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The Wedding of Julia Yenha Trankiem & Marlen Duanne Whitley

Officiated by Travis Townsend in California on August 18th, 2018.

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Julia Yenha Trankiem And Marlen Duanne Whitley’s Wedding Wedding Ceremony Script

[WELCOME:]

Family and Friends of Julia Yenha Trankiem and Marlen Duanne Whitley – welcome to their wedding ceremony this evening at Cabo del Sol, in Cabo San Lucas.

From this location you can see the beautiful waters of the Sea of Cortez. You can hear the crash of the waves…fascinating us with the rhythmic ebb and flow of the power of the ocean. In this place, we take ourselves out of the usual routines of daily living to witness a unique moment in the lives of Julia and Marlen. Today they join their lives in the union of marriage.

To all their guests, they are happy to share this moment with you. They have known most of you for several years. You watched them grow up, you went to school with them, or you worked with them. You helped carry them through life’s tribulations and have shared in their amazing times of triumph. Because you are the ones who have supported them and known them so well, it is only fitting that you are the ones to share this life-changing moment with them.

Marlen and Julia communicate special appreciation of all the love and support their parents have given them over the years, developing them into the loving, trustworthy, and loyal – good people whose like energy and values have brought them together to become one.

And so it is that Marlen and Julia present themselves to be married today…surrounded by the people they love the most.

As Marlen and Julia take this step to enter into this sacred contract of marriage, I share a few words on this covenant. 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.

A wedding ceremony is not a point of arrival. But instead it is the beginning of a long journey that husband and wife commit to travel together for the rest of their lives. The marriage contract serves as the most powerful fuel to advance you on this journey of life. Absorb that; take that in. Remember that when you hit the turbulent times that life inevitably brings, your commitment to each other is to continually find ways to proceed on your trip together. Address any disagreements, misalignments, or footfaults you encounter like you would a flat tire or running out of gas on a road trip. Those things do NOT stop your travel. They may indeed be serious impediments to you continuing along your way, but all things can be overcome with effort, teamwork, empathy and the determination to proceed down that road together no matter the challenge.

[READING:]

In representation of their love and their impending union, Julia and Marlen have requested Selia Warren, friend of the Bride, to deliver a reading of Maya Angelou's "Touched by an Angel".

*(Selia Reads)*

Thank you for delivering that wonderful inspiration of love Selia.

[VOWS:]

Julia and Marlen will now share their formal vows to one another, before this audience of family and friends as witnesses.

Do you Julia Yenha Trankiem take this man Marlen Duanne Whitley to be your lawfully wedded husband, 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?

In confirmation, Julia please say "I do".

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Marlen Duanne Whitley take this woman Julia Yenha Trankiem 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?

In confirmation, Marlen please say "I do".

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Julia and Marlen also desire to share a few sincere words about their love, from their hearts, before all these witnesses.

Julia, you may address your Groom.

*(Wait for Julia)*

Marlen, you may address your Bride.

*(Wait for Marlen)*

[RING EXCHANGE:]

Julia and Marlen will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

Marlen, as you place the ring on Julia's finger, please repeat after me:

I give you this ring to wear *(Wait for confirmation)*

As a symbol of my abiding love, *(Wait for confirmation)*

My eternal faith, and my undying devotion. *(Wait for confirmation)*

It is an outward reminder of our inner unity. *(Wait for confirmation)*

Julia, as you place the ring on Marlen's finger, please repeat after me:

I give you this ring to wear *(Wait for confirmation)*

As a symbol of my abiding love, *(Wait for confirmation)*

My eternal faith, and my undying devotion. *(Wait for confirmation)*

It is an outward reminder of our inner unity. *(Wait for confirmation)*

Now, by the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and on behalf of the State of California I now pronounce you husband and wife. Marlen, you may kiss your wife!

*(Wait for kiss)*

[PRONOUNCEMENT:]

I am pleased to present the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Marlen Whitley!

Your wedding ceremony is over; it is now time to celebrate!



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