Marilou Harrington-Lawson

Welcome Everyone; Friends and Family

We are gathered here today to join this couple in the bonds of matrimony. In their devotion, respect, and love for each other they wish to unite in the bond of marriage and to dedicate themselves to each other’s happiness and well-being as soul mates for eternity.

Kevin and Wahiahawi, today you are surrounded by your friends and family, all of whom have gathered here to witness your marriage and to share in the joy of this special occasion. Today, as you are joined in marriage, there is a vast and unknown future stretching out before you. The possibilities and potentials of your married life are great; and now falls upon your shoulders the task of choosing your values and making real your dreams. Through your commitment to each other, may you grow and nurture a love that makes both of you better people, a love that continues to give you great joy, and also a passion for living that provides you with energy and patience to face the responsibilities of life.

Today you come before all these witnesses as individuals, but you will leave here as husband and wife, blending your lives, expanding your family ties, and embarking upon the grandest adventure of soulful interaction. The story of your life together is still yours to write. All those present have come to witness and celebrate your love and commitment this day - eager to be a part of the story yet to be told.

Foundation

Marriage is the joyful uniting of a couple whose care and affection and understanding have developed into a deep and abiding love. Marriage is the union of two individuals in heart, body, mind, and spirit. Therefore, marriage is not to be entered into lightly, but honestly, and deliberately.

No ceremony can create your marriage. Only you can do that through love, patience, and perseverance; through talking and listening; through helping and supporting and believing in each other; through your commitment to forgive one another, to respect and appreciate your differences, and to make the important things matter and to let go of the rest. What this ceremony can do is witness and affirm before the Creator the choice you’ve made to begin a new life today as a family.

Today you choose each other before your family and friends, to begin your life together. For all the tomorrows that follow, you will choose each other over and again, in the privacy of your hearts. Let your love and friendship guide you, as you learn and grow together. Experience the wonders of the world, even as patience and wisdom calm the restless nature. Through your partnership, triumph over the challenges in your path. Through the comfort of loving arms, may you always find a safe place to call home. And with the blessings of the Creator may you always know peace.

Vows

Wahiahawi and Kevin, Please join hands

Kevin xxxx, will you receive this woman as your wedded wife, to give yourself to her in love and honor, in duty and in service, in faithfulness and in tenderness, to live with her and to cherish her from this day forward? (I do)

Wahiahawi xxxx, will you receive this man as your wedded husband, to give yourself to him in love and honor, in duty and in service, in faithfulness and in tenderness, to live with him and to cherish him from this day forward? (I do)

Ring Ceremony

Kevin, would you please place the ring on Wahiahawi’s finger and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed, and forever pledge my love and devotion.

Wahiahawi, would you please place the ring on Kevin’s finger and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed, and forever pledge my love and devotion.

Wedding Prayer

By Jose and Katsi xxxx

Tabacco Burning

By Jose and Katsi xxxx

Pronouncement of Marriage

Kevin and Wahiahawi, by giving and receiving your vows in the presence of these witnesses and before our Creator, you have consented to be joined together in wedlock and have pledged yourselves to each other for eternity.

Therefore, on this day, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the State of New York, I do hereby pronounce you husband and wife.

Kevin, You may kiss your bride.

Family and Friends May I present to you Mr. and Mrs. xxxx