Helen Elizabeth Collins
Minister ID: 555015-291673 View Ordination Certificate
Officiated by Helen Elizabeth Collins in California on September 29th, 2018.
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Helen has not submitted any photos yet.Welcome friends and family today we celebrate the union of Christoph Gosset and Jennifer Stanton.
We gathered here today to also celebrate one of the most intimate bond between two people, marriage. You all have been invited here not just as guest to a wedding but as close and important witnesses of the love that Chris and Jennifer share. Getting married today is only one small quick step towards the meaning of true marriage. Marriage is not just putting on that beautiful dress or nice suit. It isn’t about having a party, celebrating with friends and family, then partying until the late hours of the night. Although we definitely are going to do just that. All of those things are what the wedding is about, but marriage is so much more.
When reflecting on the meaning of marriage, I came across an excerpt by Daphne rose kingma that I’d like to share with you.
In marriage, we say not only I love you today, but also I promise to love you tomorrow, the next day and always. In promising always, you promised each other time. We promise to exercise our love, to stretch it large enough to embrace the unforeseen realities of our future. You promise to learn and love beyond the level of our instincts and inclinations, to live in foul weather as well as good, to live in hard times as well as when you are exhilarated by the pleasures of romance. We change because of these promises, we then shape ourselves according to them; we now live in their midst and live differently because of them. You will feel protected and know that your hearts have come home.
Chris and Jennifer you have chosen to write your vows, and with these words you express your binding promise to love, honor, and cherish one another. If you’re ready to make these promises to each other I invite you now to look into each other’s eyes and declare your intentions. Chris when you’re ready you may begin...
Jennifer when you’re ready you may begin....
Thank you both for sharing your vows with all of us. The rings you are about the place on each other‘s fingers are symbol of the love you expressed. They remind you of the vows you have just spoken, and the love that you have for one another.
Chris , please place the ring on Jennifer’s finger and repeat after me.
As this ring in circles your finger... from this moment forward... so my love forever in circle you... you will never walk alone.... my heart will be your shelter my arms while you’re home.... we will walk through life as partners and best friends.... I promise to do my best to love, cherish and except you.... just the way you are... I give you my heart until the end of time... I have no greater gift to give.
Jennifer place the ring on Chris’s finger and repeat after me.
As this ring in circles your finger... from this moment forward... so my love forever in circle you... you will never walk alone.... my heart will be your shelter my arms while you’re home.... we will walk through life as partners and best friends.... I promise to do my best to love, cherish and except you.... just the way you are... I give you my heart until the end of time... I have no greater gift to give.
Play the power given to me by the American marriage ministry and by the state of California, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride.
Friends and family is my great honor and pleasure to present for the very first time Chris and Jennifer as husband and wife.
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