INVOCATION
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY IN THIS PLACE IN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD AND THIS COMPANY, TO JOIN TOGETHER _____ AND _____IN
HOLY MATRIMONY; WHICH IS AN HONORABLE ESTATE, INSTITUTED OF GOD, SINCE THE
FIRST MAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN WALKED ON THIS EARTH.
THEREFORE; MARRIAGE IS NOT TO BE ENTERED INTO
UNADVISEDLY OR LIGHTLY, BUT REVERENTLY AND SOBERLY. INTO THIS COMMON ESTATE
THESE TWO PERSONS
PRESENT COME NOW TO BE JOINED.
THEREFORE, IF ANY ONE CAN SHOW JUST CAUSE WHY THEY
MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY JOINED TOGETHER, LET THEM SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD THEIR
PEACE.
INTENTIONS
_____AND _____, YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER THIS DAY SO THAT YOU BOTH MAY
STATE YOUR INTENTIONS IN MARRIAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS GATHERED HERE. AND SO, IN THE PRESENCE OF THIS ASSEMBLY, I ASK YOU
TO STATE YOUR INTENTIONS:
_____DO YOU FREELY AND WITHOUT
RESERVATION TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE, RECEIVING AND
LOVING HER IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE OF LIFE
FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE? IF SO ANSWER BY SAYING “I DO”
_____DO YOU FREELY AND WITHOUT
RESERVATION TAKE THIS MAN TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND, RECEIVING AND
LOVING HIM IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE OF LIFE
FOR AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE? IF SO ANSWER BY SAYING “I DO”
VOWS
MINISTER: SINCE IT IS YOUR INTENTION
TO ENTER INTO MARRIAGE, JOIN YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND DECLARE YOUR CONSENT BEFORE
GOD AND THIS GATHERING.
(Addressing the groom
): I _____TAKE YOU _____+ TO BE MY LAWFULLY WEDDED
WIFE + TO BE MY PARTNER FOR LIFE + I WILL CHERISH YOU + AND LOVE YOU TODAY
TOMORROW AND FOREVER + I WILL TRUST YOU AND HONOR YOU + I WILL LAUGH WITH YOU
AND CRY WITH YOU + I WILL LOVE YOU FAITHFULLY + I WILL SUPPORT YOUR DREAMS AND
HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS + THROUGH THE BEST AND THE WORST + THROUGH THE
DIFFICULT AND THE EASY TIMES + WHATEVER MAY COME + I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE + AS
I HAVE GIVEN YOU MY HAND TO HOLD + SO I GIVE YOU MY LIFE TO KEEP.
(Addressing the bride):
I _____TAKE YOU _____TO BE MY LAWFULLY WEDDED
HUSBAND + TO BE MY PARTNER FOR LIFE + I WILL CHERISH YOU + AND LOVE YOU TODAY
TOMORROW AND FOREVER + I WILL TRUST YOU AND HONOR YOU + I WILL LAUGH WITH YOU
AND CRY WITH YOU + I WILL LOVE YOU FAITHFULLY + I WILL SUPPORT YOUR DREAMS AND
HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS + THROUGH THE BEST AND THE WORST + THROUGH THE
DIFFICULT AND THE EASY TIMES + WHATEVER MAY COME + I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE + AS
I HAVE GIVEN YOU MY HAND TO HOLD + SO I GIVE YOU MY LIFE TO KEEP.
RINGS
MINISTER : _____AND _____WILL
NOW EXCHANGE RINGS AS A SIGN AND A SEAL OF THEIR LOVE AND COMMITMENT THROUGH
MARRIAGE TO EACH OTHER. THE RING IS AND UNBROKEN CIRCLE FORMED WITHOUT
BEGINNING OR END AND ENCOMPASSING OF EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.
GROOM (Placing ring on bride's
finger): _____WITH THIS RING
+ AND WITH ALL OF MY BEING + I PLEDGE MY UNENDING LOVE TO YOU + MAY THIS RING
ALWAYS BE + A VALUED AND HONORABLE REPRESENTATION + OF MY LOVE FOR YOU.
BRIDE (Placing ring on groom's
finger): _____WITH THIS RING
+ AND WITH ALL OF MY BEING + I PLEDGE MY UNENDING LOVE TO YOU.+ MAY THIS RING
ALWAYS BE + A VALUED AND HONORABLE
REPRESENTATION + OF MY LOVE FOR YOU.
IN SO MUCH AS _____AND
_____HAVE CONSENTED TOGETHER
IN THIS COVENANT OF MARRIAGE, AND HAVE WITNESSED THE SAME BEFORE GOD AND THIS
GATHERING OF FAMILY & FRIENDS, HAVING GIVEN AND PLEDGED THEIR LOVE AND
HONOR, EACH TO THE OTHER, AND HAVING DECLARED THE SAME BY THE GIVING AND
RECEIVING OF RINGS, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF OHIO AS A MINSTER
OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, I PRONOUNCE THAT THEY ARE INDEED HUSBAND AND
WIFE.
MINISTER : _____,YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
(Couple Kisses)