On the way to Maurie’s house I was holding the cake, and it was really hot in the car. The top layer of the cake started to slide and the cake was tipping. I called out, “Wayne the cake isn’t straight.’ He said really quickly, “It will be okay..it’s for a gay wedding.”
Liz's wedding ceremony:
Welcome – Everyone!
We gather here today to celebrate the
wedding of Alex Gerhardt Buzelli and Landon Cole Welch.
You have
come here to share in this formal commitment Alex and Landon make to one
another - to offer your love and support to this union and to allow them to
start the ‘married’ stage of their life together surrounded by the people dearest
and most important to them and by those watching from above.
Alex and
Landon - I want you to take a look around you – Look at all of the love and
support that is with you today. There
are people in this world who do not understand your love. But – those of us who know you and love you, we
see it – and we know that it is real.
So - we are
here to affirm what is already a fact – the love that exists in your hearts - and
that love has been strengthened by your differences and will grow in the
hundred daily details of the life you build together. We also know that you do not enter into this
commitment alone. Alex brings with him
two wonderful, spunky, amazing children – Andrew and Sophia (our Best Man and
Maid of Honor). Over the past few years
you have all gotten to know each other – living together, sharing meals, doing
homework, vacationing together, performing musicals together (maybe not Alex) and
just spending time together. You have
successfully melded into a modern-day family.
It’s all about Love. And - Love
is Love.
We will now have
a reading by Patricia Buzelli . . . . .
Followed by
the poem ‘Unitl We Could’ which will be read by Shawna & Traci Kalian-Laws
and Alfie & Jim Derrick-Travassos
A wise women
– who we all know( Gma Sheri) – taught most of us about the 5 Love Languages. We speak about this quite often in our
family. This philosophy has helped us
all not only in our dealings with each other in general, but most importantly,
the relationship we share with our spouse.
Know your
partner, learn with them and change with them through the years. Ask anyone here who has been married –whether
it be one year or over 50 years – and they will tell you it seems like
yesterday when they met and fell in love – It is all worthwhile - but it also
takes a lot of patience and work. Look
to them as examples of love, faith and family as they have learned the language
of love. And at last – you too can enter
into this commitment.
Bre Welch
will now perform ‘At Last’
Alex and
Landon – today you celebrate one of life’s greatest moments and give
recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you join together in the vows
of marriage.
Please face
each other and take each other’s hands so that you may see the gift that they
are to you. These are the hands of your
best friend, 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 passionately love you and cherish you through the years,
and with the slightest touch will comfort you like no other.
These are
the hands that will give you strength when you need it, support and
encouragement to pursue your dreams, and comfort in difficult times. And lastly, these are the hands that even
years from now will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same
unspoken tenderness with just one touch.
I would like
you to now read the vows you have written for each other.
And now,
let’s seal your promises to each other with the rings as a symbol of your life
shared together.
Landon –
repeat after me –
Alex Gerhardt
Buzelli – this ring I give as a token and a pledge. As a sign of my love and devotion, with this
ring I thee wed
Now Alex –
repeat after me –
Landon Cole
Welch – this ring I give as a token and a pledge. As a sign of my love and devotion, with this
ring I thee wed
Pastor Jean
Schwien will now offer a Blessing of Marriage
Marriage is
a precious gift – it is a lifelong dedication to love and a daily challenge to
love one another more fully and more freely.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures
all things. Love never ends. Love is
Love.
Alex and
Landon, by the power of your love and commitment today, I now pronounce you
married – you may kiss!
I now
present to you – Alex & Landon Buzelli!
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