Wedding of
Jennifer and Johnathon
May 1st, 2010
Opening:
   Jennifer and Johnathon --We welcome you to this moment in your lives and to the place you have come to in each other’s hearts. We join with you on this day, as you commit before God, that from this point forward you will live in a union of partnership—that you remain separate individuals with separate wants and desires while forming this vital, growing partnership between two equal people for the purpose of your spiritual growth. 
   We congratulate you on the journey of your lives, on the strength and the courage it has taken for each of you to make your way to this place. Both of you have professed a very serious, joyful love for each other. You receive on this day happy blessings, for yourselves and all the world. You are being asked to be fully together without giving up yourself. 
Blessing the Couple:
   May this couple be blessed with an abundance of resources and comforts, and be helpful to one another in all ways. May this couple be strong and complement one another. May this couple be blessed with prosperity and riches on all levels. May this couple be eternally happy. May this couple be blessed with a happy family life. May this couple live in perfect harmony, true to their personal values and their joint promises. May this couple always be the best of friends. 
A quote from a poem by Rumi to be recited by the minister: 
  “From the beginning of my life I have been looking for you. My heart has burned with passion and has searched forever for this wondrous beauty that I now behold. You have breathed new life into me. I have become your sunshine. I love everything that is you, with everything that is me. I am in the house of mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.” 
Vows:
  "Jennifer, may your love help Johnathon to find within himself a greater sense of who he is meant to be and know that he is a beautiful soul. You are asked to see the good in this man, to accept him for who he is and who he shall be, that he might be healed and made strong. Do you take Johnathon to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

Jennifer: "I do."

   "Johnathon, may your love help Jennifer see herself as beautiful and strong that the entire world might be blessed by the presence of her light. You are also asked to see the good in her and to accept her for who she is and who she shall be, that she might be healed and made strong. Do you take Jennifer to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
Johnathon: "I do."

   "From this point forward, Jennifer, Johnathon’s needs will carry the same priority as your own. Likewise, Johnathon, from this point forward, Jennifer’s needs will be seen to be as important as your own. You will not be two conflicting or competing forces, but rather the energies of your lives will blend into harmony and oneness. You will be two people who give more to the world as a couple than they ever could give alone."
An Inuit blessing to be recited by the minister: 
  You are my husband. You are my wife. My feet shall run, because of you. My feet dance, because of you. My eyes see, because of you. My mind thinks, because of you. And I shall love, because of you. 
Ring Ceremony:  (for the ring exchange we will repeat these vows to each other) 
  To Jennifer, repeat after me:  
  "I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness, of all that we have promised and all that we shall share.  As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be as your wife.”
  To Johnathon, repeat after me:  
  "I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness, of all that we have promised and all that we shall share.  As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be as your husband.”
Proclamation:
   "As you two have come together here today to be united in holy matrimony, expressing your love before all of those present, and in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Johnathon, you may kiss your bride."
Services by: New Age Pagan Minister Christina Shipley