David Lester Cotner

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Michael and Christine in the spiritual union of marriage.

What greater thing for two persons than to feel they are joined together; to strengthen each other in labor, to rest on each other in sorrow, to help each other in need, to share joy, and to be one with each other-whatever life has to offer.

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.

I will ask now that Michael and Christine share their own words with each other...…

Michael and Christine will now share their vows.

Do you Michael take Christine 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?

*(I Do)*

Do you Christine take Michael 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?

*(I Do)*

Michael and Christine will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and fidelity.

*(Ring Exchange)*

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

Ladies and Gentleman, I present Mr & Mrs Michael & Christine Ridgeway