Wedding Ceremony

ShAWN / KATHERINE DURANDO

NOTE: Albert Sign the marriage certificate a day before, Dont forget!

Welcoming

We are gathered here in the presence of God, family, and friends to unite Shawn and Katherine in holy matrimony. Marriage is an honorable estate, and is therefore not to be entered into lightly, but reverently, and with God’s blessing. If anyone abjects to this marriage speak now or forever hold your

Today, they will receive God’s gift; another person to share with, grow with, change with, be joyful with, and to stand with as one when trials and tribulations enter their lives. It is fitting, therefore, that we should on this occasion begin by asking for God’s blessing on this marriage. Let us pray.

Opening Prayer

Heavenly Father, we gather to celebrate your gift of love, and its presence among us. We rejoice that these two people have chosen to commit themselves to a life of loving faithfulness to one another.

We praise you, Lord, for the ways you have touched our lives with loving relationships such as Shawn and Katherine, and we give thanks for the special love and friendship you have put in their hearts. Renew within us an affectionate and loving spirit.

Enrich our lives with the gracious gift of your love so that we may embrace others with that same love. May our participation in this celebration of love and commitment, give to us a new joy and responsiveness to the relationships that we cherish. In your loving arms, we pray, Amen. You may all be seated.

Definition Of Commitment

Marriage is a joyous occasion. It is connected in our thoughts with the charm of love, the warmth of home, and with all that is pleasant, as being one of the most important events of our lives. Its sacredness and unity is the most significant and binding covenant known in human relations.

Ephesians 5:22-33

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

The Charge

Shawn and Katherine, let me charge you both to remember that your future happiness is to be in mutual consideration, patience, kindness, confidence, and affection. It is the duty of each of you to find your greatest joy in the company of the other; to remember that your love pledged today must remain undivided for a lifetime.

It is both your duty, Shawn, to be to Katherine, a considerate, tender, faithful, and loving husband: to support, guide and cherish each other in prosperity and trouble; to thoughtfully and carefully enlarge the place she holds in your life; to constantly show to her the tokens of your affection, to shelter one another from danger, and to love her with an unchangeable love.

I call your attention to the seriousness of the decision which you have made and the covenant you are about to declare before God. The vows you are about to take care not to be taken without careful thought, for in them you are committing yourselves exclusively to one another for as long as you both shall live.

Problems may arise, but always know that together and with the help of God you will be able to withstand any circumstance that comes your way.

THE BIBLE Mario and Maria Palacios

Wedding Vows

If you are ready to assume the obligations and duties before God, as I have defined them, Please unite your hands and pledge your love and your lives to each other.

Groom, repeat after me.

I Shawn take you, Katherine,

to be my wife, to have and to hold,

from this day forward,

for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish,

for as long as we both shall live.

This is my solemn covenant

Now Bride, please repeat after me.

I Katherine take you, Shawn,

to be my wife, to have and to hold,

from this day forward,

for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health,

to love and to cherish,

for as long as we both shall live.

This is my solemn covenant

SAND CEREMONY

We have here three Jars with sand that represent your lives

SHAWN and Katherine today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. EVEN SEPARATE MONEY

They represent all that you are and all that you'll ever be as an individuals. BUT THE BIBLE GIVES US THESE BEAUTIFUL WORDS ABOUT BEING TOGETHER

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their labor:

If either of them falls down,

one can help the other up.

But pity anyone who falls

and has no one to help them up.

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.

But how can one keep warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered,

two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

AS YOU GO AND FILL THE JAR THAT WILL REPRESENT YOU AS ONE MEDITATE ON THE WORDS I JUST SPOKED AND HOW THEY WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR MARRIAGE

SONG WILL PLAY

ASK FOR THE RINGS (Practice Who will have the rings)

Exchange Of Rings

You will now exchange rings as a symbol of the lifelong commitment and abiding love which you as husband and wife have promised to each other. The ring is a full circle, it has no beginning and no end like your marriage will be. The ring will also let others know that your are in a covenant with some one special in your life.

Shawn, please place the ring on Katherine's finger, and repeat after me.

I give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness.

With this ring, I give you my heart…

From this day forward,

I will not let you walk alone .

God will be our Shelter,

And His arms will be our Home

Katherine Bride, please place the ring on Shawn’s finger and repeat after me.

I give you this ring as a sign of my love and faithfulness.

With this ring, I give you my heart…

From this day forward,

I will not let you walk alone .

God will be our Shelter,

And His arms will be our Home

Prayer

Eternal God, help Shawn and Katherine

to fulfill the promises they have made here today

and to reflect your steadfast love in their commitment to each other.

Give them kindness and patience, affection and understanding,

happiness, and contentment.

and may their family and friends continue to support, pray and encourage them.

Declaration Of Marriage

Shawn  and Katherine,

having witnessed your vows for marriage before God and all who are assembled here Today, by the authority invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. what God has joined, let no man separate.

Shawn You may now kiss your bride!

BLESSING

Shawn, Katherine

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

may he make his face shine upon you,

and be gracious to you,

May He lift up his countenance upon you,

and give you peace.

And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today and always.

Ladies and Gentlemen it is my pleasure and my Honor for me to Introduce;

MR and Mrs Shawn Durando

Introduce the Wedding Coordinator

Wedding Coordinator will now give us direction on what will be happening during our celebration