Jamie Diane Hullenbaugh

Open wide the windows of our spirits, for today something sacred happens.

Let the wedding begin!

Matthew Gage Harrell and Anthony Freeman Clevenger, your marriage is intended to join you for life in a relationship so intimate that it will change your whole being.

It offers you the hope, and indeed the promise, of a love that is true and mature.

To attain such love you will have to commit yourselves to each other freely and gladly for the sake of a richer and deeper life together.

Seek to become one in mind and heart as well as one in body.

Do you come before your friends and family today to unite in marriage?

RESPONSE, WE DO.

Do you, the families and friends of Anthony and Gage,

give them your blessing and promise to uphold and care for them in their marriage?

RESPONSE "We do."

Marriage is a gift;

entered into with responsibility, sustained through open sharing and mutual encouragement.

Marriage is a gift;

a mark of commitment, a pledge of faithfulness, and a symbol of enduring friendship.

Marriage is a gift;

within the context of family, which has sustained each partner in the past,

the families whose love they will share in the days ahead.

Marriage is a gift;

a treasure to be received joyfully and with never-ending wonder

even as it changes, grows, and ages with time.

Marriage is now, and will be, a gift.

Please turn to your beloved and hold hands.

Gage,do you take Anthony, to be your beloved partner and husband? Do you commit yourself to be responsible in marriage,

giving of yourself to him in love, cherishing him, respecting him, encouraging him, and together becoming all you hope to be?

RESPONSE, I DO

Anthony, do you take Gage to be your beloved partner and husband? Do you commit yourself to be responsible in marriage,

giving of yourself to him in love, cherishing him, respecting him, encouraging him, and together becoming all you hope to be?

RESPONSE, I DO

Please repeat afer me!

I, Matthew Gage Harrell give myself to you Anthony Freeman Clevenger, to be your husband.

I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.

I, Anthony Freeman Clevenger give myself to you Matthew Gage Harrell, to be your husband.

I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,

in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.

ask if they have personal vows.

Please present the rings. (I hold both or the box in my hands)

These rings are the symbols of vows taken, a circle of wholeness.

These rings mark the beginning of a journey filled with wonder,

surprises, tears, laughter, celebrations, grief and joy.

May these rings glow with the warmth and life that flows through their wearers today.

Gage please take Anthony's left hand and repeat these words.

RESPONSE "Anthony Freeman Clevenger,I give you this ring as a sign of my loving commitment,

now and for always."

Anthony please take Gage's left hand and repeat these words.

RESPONSE "Matthew Gage Harrell, I give you this ring as a sign of my loving commitment,

now and for always."

As Gage and Anthony head into the world may they always remember to face the demands of tomorrow, together.

Their marriage is a shared adventure that will be full of rich moments of serenity as well as excitement!

May they only grow stronger through challenges and strive to always uplift each other through any difficulty.

May their home be always a place of peace and joy!

By the permissions of the State of AL and by my ordination I would like to announce to all that you are married!

YOU MAY KISS YOUR HUSBAND!

Go forth together with a daring and tender love, with courage and with hope.

Go forth together with faith in yourselves and in the world around you!

The ceremony may be over but your journey has just begun!

For the first time as married, may I present Mr. and Mr. Harrell-Clevenger!

Would everyone follow the couple outside and please join us for the butterfly release.