Baranda N Taylor

Processional (be in place when music starts)

~ Introductory Music ~

When everyone is seated:

Welcome Statement

Baranda: We are gathered here today to witness the union of Daniel and Tennille along with Daughter Ambriee. Welcome friends and family! Thank you for joining us on this beautiful and exciting day.

Today is the beginning of a remarkable journey for this family. Drawing on their admiration, respect, and trust, they are ready to embark on the next chapter in their lives. We celebrate the love and light evident in their relationship, and wish them blessings on this beautiful occasion.

Family Blessing

Baranda: Who gives this Bride

Tennille's dad/family: "I do." Or "Her mother and I"

Speak Now (optional)

Baranda: If anyone has cause to object to this union, speak now or forever hold your peace.

Vows

Baranda: Daniel and Tennille, the promises you make today are sacred; they are the groundwork from which your marriage will grow and blossom over time.

Today you will become not only husband and wife, but a family as well. Granting a promise to love with all your heart, from now until eternity.

Pause

Declaration of Intent

Baranda: Daniel and Tennille, will you please join hands.

Daniel, before God, and witness do you take Tennille to be your wife, to have and to hold, as long as you both shall live?

Daniel: I do.

Baranda: Tennille, before God and witness do you take Daniel to be your husband, to have and to hold, as long as you both shall live?

Tennille: I do.

Sand Ceremony

Baranda: Tennille and Daniel, today you have made vows honoring your lives together as well as your children. To symbolize the eternal joining of this family you will now combine these vials of sand sealing your family bond.

Tennille, Daniel and Ambriee will each receive a vial of sand.

You each hold in your hand a unique vessel of sand, representing yourself as an individual. The gathering of this new family will have a deep influence upon the children who share in this marriage.

Together, Daniel and Tennille, slowly blend your sand into the vessel, symbolizing the uniting, and the promises of bride, and groom.

They will then simultaneously pour their sand into larger vessel

Just as these grains of sand can never be separated into individuals again, your lives, now combined, can never be separated.

Ambriee, your parents strive to provide a loving, nurturing environment in which you will find solace, and confidence to reach the highest goals of your heart, mind and spirit. Will you now pour your sand, bringing together this family, creating a beautiful united bond.

Lastly; I will fill the remainder of the container with white sand. Creating a symbolic barrier, protecting the union that is being made here today.

Will you each please place a hand upon the vessel?

(Or have them each take one of Ambriees hands)

Do you each accept the responsibility of being an important part in the strength and unity of this family, and to forever contribute your best efforts to maintain this love and strength?

If so please say "We Do." (This includes Ambriee)

Bride and groom drop hands with Ambriee and turn back to face one another.

Ring Exchange

Baranda: The bride and groom will now exchange rings, representing to the world their promise to one another and their family. Please present the rings.

Daniel after me:

I, Daniel, give you Tennille, this ring as a symbol of my vow, with all that I have and all that I am.

I, Tennille, give you, Daniel, this ring as a symbol of my vow, with all that I have and all that I am.

Together:

I give you my heart.

From this day forward

you shall not walk alone.

May my heart be your shelter

and my arms be your home.

Pronouncement

Baranda: Daniel and Tennille, by the power vested in me by the state of Georgia, Under the eyes of God, I happily pronounce you husband and wife!

Kiss

Baranda: Daniel, You may kiss your Bride!

(Kiss, smile, hold hands, turn to audience.)

Presentation

Baranda: Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, I give you the Thomas Family.

Or

Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, I give you Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Tennille Thomas.

Recessional

~ Exit Music ~ follow the crowd out.