Dr Maceo Brayboy

INVOCATION

(Minister to the reception)

'Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today to join Cortez Marquise Elzy and Mariana Ortiz Arroyo in the spiritual union of marriage. This contract should not be embarked upon lightly, but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember…, love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

DECLARATION OF INTENT

(Minister to the groom)

Cortez, Do you take Mariana 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?'

(Minister to the Bride)

Mariana, Do you take Cortez 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?

RINGS EXCHANGE

Cortez, please take the ring you have selected for Mariana. As you place it on her finger, repeat after me:

Mariana, I give you this ring, as a symbol of my love. I ask you to wear it as a sign to the world that you are my wife. With this ring, I thee wed.

Mariana, please take the ring you have selected for Cortez. As you place it on his finger, repeat after me:

Cortez, I give you this ring, as a symbol of my love. I ask you to wear it as a sign to the world that you are my husband. With this ring, I thee wed.

PRONOUNCEMENT

In so much as the two of you have consented together in matrimony, and have witnessed the same before this company, by the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Georgia, I now pronounce you husband and wife.

Cortez, you may kiss your bride!

RECESSION