Daniel Richard Shelton

Tina and Heather’s

Wedding

Wedding party comes

Heather comes----- ask who gives this woman away to her soulmate.

Tina comes----- ask who gives this woman away to her soulmate.

Welcome to you all on this special day! On behalf of Heather and Tina, they would like to thank you for being here.

They are thrilled that you are here today to share in their joy during this wonderful moment in their lives.

By your presence, you celebrate with them the love they have discovered in each other and you support their decision to commit themselves to one another for the rest of their lives.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. If there is anything better than being loved, it is loving.

This afternoon we are here to celebrate love. We come together to witness and proclaim the joining together of these two ladies in marriage.

God does not make a love that is wrong. This is the union of two individuals in heart, body, mind, and spirit, Therefore, marriage is not to be entered into lightly, but reverently, honestly.

, and deliberately. And it is into this union that Tina and Heather come now to be joined.

St Paul reminds us that….

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs, but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, love never gives up... Three things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

The expression of intent

Tina you have chosen Heather to be your life partner. Will you love and respect her? Will you be honest with her always? Will you stand by her through whatever may come? (Answer: "I will")

Heather you have chosen Tina to be your life partner. Will you love and respect her? Will you be honest with her always? Will you stand by her through what ever may come? (Answer: "kI will")

The affirmation of family and friends

Now in the spirit of joy and affirmation, I want to ask your families and friends a question. Do you, the families and friends of Heather and Tina, give them your blessing and support this day, wishing them a wonderful life together? (Answer: "We do")

The exchange of vows

Tina and Heather, now we come to your vows. May I remind you that saying your vows are one thing but nothing is more challenging than living them day-by-day. What you promise today must be renewed tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you. Will you now please turn and face each other and hold hands, looking at each other.

Tina’s Vows

Heathers’sVows

Tina, I told myself one night at castle bridge that I loved you, and I was going to marry you one day. Look at where we are today. Tina you can always count on me wether I'm your shoulder to cry on or your ears to listen. I will always be your biggest fan. Tina I promise to encourage you when you are down grow with you. You will never face a day alone when you find yourself troubled you can always come to me. I can't imagine anyone else to spend my life with. I promise to love you on the good and bad days a little more on the bad. I promise to ask a 1,000 times a day what's wrong. I promise to forgive quickly and to love you all the days of my life!

Sand Ceremony

Tina and Heather, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you will ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today.

As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.

The giving and receiving of rings (Maids of honor has rings)

May we have the rings please

Tina repeat after me

Heather, I give you this ring,……… that you may wear it, as a symbol of the vows we have made this day. I pledge you my love, and respect, ……..my laughter and my tears….. With all that I am, …I honor you.

Heather repeat after me.

Tina, , I give you this ring,……… that you may wear it, as a symbol of the vows we have made this day. I pledge you my love, and respect, ……..my laughter and my tears….. With all that I am, ……I honor you.

Affirmation of the marriage

Now may those who wear these rings live in love all their days. Now may the love, which has brought you together, continue to grow and enrich your lives. May you continue to meet with courage any problems, which may arise to challenge you. May your relationship always be one of love and trust. May the happiness you share today be with you always. And may everything you have said and done here today become a living truth in your lives.

Declaration of Marriage

Tina and Heather, we have heard your promise to share your lives in marriage. We recognize and respect the covenant you have made here this day before each one of us as witnesses. Therefore in the honesty and sincerity of what you have said and done here today and by the power vested in me by the State of North Carolina, it is my honor and delight to declare you married and partners in life...for life.

You may seal your vows with a kiss.