Who gives this bride today?
family and friends…Please be seated.
Family and friends of the bride and groom, welcome and thank you for being here on this important day to celebrate the special love between Lewis and Lisa by joining them in marriage. We are met together in the presence of their dearest family and friends to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony. This is indeed a joyful time in which we witness their love joined together….
what is love??
"Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love." - Erich Fromm (1900-1980) German-American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher
Good afternoon everyone. How is everyone doing today? Good? Let me take a second to introduce myself…My name is Alexander Chin. I'm sure many of you may be quite confused as to why this heartthrob is standing before you today leading today's ceremony. It's cuz Lewis and Lisa have good taste in picking Reverends.
Tho I am not a spiritual leader to be officiating weddings, to be preaching about love, to be talking about feelings, to be guiding traffic towards happiness, to be leading the masses towards wholesome genuine goodness for that matter, however, i stand here before you today, about to shed my first tear at a wedding because i'm the one who introduced. i'm the 媒人。 they often ask me, why did you think we would get together? the answer was simple. "you guys both wear that t shirt over long sleeve combo" but we'll get to the details later….
爺爺奶奶， 外公外婆，爸爸媽媽，各位朋友。。。大家好。 今天非常高興能來聖地阿哥參加lewis 跟lisa 的婚禮。 也非常榮幸當能擔任今天的主持人。 我名字是陳家豪。 相信有很多家人跟朋友們跟我一樣遠到而來。 辛苦你們。 謝謝你們。 你們應該看得出來我不是正式的牧師，不過我卻有個更特別的身份。 我是他們的媒人。 因為他們的個性跟外貿都很“速配”所以他們是天照地設的一對。 他們常問我為什麼想到要介紹他們認識。 因為他們兩個都喜歡穿棒球裝。 （一件長袖外面配一件短袖 t-shirt)。
“For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is but preparation.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
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Lets start move to the Blessings of Marriage
Love - Alice Chang
Trust - Steve Lin
Family - Anne Chang
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Please join hands...
These Hands
These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love,
that hold yours on your wedding day.
These are the hands that will work along side yours as you build your future together.
These are the hands that will passionately love you and care for you throughout the years.
These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief torments your mind
and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other.
These are the hands that will give you strength when you struggle,
and support and encouragement to chase down your dreams.
These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children, and help keep your family together as one.
These are the hands that will, countless times, wipe the tears from yours eyes,
tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.
And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled with age, will still be reaching for yours,
still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch---- a touch from these hands
PLEDGE
Lisa do you take Lewis to be your husband, to love him, to cherish him, and to continually bestow upon him your heart's deepest devotion? {I do.}
And Lewis do you take Lisa to be your wife, to love her, to cherish her, and to continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion? {I do.}
Please join hands, face one another and repeat after me:
Lewis,
you are my beloved, to love and to cherish, and to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to share our lives together, from this day forward.
Lisa
you are my beloved, to love and to cherish, and to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to share our lives together, from this day forward.
UNION
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. at some point, you decided to marry. from that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. all of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks - all those conversations that began with, "when we're married", and continued with "i will" and "you will" and "we will" - all those late night talks that included "someday" and "somehow" and "maybe" - and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. all these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding
the symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, "you know all those things we've promised, and hoped, and dreamed - well, i meant it all, every word"
look at one another and remember this moment in time. before this moment you have been many things to one another - acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.
for after today you shall say to the world - this is my husband. this is my wife.
Exchanging of vows
LEWIS
LISA
VI. EXCHANGING OF THE RINGS
TO BEST MAN "May I have the rings”?
BLESSING OF THE RINGS
The wedding ring is a symbol of eternity. It is an outward sign of an inward and spiritual bond which unites two hearts in endless love. It is a circle that has NO beginning and NO ending. It is symbolic of eternal love for us.
TO GROOM: (LEWIS)
Lewis, as a token of your love and of your deep desire to be forever united in heart and soul, you may place the ring on Lisa’s finger to seal the vows that you have made to her."
Repeat after me:
“Lisa, I give you this ring as a symbol of our vows,
and with all that I am,
and all that I have,
I honor you.
With this ring I give myself to you.
I place my strength in the service of your happiness.
Your dreams I will share.
Your burdens I will bear.
From now until forever I will be incomplete without you.
I thee wed”.
c) TO BRIDE: (LISA)
Now, Lisa you may place the ring on Lewis' finger to seal the vows that you have made to him."
With this ring I give myself to you.
I place my strength in the service of your happiness.
Your dreams I will share.
Your burdens I will bear.
From now until forever I will be incomplete without you.
I thee wed”
VI. PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE: (Lewis)
“You have entered into the holy covenant of marriage, held sacred by almost all religions since the dawn of time. May your joy last forever and your disappointments be few.
By the power vested in me and in the name of the State of SUNNY CALIFORNIA. I hereby pronounce you husband and wife.
TO GROOM
LEWIS, you may kiss your bride.
VII. PRESENTATION:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS CHANG.
VIII. RECESSIONAL
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