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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)