, O Lord, the giving of these rings and those who wear them. May they live in your peace and continue in your favor, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Hyrum, Give your Mom’s ring to your Dad in his right hand.

Jeremy, on this day, before God, Angels, Ancestors, your family, and friends do you take Tiffany as your wife, promising to uphold the vows you have just spoken

Jay: “I do” and places the ring on Tiffany’s left hand ring finger

Evalyn, give your Dad’s ring to your Mom in her right hand.

Tiffany, on this day before God, Angels, Ancestors, your family and friends do you take Jeremy as your husband, promising to uphold the vows you have just spoken

Tiffany: “I do” and places ring on Jay’s left hand ring finger.

Thank you Hyrum and Evalyn

Now, may I please have Anne Giglio come forth to say the final prayer.

Anne says prayer.

Thank you Anne.

And now according to the ordinances of God and in the name of the State of Michigan, I now pronounce them husband and wife.

Jeremy, you may kiss your bride.

Now, it is my honor to present to you for the first time,

Mr & Mrs Jeremy and Tiffany Short

Sign marriage license at the truck

Before dinner:

Let us pray.

In the name of the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit Amen.

We ask you Lord to please bless this food to the nourishment of our body.

We thank you for this beautiful day in uniting this terrific family and We ask that the Holy Spirit of love may deepen the lives of Jeremy and Tiffany.

May this relationship, which today has been expressed, continue to grow in the years to come.

Whatever changes time may bring, let this wedding ceremony remain as a treasured memory and a guide to life.

May they always experience that breathless wonder that exclaims: "Out of all this world, YOU have chosen ME."

When life is done and the sun is setting, may they be found then as now, still hand in hand, still thanking you for each other.

In the name of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit Amen