[MINISTER]
PLESASE JOIN HANDS

MANY OF YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT YET, BUT GOD HAS KNOWN US ALL
SINCE BEFORE WE WERE BORN.  HE'S PLANNED OUT EACH AND EVERY
MOMENT OF EACH OF OUR LIVES, AND HOW EACH OF THOSE MOMENTS
WILL INTERFACE WITH THE MOMENTS OF THE LIVES OF OTHERS...
THATS WHEN HE RELEASES US INTO THE WORLD
ON AUTOPILIOT.

SO AS WE TRAVERSE THE CONSTANTLY UNFOLDING STORY THAT WE
CALL "LIFE", WE OCCASIONALLY, UNKNOWINGLY PAUSE TO LOOK
AROUND, TO SEEK THE MATE THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN FOR US.

SOMETIMES, IT TAKES YEARS, AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES THE SPAN OF
DECADES... AND IT WILL HAPPEN, AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, WE KNOW.

WE THINK "THIS IS THE ONE I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH".

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, ITS TIME TO HEED THE WORDS OF THE
BOOK OF GENESIS, WHICH CLEARLY STATE...
 
(GENESIS 2:24)
THEREFORE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, AND SHALL
CLEAVE UNTO HIS WIFE: AND THEY SHALL BE ONE FLESH.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR, TODAY...
IN HOLY MATRIMONY, THE TWO ARE BOUND AS ONE FLESH IN
THE EYES OF GOD.

AND SO I AM COMPELLED TO ASK...

[MINISTER TO BRIDE]
	DO YOU %%CUSTOMER1A%%, TAKE THIS MAN %%CUSTOMER2A%%,
	TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND,
	AND PROMISE TO LOVE HIM WITHOUT RESERVATION,
	TO COMFORT HIM IN TIMES OF DISTRESS,
	ENCOURAGE HIM TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS,
	TO LAUGH WITH HIM AND CRY WITH HIM,
	TO GROW WITH HIM IN MIND, AND SPIRIT,
	TO ALWAYS BE OPEN AND HONEST WITH HIM,
	AND TO CHERISH HIM FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE?
		IF SO, ANSWER "I DO". 

(PAUSE FOR BRIDE'S RESPONSE)

[MINISTER TO GROOM]
	DO YOU %%CUSTOMER2A%%, TAKE THIS WOMAN %%CUSTOMER1A%%
	TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE,
	AND PROMISE TO LOVE HER WITHOUT RESERVATION,
	TO COMFORT HER IN TIMES OF DISTRESS,
	ENCOURAGE HER TO ACHIEVE HER GOALS,
	TO LAUGH WITH HER AND CRY WITH HER,
	TO GROW WITH HER IN MIND, AND SPIRIT,
	TO ALWAYS BE OPEN AND HONEST WITH HER,
	AND TO CHERISH HER FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE?
		IF SO, ANSWER "I DO". 

(PAUSE FOR GROOM'S RESPONSE)

[MINISTER]
	AT THIS POINT, I AM OBLIGATED TO ASK...
	IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT, WHO CAN SHOW GOOD LEGAL REASON WHY
	THIS COUPLE SHOULD NOT BE WED?
	SPEAK NOW, OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.

(PAUSE FOR UNLIKELY RESPONSE)

	SINCE AROUND 540 A.D. NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES HAVE USED
	THE TRADITION OF AN EXCHANGE OF SYMBOLIC TOKENS TO
	REMIND EACH OTHER OF THE VOWS THEY'VE TAKEN ON THIER
	WEDDING DAY, AND AS A SIGN TO ALL OTHERS, THAT THEY ARE
	INDEED BOUND TOGETHER BY GOD AS ONE.

	OUR HAPPY COUPLE WILL NOW TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
	EXCHANGE THIER TOKENS OF LOVE.... THE RINGS

(MINISTER TAKES RINGS, AND RECITE'S PRAYER)
          HEAVENLY FATHER, BY YOUR BLESSING, LET THESE RINGS BE
          TO %%CUSTOMER1A%%, AND %%CUSTOMER2A%%, SYMBOLS OF
          LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS, TO REMIND THEM OF THE VOW AND
          COVENANT WHICH THEY HAVE MADE THIS DAY THROUGH JESUS
          CHRIST OUR LORD.  AMEN.

(RETURN RINGS TO THE COUPLE FOR INSTALLATION)

	LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW, SO...
	BY THE AUTHORITY `VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF
	%%STATE%%, AND THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST, I NOW
	PRONOUNCE YOU TO BE HUSBAND AND WIFE.  AND WHAT GOD
	HAS BOUND TOGETHER, LET NO MAN OR WOMAN PUT ASUNDER.

[MINISTER TO GROOM]
	YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
