Trina Skidmore Ballard

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Emily Jordan Burns and Rodney Dwayne McKinley 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.

Emily Jordan Burns and Rodney Dwayne McKinley will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Emily Jordan Burns take this man Rodney Dwayne McKinley 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 Rodney Dwayne McKinley take this woman Emily Jordan Burns 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)*

Emily Jordan Burns and Rodney Dwayne McKinley will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Virginia I now pronounce you wife and husband!