Processional - SEI Data



Processional: “Glance” by Misty Edwards

Welcome: Roddy Clyde

Presentation of Bride and Groom (asking blessing of parents)

Prayer: Roddy Clyde

Hands Ceremony: Roddy Clyde

Libby, please face Greg and hold his hands, palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to love you all the days of his life. These are the hands that will work along side yours, as together you build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost secrets and dreams.

These are the hands that look so large and strong, yet will be so gentle as he holds your child for the first time. These are the hands that will work long hours for you and your new family. These are that hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes: tears of sorrow and tears of joy. These are the hands that will comfort you in illness, and hold you when fear or grief overwhelms you. These are the hands that will tenderly lift your chin and brush your cheek as they raise your face to look into his eyes - eyes that are filled completely with his overwhelming love and desire for you.

Greg, please hold Libby’s hands, palms up, where you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, smooth, young and carefree, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as she promises to love you all the days of her life.

These are the hands that will hold each child in tender love, soothing them through illness and hurt, supporting and encouraging them along the way, and knowing when it is time to let go. These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through difficult times. These are the hands that will comfort you when you are sick, or console you when you are grieving. They are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will give you support as she encourages you to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for can be realized.

Bless these hands that you see before you this day.  May they always be held by one another. Give them the strength to hold on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. Keep them tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love. Help these hands to continue building a relationship founded in grace, rich in caring, and devoted to reaching for perfection.

Declaration of Intent

Before God and these witnesses I ask you to affirm your willingness to enter this covenant of marriage and to share in joy and hope whatever the future may hold for you.

Greg, do you take Libby to be your wife? Do you promise to love her faithfully as long as you both shall live?

Greg: “I do.”

Libby, do you take Greg to be your husband? Do you promise to love him faithfully as long as you both shall live?

Libby: “I do.”

Reading by Renee Ohendalski: “1 Corinthians 13:1-8

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

Vows

I, Greg, take you, Libby to be my wife, my constant friend, and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow: to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

I, Libby, take you, Greg to be my husband, my constant friend, and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow: to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

Exchange of Rings

Greg, take this ring and place it on the ring finger of Libby and repeat after me: I give you this ring…as a sign of my love…and a symbol of my faithfulness.

Libby, take this ring and place it on the ring finger of Greg and repeat after me: I give you this ring…as a sign of my love…and a symbol of my faithfulness.

Reading by Dustin Kunz: “Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog”

First of all, it's a big responsibility,

So think long and hard before deciding on love.

On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:

when you're walking down the street late at night

and you have a leash on love

ain't no one going to mess with you.

On cold winter nights, love is warm.

It lies between you and lives and breaths

and makes funny noises.

Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.

It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.

Love doesn't like being left alone for long.

But come home and love is always happy to see you.

Is love good all the time? No! No!

Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.

Love makes messes.

Love leaves you little surprises here and there.

Love needs lots of cleaning up after.

But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.

And in return, love loves you and never stops.

Unity Candle Lighting:

“God Bless the Broken Road” sung by Shannon Paz accompanied by Renee Ohendalski

Pronouncement of Husband and Wife

**Recessional Music begins playing, music is lowered for…**

Introduction of the Newlyweds

**Music is cranked back up for…**

Recessional: “I Wanna Love Somebody” by Keith Urban

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