Collin Juhnke

Dearly Beloved

We are gathered together to join Heidi and Josh in the 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.

Do you Josh take Heidi to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, for as long as you both shall live?

Do you Heidi take Josh to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer and poorer, for as long as you both shall live?

At this time, Josh and Heidi will now exchange rings as a sign of their love and fidelity

Josh if you could take Heidi’s left hand and with the ring placed over her finger and repeat after me,

I Josh take you Heidi to be my wedded wife,

to have and to hold from this day forward

for better for worse for richer for poorer

in sickness and in health

to love and to cherish

to death do us part

I hereby pledge you my faithfulness

Heidi if you could take Josh’s left hand and with the ring placed over his finger and repeat after me,

I Heidi take you Josh to be my wedded husband,

to have and to hold from this day forward

for better for worse for richer for poorer

in sickness and in health

to love and to cherish

to death do us part

I hereby pledge you my faithfulness

The lovelocks tree of life is a new and unique addition to a wedding ceremony. Couple, parents and children have a love lock padlock and lock it on the tree of life. It is a unique way to unite families together. the locks are custom and are a one time use as there is no keys.

By the authority vested in my by the American Marriage Ministries and the State of South Dakota, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife. (you may kiss the bride)

Foundations, your parents were foundations of your beginning until now. They lock onto the root of the tree in strength and support. Their locks are a symbol of the commitment and joy they share with you and the blessing you have been in their lives.

Today you will join your separate lives together. your locks represent a symbol of your commitment to one another. you will remember why you have come here today and this locks are a one time only as there is no key. As your tree grows in so many directions, the branches will bear its celebrations of life to come.