Lynton & Yoli's Wedding

<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gorgeous couple Lynton and Yoli were picture perfect in their amazing wedding photos that spanned two countries.  </span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although getting married in Australia they decided to jet off to the Philippines (Yoli's home country) to have some professional photos done in advance. Choosing numerous styles and locations they were captured in a range of stunning shots.  </span></b><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong><br /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pre - Wedding Photos (Philippines) :</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklvWeGqWkVLEq8XWv_NjjwKUGpN43XHiZ5lCQrZLpbYZUnlQdp51PzMDOzu65vgKuvr2Um3-r7SBG2Q6YO9pjEAAnRg_kmAAHPKwu38KsTFj_sahzmwcPQKqZCwWhKVFRAjOOl_fLOD19/s1600/lynton2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklvWeGqWkVLEq8XWv_NjjwKUGpN43XHiZ5lCQrZLpbYZUnlQdp51PzMDOzu65vgKuvr2Um3-r7SBG2Q6YO9pjEAAnRg_kmAAHPKwu38KsTFj_sahzmwcPQKqZCwWhKVFRAjOOl_fLOD19/s640/lynton2.bmp" width="425" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEYI3-_AsGi4RYH5FfROgfPpUw6qJGohrk8mllF8K-3PSBKk9acKErgdYjNR2BDfgXapuwPV9E8C5TDqzyXkg4WdSBSLfRN33Oib-gyOpwDVP5Qn1zJ3vYTfvBG0R_6FxTfUrzI0uFKMv/s1600/lynton3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Lynton & Yoli's Wedding

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A family unity ritual - Exchanging Rings

<br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.75pt; width: 80%;" valign="top" width="80%"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With so many</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">couples finding love later in life or when they already have children, Family</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Unity Rituals are fast becoming not only popular, but important in bringing a sense of commitment, readiness and togetherness to the wedding ceremony and to each member who is trying to find their places in the new family structure. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This example is a simple way of including the children in making the commitment and leaving each member of the family with a lasting reminder of their inclusion.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the point in the ceremony where the couple have exchanged their rings the celebrant will say: </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Could I now ask Jasmine and Sarah to please come forward. Jake, can we please have the rings." </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(The children can either know about this or it can be a surprise for them. For a boy who would prefer not to wear a ring,  he may be given the ring on a chain to wear around his neck or something else appropriate.)</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNo4fCSBcQbzpvDSqPfDieB8qpkKi_oFztNsJiFT8RVX7n41ZDIBKWBdVHZw6sjdt8_3uL6s1hZFKEL1fzhzLhePNDCI6onTCdcEwgR3yCy0Gnlw7iXHvA9f-_dMFx94d3xFYdz7zUyKN/s1600/rings.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNo4fCSBcQbzpvDSqPfDieB8qpkKi_oFztNsJiFT8RVX7n41ZDIBKWBdVHZw6sjdt8_3uL6s1hZFKEL1fzhzLhePNDCI6onTCdcEwgR3yCy0Gnlw7iXHvA9f-_dMFx94d3xFYdz7zUyKN/s200/rings.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jasmine and Sarah, today your parents are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of their lives with each other as a couple, but they could not make those promises wholeheartedly without including the two of you. Not only are they making their vows to each other, but also to both of you to live the rest of each of your lives connected to one another always. (Mum & dad to place the rings on the girl’s fingers)</span></span><br /> </div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The relationship that you each have with the other members of this family are symbolized with the rings that you each now wear. Each one is perfectly round with no beginning or end and is made of the strongest metal. Today they represent everything that your parents hope for this family. For there to be no end and for this family to be made of the strength, love and commitment that each of you bring to it today. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"> </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May this togetherness never be broken and may your lives always be blended and intertwined with each other’s in happiness, hope and prosperity."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0.75pt; width: 80%;" valign="top" width="80%"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span> </td> </tr></tbody></table>

A family unity ritual - Exchanging Rings

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Raw emotion as Groom sees his gorgeous Bride

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">As a celebrant, I am lucky enough to get to spend time with each couple in the lead up to their wedding day. Getting to know them, planning their ceremony and working out the right wording takes time and it is during this time that I usually get a real sense of who they are and how they ‘fit’ together as a couple. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">At some stage in this process we usually get the part where we either have a rehearsal or at least a run through of what will happen on the day and where everyone will stand. This is usually fun and exciting, but I have found that despite going over all the details, it in no way prepares them for the explosion of emotion and love they often feel overcome by at the very moment they see each other on the day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJQ2DX8LXsUyO89q5vj9vNdFP_mvd6DuyT85UWsxy1FHFRYRCsGwCP8TMcMzPovYWKq304ssfC5S5IiSH3Ca5kuAvuplrZkwkD3bgo3a_EchzWEzFP9Ps6jufSNuMsrklUdD0eEWSYddR/s1600/Groom-seeing-bride-walk-down-the-aisle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJQ2DX8LXsUyO89q5vj9vNdFP_mvd6DuyT85UWsxy1FHFRYRCsGwCP8TMcMzPovYWKq304ssfC5S5IiSH3Ca5kuAvuplrZkwkD3bgo3a_EchzWEzFP9Ps6jufSNuMsrklUdD0eEWSYddR/s400/Groom-seeing-bride-walk-down-the-aisle.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.truephotography.com/">www.truephotography.com</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #222222; display: none; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-hide: all;">truephotography.com</span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #222222; display: none; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-hide: all;">truephotography.com</span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">The celebrant usually arrives at the venue at least half an hour in advance on the day in order to set up and prepare documents etc. The groom and his groomsmen are usually wandering around, greeting guests as they arrive and looking generally nervous! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As the moment draws near and tensions build, the bride finally arrives and as I usher the groom and groomsmen into position. The nerves and anticipation of the guests are palpable.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As we wait the groomsmen are usually giving the groom grief, teasing him and making jokes, but as the bride appears from whatever direction she enters, the mood changes. All eyes are on his bride and I would have to say that in about 80 percent of cases, the groom cries. Not sobbing or bawling, but tears of joy, of gratitude and of how lucky he feels. This is particularly true when the couple have children and the children enter in front of the bride. Even the biggest, blokiest of them all usually succumb (and in fact are often the softest!) Its a beautiful moment and one that I feel so honoured to share with the couple. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I recently came across a fantastic post on Buzzfeed which really captured this moment perfectly. 24 pictures that capture this very moment.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--></div><div class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style><![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/24-grooms-seeing-their-brides-for-the-first-time-6z51">http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/24-grooms-seeing-their-brides-for-the-first-time-6z51</a></div>  <br /><div class="MsoNormal">The Wedding Gurus</div><div class="MsoNormal">xxx</div>

Raw emotion as Groom sees his gorgeous Bride

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Your Wedding Ceremony

 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're the kind of couple who haven't attended many weddings, it can be difficult to come up with ideas when it comes to thinking about your own wedding ceremony. It's easy to get caught up in planning the party, the food and the cake, but many forget that it is at the ceremony they actually become husband and wife. It is the words they say to each other and the declarations made in front of their guests that will be looked back upon as the years pass.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Usually your celebrant or officiant will provide you with plenty of options to consider for your ceremony, but a ceremony that has been personalised with some of the things that are truly special to the couple and reflect who they are always leave those in attendance with a sense of connection and sincerity. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Today we thought we would bring you an actual ceremony that was put together by a couple who wanted to incorporate some Pagan elements to their day.  We hope you enjoy it and we look forward to bringing you some more ceremony options.</span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Welcome:</u></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeffpyogh0bfa4LWf6TqWnliOBjmaNy5pG-IVdyBPpKgChLMzIVe8ChdQvDVlxubyDLauB8If_RIsw3qirwqvzajUpihXgFOFxkEpvgeqzNkdHCIb7X8ONzGwHHIBiw06_G8OEcv_-K36c/s1600/daphne+rings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeffpyogh0bfa4LWf6TqWnliOBjmaNy5pG-IVdyBPpKgChLMzIVe8ChdQvDVlxubyDLauB8If_RIsw3qirwqvzajUpihXgFOFxkEpvgeqzNkdHCIb7X8ONzGwHHIBiw06_G8OEcv_-K36c/s320/daphne+rings.jpg" width="320" yya="true" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Warming of the rings) On behalf of Andrew and Kathryn I would like to welcome you here today to celebrate with them as they pledge their commitment to one another in marriage. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for being here and showing them your support.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Introduction:</u></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">We have come together here in celebration of the joining together of Kathryn and Andrew. There are many things to say about marriage. Much wisdom concerning the joining together of two souls, has come our way through all paths of belief, and from many cultures. With each union, more knowledge is gained and more wisdom gathered. Though we are unable to give all this knowledge to these two, who stand before us, we can hope to leave with them the knowledge of love and its strengths and the anticipation of the wisdom that comes with time. </span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The law of life is love unto all beings. Without love, life is nothing, without love, death has no redemption. Love is anterior to Life, posterior to Death, initial of Creation and the exponent of Earth. If we learn no more in life, let it be this. </span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Marriage is a bond to be entered into only after considerable thought and reflection. As with any aspect of life, it has its cycles, its ups and its downs, its trials and its triumphs. With full understanding of this, Andrew and Kathryn have come here today to be joined as one in marriage. </span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Giving of the bride:<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Others would ask, at this time, who gives the bride in marriage, but, as a woman is not property to be bought and sold, given and taken, I ask simply if she comes of her own will and if she has her family's blessing.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathryn, is it true that you come of your own free will and accord?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathryn</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Yes, it is true.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with whose blessings accompany you. <br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"></span></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bride's attendant:</span></strong> She’s accompanied with her father’s blessings.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">voking the elements:</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">In times past it was believed that the human soul shared characteristics with all things divine. It is this belief which assigned virtues to the cardinal directions; East, South, West and North. It is in this tradition that a blessing is offered in support of this ceremony.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Blessed be this union with the gifts of the East. Communication of the heart, mind, and body Fresh beginnings with the rising of each Sun. The knowledge of the growth found in the sharing of silences.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Blessed be this union with the gifts of the South. Warmth of hearth and home The heat of the heart's passion The light created by both To lighten the darkest of times.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Blessed be this union with the gifts of the West. The deep commitments of the lake The swift excitement of the river The refreshing cleansing of the rain The all encompassing passion of the sea.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Blessed be this union with the gifts of the North Firm foundation on which to build Fertility of the fields to enrich your lives A stable home to which you may always return.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Each of these blessings from the four cardinal directions emphasizes those things which will help you build a happy and successful union. Yet they are only tools. Tools which you must use together in order to create what you seek in this union.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><strong>Monitum:</strong> Legally required under Australian law</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><u>Reading:</u> Why Marriage? - </span></b><span style="color: black;"><span class="st1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Mari Nichols-Haining</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Why Marriage? Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person, with all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body . </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me, who won't hold them against me, who loves me when I'm unlikable, who sees the small child in me, and looks for the divine potential of me. </span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night with someone who is thankful, with someone I feel blessed to hold.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because marriage means opportunity to grow in love in friendship.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because, knowing this, I promise myself to take full responsibility for my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness, I create me, I take half of the responsibility for my marriage together we create our marriage.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because with this understanding the possibilities are limitless.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></div></span>  <br /><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><u>The Handfasting:</u></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please join hands. As your hands are joined, so now are your lives.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Above you are the stars<br />below you are the stones<br />as time does pass<br />Remember<br />Like a star should our love be constant<br />Like a stone should your love be firm<br />Be close, but not too close<br />Posses one another, but be understanding<br />Have patience with one another<br />For storms will come, but they will go quickly<br />Be free in the giving of affection and warmth<br />Make love often, and be sensuous with one another<br />Have no fear and let not the ways or words<br />of the unenlightened give you unease for the Gods are with you.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><u>Vows:</u> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I ask you now to exchange your vows. We’ll start with you Andrew.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Andrew: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I ask all present to witness that I, <span style="color: black;">Andrew James Lane</span>, take you, <span style="color: black;">Kathryn Cameron</span>, to be my lawful wife. . I pledge to share my life openly with you, to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honour and tenderly care for you, to cherish and encourage your own fulfilment as an individual for the rest of my life. I am honoured to call you my wife, my soulmate I will love you unconditionally forever and some more.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now it’s Kathryn’s turn.</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathryn: </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I ask all present to witness that I, <span style="color: black;">Kathryn Cameron</span>, take you, <span style="color: black;">Andrew James Lane</span> to be my lawful husband. I pledge to share my life openly with you, to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honour and tenderly care for you, to cherish and encourage your own fulfilment as an individual for the rest of my life. I am honoured to call you my husband, my soulmate I will love you unconditionally forever and some more.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrew and Kathryn have made their vows to each other in the presence of those dear to them; I then take this cord and bind them to those vows.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Celebrant ties the ribbon around hands). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Asking/Exchange of Rings</span></b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Celebrant</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kathryn and Andrew, as these circles are designed without an ending, they speak of eternity. May the incorruptible substance of these rings represent a love glowing with increasing lustre through the years. Bless these rings which you give to each other as the sign of your love, trust, and faithfulness.</span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Andrew will you take Kathryn to be your wife and soul mate, to travel through all your lives together, to love, laugh, cherish, communicate and understand each other as long as love may last?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Andrew; </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">I Will.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant to bride;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathryn will you take Andrew to be your husband and soul mate, to travel through all your lives together, to love, laugh, cherish, communicate and understand each other as long as love may last?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathryn;</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> I Will.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bride and groom say together</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">“Heart to thee, soul to thee, always and forever, so mote it be.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrant: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">So mote it be</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Guests: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">So mote it be.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><u>Announcement:</u></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that you have joined yourselves in marriage, may you strive always to meet this commitment with the same spirit you now exhibit. We all bear witness to this ceremony you have just performed, may the gods bless this union, and may the majesty of this earth protect you in your joined lives together. You may now kiss your bride. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Signing:<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will now be taking a few minutes to sign the legal paperwork. Please Feel free to take photos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Presentation:<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having said that It now gives me great pleasure to introduce to you for the first time as a married couple……Andrew and Kathryn Lane.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>

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