Brianna Nicole Crockett

Welcome everyone! We are here today because each of us love these two people standing before us enough to leave our houses during a shelter-in-place order. But seriously, we are gathered here to witness Michael & Gabrielle join together and begin their journey as husband and wife.

Right now, Mike and Brielle are proving to us that marriage is not just putting on a beautiful dress or a fancy tux. It isn’t about having a big party, celebrating with friends and family or dancing into the late hours of the night. Marriage is about the continued learning of not just living together as a couple of two separate lives, but living your lives as one complete life. It means continually moving forward as a couple and working towards the success of your family. These two have proven that not even a global pandemic can stand in the way of their marriage.

For both of you, you’ve had the chance to experience your lives together. These years have been filled with so much love, lots of laughs and of course a few tears. Through good times and bad, through hours of X-box and The Bachelor binge-a-thons, and becoming parents to the cutest diabetic kitten ever, Mike and Brielle have learned how to navigate this thing called life, together.

So, Mike & Brielle, are you ready to do this, FOR REAL?!

Ok, let’s do it!

Do you Michael take Gabrielle to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect her, forsaking all others and holding onto her in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer for as long as you both shall live?

Do you Gabrielle take Michael to be your lawfully wedded husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect him, forsaking all others and holding onto him in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer for as long as you both shall live?

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Michael & Gabrielle are now going to partake in a Unity Sand Ceremony. In this ceremony both Mike & Brielle will each take their different colored sand, and pour them into a single glass. This keepsake will be kept with them so that every day that they look upon this glass, they will be reminded of the union and promise that they make to each other today, to live their lives together as one.

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Rings are made of precious metal, but that same metal is also made precious by wearing them. Your wedding rings are special because they enhance who you are. They mark the beginning of your long journey together. Your wedding ring is a circle, a symbol of love never ending. It is the seal of the vows you have just taken to love each other without end.

Chris, may I please have the rings?

Michael, please place this ring on Gabrielle's left hand.

By placing this ring on her finger, you do this as a sign of your love that you have chosen her above all else.

Gabrielle, please place this ring on Michael's left hand.

By placing this ring on his finger, you do this as a sign of your love that you have chosen him above all else.

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Today is a celebration. A celebration of love, of commitment, of friendship, of family, and of two people who are in it for forever. To make your relationship work will take love. It will take trust, to know, that in your hearts, you truly want what is best for each other. It will take dedication, to stay open to one another, and to learn and grow together. It will take faith, to go forward together, without knowing what the future holds. And it will take commitment, to remain true to the journey you both have pledged to begin today.

You both have stated your intent, you have declared commitment to one another, you performed the Unity Sand Ceremony, and have exchanged rings. Now, there is only one thing left to do...

By the power vested in me by the State of New Jersey and the American Marriage Ministries, I now pronounce you officially husband and wife!

Michael, you may kiss your bride!

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my absolute honor and privilege to introduce to you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dlugo!