Eric Thomas Ciborski

Welcome Family and Friends,

We are gathered together here on this beautiful day to celebrate PHENIX and TAMIA, as they make a promise of love and commitment to one another in 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.

What a gift and joy to find someone with whom to spend our life! Committing to share our brightest days and weather our darkest nights with someone is no small thing and cannot be done lightly.

Commitment is about trust. It’s about patience, forgiveness, devotion, and hope. It’s what happens when a relationship becomes a home — a place of safety and love — to which each partner can return, again and again.

Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s an action, and a decision not to act. It’s an essence, and an energy, the invisible fabric of our cosmos, our paths woven together in intricate patterns of compassion, compromise, understanding, and acceptance. Love is a power greater than us, and within us. Love is language, and the warmth of sitting in shared silence with someone who truly sees us – the way PHENIX and TAMIA truly see each other.

We celebrate with them today as they commit to honor this love for a lifetime.

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(Officiant TO THE COUPLE):

PHENIX and TAMIA, we welcome you to this moment in your lives. You have our unwavering support and friendship. You have built a home for each other in your hearts, a safe and infinite haven. Today, we celebrate you as you begin to build a marriage together.

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VOWS OF COMMITMENT:

Phenix and Tamia will now share their own personally prepared vows.

*(PHENIX Vows)*

*(TAMIA Vows)*

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STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT (SYMBOLIC 'I DO'S):

(Officiant TO THE COUPLE):

Do you, Phenix Griswold, take this woman, Tamia Garner, to be your lawfully wedded wife and partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, meeting each new joy and sorrow together, continuing to deepen your understanding of her, treating her with kindness, compassion and respect; welcoming each new chapter of life together with a spirit of curiosity and patience, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

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Do you, Tamia Garner, take this man, Phenix Griswold, to be your lawfully wedded husband and partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, meeting each new joy and sorrow together, continuing to deepen your understanding of him, treating him with kindness, compassion and respect; welcoming each new chapter of life together with a spirit of curiosity and patience, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

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PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE:

(Officiant TO THE COUPLE:)

True marriage is more than just a ceremony or a piece of paper – it is a lasting bond that joins two lives and two hearts. Marriage is love. Companionship. Trust. And Respect. May you always find strength in each other, laugh with each other, and find safety and comfort in each other’s words and company. May you celebrate many joyful seasons together, support each other when days are difficult, and continue to learn and grow closer together with each passing year.

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

You may now kiss!