Angela Rachel Ferreira

Welcome, family, friends and loved ones.

We are gathered here today to celebrate the wedding of E.C. and Lucille.

You have come here from near and far to share in this commitment they make to one another and to offer your love and support to their union.

E.C. and Lucille ask for your blessing, encouragement and support, for their marriage and life shared together. They also remember loved ones who cannot be here to share in this moment today.

E.C. and Lucille, marriage is the promise between two people who love each other, who trust that love, who honor one another as individuals in that togetherness, and who wish to spend the rest of their lives together. It enables the two separate souls to share their desires, dreams, and memories, their joys and sorrows, and to help each other through all uncertainties of life.

A strong marriage also nurtures each of you as separate individuals and allows you to maintain your unique identity and grow in your own way through the years ahead. It is a safe haven for each of you to become your best self.

You are adding to your life not only the affection of each other, but also the companionship and blessing of a deep trust. You are agreeing to share strength, responsibilities and love. It takes more than love to make a relationship work. It takes trust and dedication, to stay open to one another, to learn and grow, even when it is difficult to do so.

VOWS

E.C. and Lucille have prepared their own vows at this time.

Officiant: Please present the rings

Your wedding ring is a symbol of your promise to one another. The ring, an unbroken, never ending circle, is a symbol of committed, unending love.

E.C., as you place this ring on Lucille’s finger, repeat these words after me:

This ring symbolizes my love for you and the commitments we made today.

Lucille, as you place this ring on E.C.’s finger, repeat these words after me:

This ring symbolizes my love for you and the commitments we made today.

E.C. and Lucille, please join hands, look at one another now and remember this moment in time.

Officiant:

E.C., do you take Lucille to be your wife? I do.

Lucille, do you take E.C. to be your husband? I do.

E.C. and Lucille’s, you have come here today of your own free will and in the presence of family and friends have declared your love and commitment to each other. You have given and received a ring as a symbol of your promises. By the power of your love and commitment to each other, and by the power vested in me by the State of NC, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

You may now share your first kiss as husband and wife. Friends and family, I now present to you Mr. & Mrs. Farthing!