Reverend A. Childress

•Invocation•

Thank you so much to everyone for coming this beautiful afternoon.

Today, we have gathered together to share in the love of two very special people, Felicia Lopez & Mark Kampman. Their journeys have brought them to this place filled with happiness, love and the promise of a beautiful future.

"You may all be seated"

•Reading•

Love has no other desire but to fill the soul with peace. Love has no other desire than to hold a scared hand and to sooth a pained heart. Love has no other desire than to bring joy and fulfillment to two souls who have searched and found the perfect "one" to spend their life with.

Felicia and Mark, do you, with your family & friends as your witnesses, present yourselves willingly and of your own accord to be joined in marriage? "We do"

•Declaration of Intent•

Mark, have you come here today with the intention to be legally joined in marriage and do you pledge to choose respect, kindness, and compassion toward one another, to listen deeply to one other, and to speak to one another truthfully, today and always? Yes/I do.

Felicia, have you come here today with the intention to be legally joined in marriage and do you pledge to choose respect, kindness, and compassion toward one another, to listen deeply to one other, and to speak to one another truthfully, today and always? Yes/Ido.

•Sermon•

Please face one another and hold each others hands.

Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life.

Happiness is fuller; memories are fresher; commitment is stronger. Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life is unable to avoid.

It encourages and nurtures new life, new experiences and new ways of expressing love through the seasons.

While the commitment begins with the two of you, its effect radiates outward.

It touches your family and friends and ultimately all of society.

When this commitment is seriously made and continuously fulfilled, it leads to the richest and most rewarding of human relationships.

Your relationship will take more than love.

First it will be your faith in each other.

It will take trust, to know in your hearts that you want only the best for each other.

Dedication, to stay open to one another, to learn and grow, even when it is difficult to do so, and faith, to go forward together without knowing what the future holds for you both.

While love is our natural state of being, these other qualities are not as easy to come by.

They are not a destination, but a journey.

Marriage is a give and take between two personalities, a mingling of two endowments which diminishes neither, but enhances both.

Your joining together today becomes all the more important to recognize the significance of a devoted and affectionate family life.

Seeing that no moment is without meaning, we ask that you take this marriage as a beginning of your lives together.

Today signifies the creation of a new home and a new family for you both.

May you be fulfilled by each other’s love and friendship.

May you be overjoyed by the promises you are about to make and the life together you will create.

Remember that in every marriage, there are good times and bad, times of joy and times of sorrow.

Marriage is a journey – a time of adventure and excitement enhanced by the love, trust, dedication and faith you share in one another.

You have youth and hope.

You also know that good times are sweeter when shared and that difficult times are less harsh when borne by two.

Continue to work to build a foundation that will support the lasting relationship that is marriage.

May the promises you make to one another today, be lived out to the end of your lives.

Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys, but today is the day it all begins.

•Vow Exchange•

At this time both Felicia and Mark will exchange their vows.

Mark, Please repeat after me:

I Mark choose you Felicia to be my wife and best friend, I promise to love and honor you, to treasure and respect you, to walk with you side by side in joy and sorrow.

I vow to be honest, caring, and truthful.

I vow to love you as you are and to grow old by your side as your husband and best friend.

Felicia, Please repeat after me:

I Felicia choose you Mark to be my husband and best friend, I promise to love and honor you, to treasure and respect you, to walk with you side by side in joy and sorrow.

I vow to be honest, caring, and truthful.

I vow to love you as you are and to grow old by your side as your wife and best friend.

Mark and Felicia, Having this love in your hearts, you have chosen to seal your vows by exchanging rings.

•Exchange of Rings•

Mark, Place your ring on Felicia's left finger.

Felicia, Place your ring on Mark's left finger.

As these rings encircle your fingers, may your divine and constant love encircle your hearts.

They are merely symbols of the priceless commitment of this marriage.

May they endure the ups and downs of daily life.

May they travel life together as a family, joined together as one.

May their wisdom grow along with their knowledge of each other’s unique character and spirit.

May there be grace in times of conflict, an ability to communicate during misunderstandings and a deep sense of belonging to each other.

May you protect them from all harm.

Provide for their needs.

Console them in their sorrows.

Lift them with joy.

Even when worn with age, may these rings forever shine through all seasons of life.

•Pronouncement•

By the power vested in me through the great state of Wyoming, I now pronounce you, "Husband and Wife", Mark, you may now finally kiss your bride...

It is my honor to now introduce to you for the first time, Mr. & Mrs. Mark and Felicia Kampman.

•Recession•