Dean Allen Tarbell

Good evening and Welcome everyone, before we get started there are a few announcements I’ve been asked to make, first and probably most important please make sure that the gate you came in from is always closed and latched behind you to ensure the safety of the young ones here because we are on a very busy street, secondly I’m sure you saw as you came up the walkway that there are restrooms just outside that gate for everyone to use, if any problems arise with those please let the bride or grooms parents know so we can get them resolved, and lastly there will be dinner and dessert served after we are done here, we will have to move our chairs to the tables so if you need any help please don’t hesitate to ask, wed be glad to assist. For a more detailed timeline please look at the programs you were provided when you came in. So with that….

Prologue :

…Antonio and Odaina, are so glad everyone could make it today to witness this union, and see their two families become one. As we all may be very excited to be here, we are also remembering those who have passed on who could only be here in love, who have been honored with a saved seat.

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Odaina Larsen and Antonio McLaughlin 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.

They would like to include these verses,

Ruth 1:16-17

“Do not urge me to leave you or to turn back from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do thus to me, and worse, if anything but death separates you and me!”

Odaina and Antonio will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

From Groom, 1st: repeat after Dean

I Antonio take you Odaina to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward. May you never steal, lie, or cheat. But if you must steal, please steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of our lives, and if you must cheat, please cheat death, because I could not live a day without you. According to Gods holy ordinance I pledge myself to you, with this ring, I wed thee

From Bride 2nd : repeat after Dean

I Odaina take you Antonio to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward and if death do us part I promise to find you in every lifetime. May you never steal, lie or cheat. But if you must steal then please steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie then please lie with me each night of our lives, and if you must cheat then please cheat death, because I could not live a day without you. According to gods holy ordinance I pledge myself to you, with this ring I thee wed, in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirt. Amen.

Do you Odaina Larson take this man Antonio McLaughlin 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 Antonio McLaughlin take this woman Odaina Larson 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)*

Mark 10:9 MEV

What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.”

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of California I now pronounce you wife and husband! I now pronounce you husband and wife, and partners for the rest of your lives, you may now kiss your bride.

It’s my honor to introduce you all to Mr. and Mrs. Antonio McLaughlin.