Melissa Joyce Cooper

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Paula Peasley and John Nix 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.

Paula Peasley and John Nix will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Paula Peasley take this man John Nix 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 John Nix take this woman Paula Peasley 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)*

Paula Peasley and John Nix 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 Missouri I now pronounce you wife and husband!