Mary Frances Perry

WEDDING WELCOME

DJ - Softly playing music

Officiant- Walks down to her place.

Will everyone please take your seat.

Before I start the ceremony the bride Michelle and Groom Brandon ask that you please mute your cell phone, and no photo's to be taken until after the ceremony because it may interfere with the photographer.

Officiant - Good afternoon, family and friends. We are here to celebrate the marriage of Michelle Harrison and Brandon Hennigan, and to share in one of the greatest celebrations known to humanity. Michelle Harrison and Brandon Hennigan, thank you for the honor of allowing us to share in your marriage celebrations.

PROCESSION

DJ starts the music of the Groom's Entrance - None of This- Nipsey Hustle (First Hook and Nip's verse only)

Groom takes his place on his right / left of the officiant .

DJ starts the music for the bridal party entrance. (Share My World - Mary J. Blige) They proceed down to the front. After every one is in their place.

The brides runner is rolled out for her entrance.

DJ- starts the music for the Bride's Entrance - You - Jesse Powell- Officiant ask everyone to please stand. Once Bride is at podium - everyone please be seated.

Officiant - Ask the Bride & Groom to please take each other hands and face each other.

DECLARATION OF INTENT & CONSENT OF CHILDREN

Officiant addresses the couple :

As we being your ceremony today, we began by stating your intention to marry and that you freely and without reservation choose to join together.

Brandon Hennigan - Do you freely and without reservation choose to marry MICHELLE HARRISON today?

Brandon - respond - I DO

Michelle Harrison - Do you freely and without reservation choose to marry BRANDON HENNIGAN today?

Michelle - respond - I DO

Thank you both.

OFFICIANT - addresses the Bride, Groom, the couple's children

You've known pretty much since the beginning that you would marry, but you had to make sure it was "RIGHT". Part of that was "MAKING SURE" includes your children.

OFFICIANT TO BRIDE'S SON-

In that spirit I ask you ( ) do you consent to your mother Michelle Harrison marrying Brandon Hennigan?

Son- answers I do or Yes

OFFICIANT TO GROOM'S SON -

In that spirit I ask you ( ). do you consent to your father Brandon marrying Michelle Harrison?

Son - answers I do or Yes

Officiant - Great!!! Thank you

OFFICIANT BLESSING - YES OR NO

I ask that you all join me in prayer as we bess on what we do here today.

We thank you for the love of Michelle and Brandon and the gift of their love in our lives. We ask the blessings on this celebration and on what we do here today.

May we become clearer reflections of compassion and graciousness in our world. Also the blessings of love and health and prosperity on this beautiful family. We ask this with our hearts full of faith, hope and love. Amen.

LOVE STORY & WORDS ON MARRIAGE

Michelle and Brandon while some say you met and fell in love by chance, that's how some view internet algorithms. But that's not it all. You've share that you feel you were brought to each other through Divine guidance. What you have is rare.

Officiant tells about their story

This is for you Michelle and Brandon

Officiant -

So now you're both here today because you've committed to each other and have made a choice. You are choosing each other. You've chosen to be with someone who enhances you, makes you think, makes you smile and laugh, even sometimes makes you cry, but always makes every day brighter.

Today you make promises to each other that you will strive to honor every day forward for the rest of your lives together. The vows you make today represent who you are and value in life and in love., and how you promise to show up in good days and bad. These are your promises to meet life as a team, and to share each moment, each struggle and triumph with each other.

And so it is Michelle and Brandon that your family now bears witness as you give your word, and pledge your love and life to each other.

EXCHANGE OF WEDDING VOWS

Michelle, do you promise to continue to love, respect, and protect Brandon every day, and to recognize within your heart his strength, his pride, his light, even as you see his vulnerability and fragility, and appreciate that he is the only person you wish to spend this life with as your husband, partner for life.

Michelle - answer - I DO

Brandon do you promise to continue to love, respect, and protect Michelle every day and to recognize within your heart her strength, her pride, her light, even as you see her vulnerability and fragility, and appreciate that she is the only person you wish to spend this life with as your wife, partner for life,

Brandon - answer - I DO

OFFICIANT ASK FOR THE RINGS

Michelle and Brandon wedding rings are an outward and visible sign of inward, spiritual grace signifying to all your commitment to each other.

Please hold hands and look at each other - if they are not

These are the hands of your best friend, strong and full of love for you. These hands will work and play alongside yours as you build your future together. These are the hands that will passionately cherish you through the years and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other. They will tenderly hod your family as one. And these are the hands that even when aged, will still reach out to you with the same touch that comforts you today,

Whenever you glance at these rings know that you Michelle, and that you Brandon are loved beyond all imaging .

Michelle please take Brandon's left hand in yours

Please place the ring on his fourth finger and resume holding of his hands

Repeat after me.:

Brandon , I give you this ring with the promise: That I will love and honor you , in all ways, for all our days. It is a symbol of my deepest love, my unending and devoted friendship, and a pledge to stand with you in every tomorrow.

Brandon please take Michelle's left hand in yours

Please place the ring on her fourth finger and resume holding of her hands.

Repeat after me:

Michelle, I give you this ring with the promise: That I will love and honor you, in always for all days. It is a symbol of my deepest love, my unending and devoted friendship, and a pledge to stand with you in every tomorrow.

UNITY SAND CEREMONY - ASK FOR THE CHILDREN TO COME FORWARD - Lite Jazz Music is playing

OFFICIANT TO THE CONGREGATION:-- to extend this family in unity we will have a unity sand ceremony

Michelle and Brandon, today you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other and to honor your children as well. Your family relationship is symbolized through the pouring of these 4 individual containers of sand, each one representing all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be, as individuals and as family.

As you each hold your sand the separate container of sand represent your lives up to this moment individual and unique. as you now combine your sand together your lives also join together as one family.

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage and your family be inseparable and whole

Everyone walks back to their positions .

PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE & FIRST KISS AS NEWLYWEDS

Now as you Michelle and Brandon have consented together in marriage on this day 16th of October 2025 have pledged your faith to each other by sharing your vows and giving and receiving of these rings before your family, according to the power vested in me by the State o Maryland and American Marriage Ministries, I pronounce you married.

(officiant while. saying this is moving out of sight)

You may kiss as a married couple.

CHEERS!!!!!

Couple turns around wait till the officiant says:

OFFICIANT : SAYS NOW FRIENDS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME MR. & MRS. HENNIGAN.

WEDDING RECESSION:

BRIDE& GROOM Walks down the aisle first, followed by Children, Followed by the BRIDAL PARTY, OFFICIANT, PARENTS, FAMILY FRIENDS

OFFICIANT OFF TO SIGN MARRIAGE LICENSE.