Briana VanderGiesen and Lance Shepard were united in marriage on Dec. 22 at the Church of the Nazarene in Smith Center. Parents of the couple are Gary and Marla VanderGiesen and Bill and Marilyn Shepard. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
Bridesmaids were Blake and Bret VanderGiesen.
Ushers were Gene Mooney and Sam Shepard, son of the groom.
The bride is a graduate of Smith Center High School. She is employed as a pharmacy tech at the Cardinal Pharmacy in Hoisington.
The groom is a graduate of Alamosa High School in Colorado. He graduated from the University of Phoenix. He is the manager of Cardinal T-shirts in Hoisington.