GREETING & GIVING AWAY OF THE BRIDE Good afternoon, friends, family, honored guests. On behalf of Jennifer & Arturo, I would like to thank all of you for being here to share in their special day. This moment in time is truly a cause for joyous celebration, for these two kindred souls are finally coming to be united together in the bonds of marriage. Jennifer & Arturo, This is the time you have chosen to become husband and wife. We are here, not only to witness your commitment to each other, but also to wish you both every happiness in your future life together. Within its framework of commitment and loyalty marriage enables the establishment of a home, where through trust, patience and respect, the love and affection which you have for each other may develop into a deep and lasting relationship. We who are witnessing your marriage, hope that despite the stresses inevitable in any life---your love, respect for each other, and your trust and understanding of each other will increase your contentment and heighten your joy in living. Who brings this woman to marry this man? Jennifer’s father: “Her mother & I do.” CONSENT & PROMISE Will you now, as an expression that your hearts are joined together in love, please join your hands? Arturo,  do you take Jennifer to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to her So long as you both shall live? If so, say I do. Art: “I do” Jennifer,  do you take Arturo to be your wedded husband, to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to him So long as you both shall live? If so, say I do. Jennifer: “I do.” VOWS Arturo, please repeat after me: Jennifer, I take you/ To be my lawfully wedded wife Before these witnesses, I choose you/ As the person with whom I will spend my life/ I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, as I offer myself to you/ with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help/ and turn to you when I need help/ I vow to love and care for you/ as long as we both shall live. Jennifer, please repeat after me: Arturo, I take you/ To be my lawfully wedded husband Before these witnesses, I choose you/ As the person with whom I will spend my life/ I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, As I offer myself to you/ with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help/ and turn to you when I need help/ I vow to love and care for you/ as long as we both shall live. UNITY CANDLE CEREMONY The lighting of the unity candle is a vivid reminder that in marriage our lives are merged, even as we remain individuals. This is a symbolic prayer not only that God will enhance and bless your uniqueness as individuals; but also make of your hands ONE hand...of your hearts ONE heart...and of your lives ONE life. Arturo and Jennifer,  the two lighted candles symbolize your separate lives, your separate families and your separate sets of friends. I ask that you each take one candle and that together you light the larger center candle. The individual candles represent your individual lives before today. Lighting the center candle represents that your two lives are now joined to one light, and represents the joining together of your two families and sets of friends to one. THE ROSE & THE VESSEL And now, let us participate in yet another symbolic act. Life is full of many such actions that speak to us of a deeper meaning that we cannot always put into words. You have used ancient symbols in this wedding service—the exchange of rings, the clasping of hands, the bearing of flowers, and the lighting of candles. By such things you act instead of speak in regard to your promises. The following ceremony, called the Rose and the Vessel, provides a meaningful way to continue to remember the importance of the promises you have made to each other this day, now and for the rest of your long and happy life together. Arturo, please pick up your rose; and as you hand it to your bride, please repeat after me. “Jennifer, take this rose as a symbol of my love/ It began as a tiny bud and blossomed/ Just as my love has grown and blossomed for you. Jennifer, Please place Arturo’s gift to you in this vase, and repeat after me: Arturo, I take this rose as a symbol of your love / And I place it into the water as a symbol of life./ For just as the rose cannot survive without water/ I cannot survive without you. Arturo, repeat after me..... In remembrance of this day/ I will give you a white rose each year on our anniversary/ As a reaffirmation of our love/ And the vows spoken here today Jennifer, repeat after me.... And I will refill this vase with water each year/ Ready to receive your gift/ In reaffirmation of the new life you have given me/ And the vows spoken here today. Please now join your hands around the vase, and Arturo, repeat after me.... And so this rose will be a symbolic memory/ Of my commitment to you this hour/ I vow to be a faithful husband to you/ To be your partner and best friend/ And to respect and cherish you/ All the days of my life. Jennifer, please repeat after me.... And I commit myself to you to be your faithful wife/ To be your partner and best friend/ And to respect and cherish you/ All the days of my life. Jennifer and Art, if there is anything you remember about this marriage ceremony, let it be that the love that brought you here today is the love that makes this a glorious union, and it is that love by which your marriage shall grow and endure. EXCHANGE OF RINGS Each of you is now about to present a ring to the other. The wedding ring, a complete circle, is a symbol of the completeness a husband and wife find in a marriage relationship. The ring has no beginning and no end, just as true love is never-ending. The ring is also made of pure and precious metals and gems, just as the true love you have found together is a precious treasure.  As you place the wedding rings on each other’s hands, may it not only remind you of that endless love, but of the precious gift God has given you to make you complete. Do we have the rings? Arturo, please place the ring on Jennifer’s finger as you repeat after me: Jennifer/ I give you this ring/ as a symbol of our vows/ and with all that I am/ and all that I have/ I honor you/ With this ring, I thee wed Jennifer, please place the ring on Arturo’s finger as you repeat after me: Arturo/ I give you this ring/ as a symbol of our vows/ and with all that I am/ and all that I have/ I honor you/ With this ring, I thee wed FAMILY MEDALLION Just and Jennifer & Arturo gave each other rings as symbols of their love & commitment to one another, so too, they would like to present their son, Andrew, with a gift as a symbol of their love & commitment to him. This medallion is made up of 3 people with intertwined hands and arms, two of which symbolize the union of this man and woman in marriage. The third smaller person represents the joining of Andrew to this union, and the commitment to the togetherness, care and protection of this family celebrated here today. Jennifer & Arturo, Do you promise to be there as good parents to Andrew, to protect and comfort him, and to love and understand him for as long as you both shall live? If so, say I do. Jennifer & Art: “I Do.” Jennifer and Art would now like to read a special vow to Andrew (read in unison, from a plaque or 3 x 5 card) “Andrew, you are our little miracle. We promise today to always care for and protect you, to make for you a beautiful example of what a home and family should be, and to love you and each other with every word and action....today and forever. We love you.” PRONOUNCEMENT Art & Jennifer, on this day you have consented together to be bound to one another in lawful marriage. You have made special promises to each other which have been symbolized by the joining of hands, taking of vows and by the giving and receiving of rings. And so, by the authority vested in me, according to the laws of New Jersey,  I now pronounce you to be husband and wife. Arturo, You may now kiss your bride! Ladies & Gentlemen, I present to you, the new Mr. & Mrs. Arturo & Jennifer Acevedo!

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