Jerri Lynne Aguilar

**Presentation of the bride**?

Officiant: Who has the honor of presenting the bride today? Escort responds: I do

Greeting:

Officiant:

We gather here today, in the presence of God, family and friends to join _Bridgett and Ashley in matrimony. We celebrate the coming together in love of these women. We remember that marriage is a time when growing love is made public, when two people share mutual promises. We join in our support of them as they offer themselves to each other. We celebrate their joy, their love and their expectations.

Officiant:

May you always need one another, not so much to fill the emptiness as to help each other know your fullness. May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you embrace one another, but not encircle one another. May you succeed in all important ways with each other, and not fail in the little graces. Look for things to praise, often say 'I love you' and take no notice of small faults. May you have happiness, and may you find it in making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it in loving one another.

Charge (the charge is addressed to the couple. It is a preparation for the vows you are about to take):

Officiant:

Bridgett_ and Ashley___, the covenant which you are about to make with each other is meant to be a beautiful and sacred expression of your love for each other. As you pledge your vows to each other, and as you commit your lives to each other, we ask that you do so in all seriousness, and yet with a deep sense of joy, with deep conviction that you are committing yourselves to a dynamic growing relationship of trust, mutual support and caring love.

Betrothal/Pledge:

Officiant:

To _Bridgett_: Will you, _Bridgett____ have Ashley___ to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort and keep her, and forsaking all others remain true to her as long as you both shall live?"

_____- I will

Officiant:

To Ashley___: Will you, Ashley___, have Bridgett_ to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort and keep her, and forsaking all others remain true to her as long as you both shall live?"

___: I will

Vows:

Officiant: Now that you have declared your intentions, I invite you to share your vows with one another.

(They have their own)

Officiant: May we please have the rings

These rings have no beginning and no end. They set forth the eternal nature of real love. They will represent the love and trust that _Bridgett and Ashley_ promise to each other this day.

To Ashley: will you take this ring and place it upon Bridgett’s finger, and as you do, repeat to her, after me, these words:

I give you this ring.

(_____ will say): I give you this ring,

As I give you myself,

(_____ will say) as I give you myself,

With love and affection

(_____ will say) with love and affection.

Wear it in peace always

(_____ will say) Wear it in peace always.

To Bridgett: ___ will you take this ring and place it upon _Ashley's finger, and as you do, repeat to her, after me, these words:

I give you this ring,

(___ says) I give you this ring,

As I give you myself

(___ says) as I give you myself,

With love and affection

(___ says) with love and affection.

Wear it in peace always

(___ says) Wear it in peace always.

(RIBBONS FOR HANDFASTING)

May these two find happiness in their matrimony. May they live faithfully together, may they ever remain compassionate. May their years be rich in the joys of life, and their days be long upon the earth.

​And now by the authority given to me by the State of Arkansas I present to you for the first time as wife and wife Bridgett and Ashley Rogers.