Jeffery Lee Hauswirth

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

On behalf of Jacob and Mallory, thank you for being here to witness this very special event. I am both humbled and honored to have this opportunity to share in your day.

We are gathered together here to join Jacob and Mallory in the spiritual 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.

Declaration of Intent

1. I find it fitting that you choose to have your wedding here. Not only is there a family link to this beautiful lake, but if you think about it, there are many parallels to marriage and this body of water. This lake can be very calming. It can offer peace and sanctuary. It holds a deep sense of spirituality. It can be rejuvenating and fill your soul. This same lake that can bring peace also holds a side in which there is anger. It can be cold. It can be distant. It can also be demanding. Marriage can also hold these same descriptions. At the core, though, regardless of the change, there is love. As there is love for this place in which we stand, there is a love between the two of you. Like this lake, marriage is ever changing. May you both continue to deepen your love for each other through the years.

2. The last point I would like to make is this: Above all, be friends first. Friends stand up for each other. Friends pick each other up. Friends have each other’s back. Friends are proud of each other’s accomplishments. Friends share honestly (even if they KNOW it is not what the other wants to hear). Friends accept each other. Friends face problems together. Friends make time for each other. Friends believe in each other. Friends honor each other. Friends keep their promises. Above all else in your lives together and throughout your marriage, BE FRIENDS FIRST.

Do you, Mallory Pruden, take this man, Jacob Hauswirth, to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live? If so, say “I DO”

Do you, Jacob Hauswirth, take this woman, Mallory Pruden, 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, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live? If so, say “I DO”

"With this ring I, ______, take you, ______,/ to be no other than yourself. /Loving what I know of you,/ and trusting what I do not yet know, /I will respect your integrity /and have faith in your abiding love for me, /through all our years, /and in all that life may bring us.

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of the State of Michigan I now pronounce you husband and wife.