wedding ceremony photos for sarah and anthony

Wedding Ceremony of Sarah & Anthony

Wedding setup for Anthony and Sarah orange flame rose for chairs with white cymbidiums orchids and sea shells

*CONCH SHELL SHOULD BE BLOWN TO INDICATE THE START OF THE CEREMONY

PROCESSION- MUSIC STARTS PLAYING AND SINGING BEGINS WITH “SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW” FOR WEDDING PARTY TO WALK IN.

ORDER OF WEDDING PARTY:

-ANTHONY WILL WALK HIS MOM DOWN THE AISLE AND SEAT HER. (ANTHONY’S FATHER PASSED AWAY, SO THAT IS A NICE TOUCH FOR THE CEREMONY.)

-MELISSA AGUILAR(MATRON OF HONOR)AND JAY GARCIA(BROTHER OF BRIDE)WALK IN TOGETHER
-SANDRA ALVARADO(SISTER OF GROOM)AND JOHNNY ALVARADO(BROTHER-IN LAW)
-TAMMY RODRIGUEZ(FRIEND OF OURS) AND JULIAN ALVARADO(NEPHEW)
-JENNIFER HERNANDEZ(FRIEND OF OURS) AND CRIS HERNANDEZ (BEST MAN)
-JOHNNIE JO ALVARADO (RING BEARER)
-AARALYN ALVARADO, AMBER ALVARADO, AND AALIYAH ALVARADO (FLOWER GIRLS)

-PARENTS OF BRIDE(ELISEO AND OLIVIA GARCIA WILL WALK BRIDE DOWN THE AISLE)

*REV. ASKS PARENTS “WHO GIVES THIS BRIDE…..” ANTHONY GIVES HUGS TO MY PARENTS AND THEY HAND ME OVER.

PRESENTATION OF FLOWER LEIS-
IT IS A TRADITION IN HAWAII TO GREET THOSE SPECIAL TO US WITH FLOWER LEIS SIGNIFYING OUR OPEN HEARTS AND ALOHA FOR ONE ANOTHER. ANTHONY AND SARAH WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THEIR APPECIATION TO THEIR PARENTS BY PRESENTING THEM WITH THESE LEIS. (THEN WE WILL PUT THEM ON OUR PARENTS.) WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS LEI FOR JOE SANCHEZ, ANTHONY’S FATHER WHO HAS PASSED AND IS NO LONGER WITH US PHYSICALLY, BUT IS HERE WITH US IN SPIRIT. ( I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO SAY IN ORDER TO DIRECT US TO TAKE THE LEI TO THE WATER AND SEND IT OUT, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO HONOR HIS FATHER.)

OPENING-
DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO JOIN THIS MAN AND WOMAN IN HOLY MATRIMONY. MARRIAGE IS AN INSTITUTION THAT WAS FIRST ORDAINED BY GOD TO BE HOLY IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. IT WAS ALSO CONFIRMED IN CANA OF GALILEE BY THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF WHEN HE PERFORMED HIS FIRST MIRACLE AT A WEDDING CEREMONY. AND SO IT IS A SIGN FOR THE TWO OF YOU THAT GOD IS BLESSING YOUR MARRIAGE HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK OUR GUESTS HERE TODAY. YOU HAVE GIVEN SOMETHING OF YOURSELF TO ANTHONY AND SARAH’S RELATIONSHIP. YOUR LOVE, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT WILL BE FOREVER APPRECIATED. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT “OHANA.” OHANA IS THE HAWAIIAN WORD FOR EXTENDED FAMILY. NOT ALL OF YOUR OHANA IS HERE TODAY, BUT OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM TODAY. INVOCATION WE LIVE IN THE HOPE OF LOVING AND BEING LOVED, AND ANY SIGN OF THE BLOSSOMING OF LOVE IS A TRUE INSPIRATION. THEREFORE, WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR THE SWEET HAPPINESS OF ANTHONY & SARAH.

THE 1ST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 13, VERSES 4-7
“LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES.”

PLEASE FACE EACH OTHER AND HOLD HANDS, SO THAT YOU MAY FEEL THE GIFT THAT YOU ARE TO ONE ANOTHER.
“THESE ARE THE HANDS OF YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOUNG AND STRONG AND FULL OF LOVE FOR YOU, THAT ARE HOLDING YOURS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY AS YOU PROMISE TO LOVE EACH OTHER TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER.”
“THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT WILL WORK ALONG SIDE YOURS AS TOGETHER YOU WILL BUILD YOUR FUTURE.”
“THESE ARE THE HAND THAT WILL PASSIONATELY LOVE YOU AND CHERISH YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH COMFORT YOU LIKE NO OTHER.”
“THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT WILL HOLD YOU WHEN FEAR OR GRIEF WRACKS YOUR MIND.”
“THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT WILL COUNTLESS TIMES WIPE THE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES, TEARS OF SORROW AND TEARS OF JOY.”
“THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT WILL HELP YOU HOLD YOUR FAMILY AS ONE.”
“THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH WHEN YOU NEED IT.”
“AND LASTLY, THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT EVEN WHEN WRINKLED AND AGED WILL STILL BE REACHING FOR YOURS, STILL GIVING YOU THE SAME UNSPOKEN TENDERNESS WITH JUST A TOUCH.”

MARRIAGE VOWS-
( WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE WRITTEN DOWN SO THAT WE CAN SAY THEM TO ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO REPEAT AFTER YOU SAY THEM. THAT WAY IT WILL BE US SAYING THEM TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT STOPPING.) THESE VOWS WILL BE WRITTEN DOWN AND THE MATRON OF HONOR AND BEST MAN WILL BE HOLDING THEM AND WHEN IT IS TIME TO SAY OUR VOWS, THEY WILL HAND THEM OVER TO US.

I, ANTHONY JOSEPH SANCHEZ, IN FAITH, HONESTY AND LOVE, TAKE YOU SARAH ANN GARCIA, TO BE MY WEDDED WIFE, TO SHARE WITH YOU GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES TOGETHER UNITED IN CHRIST. AND WITH GOD’S HELP, TO STRENGTHEN AND GUIDE ME I WILL BE A STRONG SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR US IN OUR LIFE, FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN JOYS AND SORROWS, UNTIL DEATH DO WE PART. I GIVE YOU ALL THAT I HAVE, MYSELF AND MY LOVE. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

I, SARAH ANN GARCIA, IN FAITH, HONESTY AND LOVE, TAKE YOU ANTHONY JOSEPH SANCHEZ, TO BE MY WEDDED HUSBAND, TO SHARE WITH YOU GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES TOGETHER UNITED IN CHRIST. AND WITH GOD’S HELP, TO STRENGTHEN AND GUIDE ME I WILL BE A STRONG SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR US IN OUR LIFE, FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN JOYS AND SORROWS UNTIL DEATH DO WE PART. I GIVE YOU ALL THAT I HAVE, MYSELF AND MY LOVE. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

RING EXCHANGE-
THE RING BEARER WILL STILL HAVE THE RINGS AT THIS TIME, SO YOU CAN ASK HIM FOR THEM AND HE WILL BRING THEM FORWARD TO YOU. THERE WILL BE TWO SHELLS WITH SAND IN THEM, ANTHONY’S RING IN ONE AND MY RINGS IN THE OTHER. JOHNNIE JO IS THE RING BEARER.

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD RINGS ARE A SIGN OF ETERNITY, FOR AS CIRCLES THEY HAVE NO BEGINNING AND NO ENDING. NOW MAY THE LIVING GOD BLESS THESE, YOUR RINGS, THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE TO YOU A SIGN OF THE PROMISES AND LOVE WHICH YOU SHARE AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

WHEN IT IS TIME TO PRESENT EACH OTHER WITH THE RINGS, WE WILL REPEAT AFTER YOU AND STATE THE RING VOWS:
WITH THIS RING, I SEAL MY VOW OF LOVE TO YOU, ANTHONY JOSEPH SANCHEZ AND PRAY I MAY FULFILL GOD’S PLACE IN OUR HOME, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.

WITH THIS RING, I SEAL MY VOW OF LOVE TO YOU, SARAH ANN GARCIA AND PRAY I MAY FULFILL GOD’S PLACE IN OUR HOME, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.

SAND UNITY:
AT THIS POINT WE WANT TO DO OUR SAND UNITY, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU SAY OR HOW THIS PART OF THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE. SO PLEASE SAY WHAT YOU MUST AND FEEL FREE TO ADD SOME HAWAIIAN FLARE TO IT. SO WE WILL DO THE SAND UNITY AT THIS POINT.
THEN WE WILL WALK BACK TO OUR PLACE AT THE ARCH AND WAIT

LAST PRAYER:
LET US BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL BE DONE. ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.

PRONOUNCEMENT:
HAVING PLEDGED YOUR FAITH AND LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND HAVING SEALED YOUR SOLEMN MARITAL VOWS BY GIVING AND RECEIVING THE RINGS, ACTING IN THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE, AND LOOKING TO HEAVEN FOR DIVINE SANCTION, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THESE ASSEMBLED WITNESSES. WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER. AND NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, PROSPER AND BLESS YOUR NEW RELATIONSHIP, AND MAY THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST ABOUND UNTO YOU NOW AND FOREVERMORE.

“YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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