Wedding Ceremony (Kyle and Jessalyn Marks)
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Processional Begins
Mothers are seated
Groomsmen enter with bridesmaids
Bride enters when music is played
Introduction to Ceremony
Introduction to Ceremony
Of all the relationships known among people, the most precious and perfect of all is that of husband and wife. It is therefore fitting that we should be gathered here in the sight of God to witness the vows and the commitment these two make to each other and to the Lord.
Since we have gathered here today to watch to families become one, were going to pray for God to bless Kyle and Jessalyn as they join their lives together today.
WHO GIVES THIS WOMAN TO BE MARRIED TO THIS MAN?
(Let’s Pray)
Heavenly Father, thank you for this day that we can gather together to witness two people who truly appreciate one another and love one another come together as one in marriage. Father I pray that you will be honored through this ceremony and will bless them for the rest of their lives as they seek to please you and love one another.
(The congregation may be seated)
A wise man once said:
Three things are beyond me;
four I can’t understand:
the way of an eagle in the sky,
the way of a snake on a rock,
the way of a ship at sea,
and the way of a man with a young woman.
Proverbs 30:
We are gathered here today to witness the exchanging of vows between Kyle Thomas Marks and Jessalyn Covell. Marriage is an institution created by God Himself. No one except God could have thought of anything as wonderful as marriage.
It was God Himself who placed that first man and woman together in the garden to love one another, complete one another, and to provide that unique companionship found in the marriage union.
Kyle God has given you a gift in Jessalyn someone to care for you and love you and take care of you, a friend, a companion and a team mate.
Jessalyn God has given you a gift someone who will protect you care for you and seek to make your life filled with joy and satisfaction.
Kyle, will you have this woman to be your wife, to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her so long as you both shall live?
(Groom Answers)
Jessalyn, will you have this man to be your husband, to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, will you be faithful to him so long as you both shall live?
(Bride answers)
Kyle
On this special day as we celebrate both of you, I wanted to give some advice on preserving a marriage that will last as long as you both shall live.
Never Go to Bed Angry.
Even though this is one of the happiest days of your life, there will come those times when you are stressed, frustrated and worn out. You will both have those days when everything seems to go wrong and you really upset each other.
Don’t go to bed angry.
A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
Don’t allow your frustration to build to where you say some harsh words you don’t really mean. Talk through it, resolve it, and then move on, out it in the rear view mirror.
You know there’s a reason why the rear view mirrors on a car are much smaller than the windshield. We are not meant to look back but to always keep our eyes forward.
Don’t go to bed angry
2. Keep a sense of humor
Sometimes things happen that aren’t your fault; they just happen. Yet you have to deal with them.
Keep your sense of humor
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
I think sometimes we take ourselves too seriously.
Keep a sense of humor.
3. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
I know you both do that really well right now, but it gets harder as time goes on to share what you’re thinking, what you’re feeling, and whats going on in your heart!
You can’t read each others mind, so be determined to make the extra effort to talk with each other. And as you do, give each other the gift of listening.
Purposefully determine to continue to build your relationship. Just because you are getting married doesn’t mean that you have built the best relationship you will ever have.
No, the truth is you are just getting started! Be intentional about improving your relationship every single day, so that you love each other more deeply when you are at the end of your life than you do today.
The apostle Paul said it this way
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10
That is another way of saying that I will put you first!
If each of you puts the other first, just imagine the happiness you will experience.
Finally make sure that as a couple you invite the Lord Jesus Christ to be a part of your lives, and the foundation of the home you are going to build.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding;
think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths.
In other words if you will allow God to take up residence in your home, He will make your paths straight. He will bless you.
Someone said that marriage is a journey- always changing. And with the changes that come different joys, different challenges, and different heartaches. But if you will follow this advice your joys will be richer. your challenges will be more manageable. And your heartaches won’t hurt as much because you will be walking this journey together.
In God’s love letter to humanity, God tells us the duties and responsibilities of each marriage partner whereby they might have the blessing of God on their home.
Kyle to you God gives a wonderful and difficult assignment:
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word. He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
Ephesians 5:
Just like Jesus Christ laid down his life for we as believers, so you also are called to lay down your life, and sacrifice for the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of your wife.
Jessalyn God says to you:
Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
God calls men to love their wives and He calls women to respect their husbands. that is because we are made with different needs. God calls you to allow Kyle to lead you so long as he is being lead by the Lord.
As your families are put together today in the legal and Christian manner, I pray that it is just the beginning of God taking two hearts and making them into one heart, which ought never to be broken, except by death.
Now will you face one another and join right hands as you exchange your wedding vows:
DECLARATION OF CONSENT:
Kyle, will you have this woman to be your wife, to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her so long as you both shall live?
(Groom Answers)
Jessalyn, will you have this man to be your husband, to live together in the holy covenant of marriage? will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, will you be faithful to him so long as you both shall live?
(Bride answers)
Now each of you brings a ring as a sign and seal of your love for each other.
(The maid of honor should place the rings in the pastors hand, I will hold out the rings to the groom)
Kyle please take your ring and place it on the third finger of Jessalyns left hand, hold it there and look deep into her eyes and repeat these words after me.
“May this ring
be a reminder
to you and to me
of the love a devotion
I now pledge
this day to you”
Now Jessalyn please take your ring and place it on Kyles left hand. Hold it there and look him in the eyes and repeat these words after me:
“May this ring
be a reminder
to you and to me
of the love and devotion
I now pledge
this day to you.”
I pray that these rings mark the purity, value, and the constant love that I know you have in your hearts for one another. Let them be now and for the rest of your lives a two fold seal of the vows you have taken here before God and your family and friends.
But most importantly let it remind you of the covenant promise you have made today with God.
(unity sand)
Our father in Heaven we ask you to bless Kyle and Jessalyn as they join hands together to climb the hill of life. May their blessings be doubled as they share life together rather than alone.
Protect them Lord from the inevitable hardships and challeneges that will come their way. Lord lead them to love each other like you love us all.
I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ would dwell at the center of this home that is established today.
As Kyle and Jessalyn grow closer to Christ may they grow closer to one another than they ever felt possible. We pray this in Jesus name AMEN!
Kyle and Jessalyn upon your solemn vows that you have made here today, and upon your sacred pledge to love one another for the rest of your lives, in accordance with the laws of God and the laws of the state of Florida, it gives me great pleasure to pronounce you husband and wife, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. What god has joined together let no man seperate.
YOU MAY NOW KISS YOUR BRIDE
Couple faces congregation
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN MAY A PRESENT TO YOU MR. AND MRS. KYLE MARKS.
The bride and groom would like to invite you to come to the reception hall and celebrate with them, on behalf of the family thank you all for coming.
You are dismissed.