JAMES L. PROCTOR

Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you for coming today to celebrate the union in marriage between Phil and Debbie.

Today as we join Phil and Debbie in marriage, we celebrate them as they begin this new journey together. This covenant that they are entering before God is not to be entered into lightly but after much thought and consideration. Please remember that Love is not just a feeling but an action. It is support, sacrifice, leadership, pursuit, loyalty, understanding, patience, and giving what is best for your spouse without demand in return.

If these things are what the desires and decisions of your hearts are, I invite you to repeat after me:

*(Vows)*

Do you Debbie Eplin LaValley take this man Phil Balasko to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself to him for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Phil Balasko take this woman Debbie Eplin LaValley to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself to her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Debbie and Phil will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

Because of the vows they have made to God and each other, as a minister of the gospel of Christ and authority invested in me by the State of Ohio, I pronounce that Phil and Debbie are now husband and wife, in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

You may kiss your bride!

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Debbie Balasko!