CEREMONY

Jim & Kristie:     [read "i carry your heart with me" by e. e. cummings]

Jim & Kristie:     welcome to joe and imber’s wedding. this is to be in part a Quaker service. in the Quaker faith there are no ministers as it is believed that no one is closer to God than anyone else. the worship that takes place is a gathering of people of faith, who sit together in silence, speaking if and when they are moved to do so.

                            

                           paraphrased from a Quaker reader: "in silence, without rite or symbol, we have known divinity so convincingly present in our quiet meetings, that grace dispels our faithlessness, our unwillingness, our fears, and set our hearts aflame with the joy of adoration."

                            

Kristie:               joe and imber have asked their friend Jules to read the poem
"Los Enigmas" by Pablo Neruda in its original form; in Spanish

                            

Jules:                  [reads "Los Enigmas" by Pablo Neruda]

Jim & Kristie:     in a moment, imber and joe will exchange their vows. after the vows there will be music, and then silence. within this silence anyone is welcome to give voice to prayer or messages to the couple. imber and joe will end the period of silence and sharing by standing and exchanging rings.

                            

Joe & imber:       VOWS

Jon Sorenson:     [music]

Phil Lockwood   

                           [silence]

                            

J.D. & Hope:      We will give a nod to J.D. and Hope, then… 

                           [read "the nature of family" by J.D. Falk]

                            

Joe:                     will you be my wife?

imber:                 yes

Joe:                     I offer this ring to you as a symbol of my everlasting love

imber:                 will you be my husband?

Joe:                     yes

imber:                 I offer this ring to you as a symbol of my everlasting love

imber:                 There is one more very important aspect with regards to our Union. Michael, where are you? We have a question for you.

Joe:                     Michael, can mommy and daddy take Anakata now as their last name too so that we all have the same last name?

Michael:             "yes!"

Joe:                     Yay, thank you buddy!

                            

Jim:                    Joe and imber have asked Joe's sister Rachel to read "Enigmas" in English

                            

Rachel:               [reads "Enigmas" by Pablo Neruda]

James:                as we go up and down

Kristie:               and left and right

James:                and around and around

                            

The Homes:        we present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Anakata