EdnaRae Ellen Gould

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Melissa and Colton in the 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.

Melissa and Colton, you have chosen each other as your truest, closest friends. You are choosing to love one another above all other people. This choice means your spouse’s life becomes your life; your spouse’s joy becomes your joy, and your spouse’s burdens become your burdens. Love is not a feeling; that butterfly giddiness will pass. Love is a choice; it’s a commitment; it’s a determination, sometimes in spite of the way you feel. “Like” is a feeling, and it comes and goes. “Love” is a choice you will make many times a day for the rest of your lives.

Melissa and Colton will now share their vows. *(Vows)*

Do you Melissa take this man Colton 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 unto him for as long as you both shall live? *(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Colton take this woman Melissa 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 unto her for as long as you both shall live? *(Wait for Confirmation)*

Melissa and Colton will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

Colton, as you slip the ring on Melissa’s finger repeat after me: "I present you this ring, as a symbol of my love and commitment. with this ring, I thee wed.”

Melissa, as you slip the ring on Colton’s finger repeat after me: "I present you this ring, as a symbol of my love and commitment. with this ring, I thee wed.”.

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

You may kiss the bride.

May i be the first to introduce to you Mr and Mrs. Jennings!