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Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today in the sight
of God, to celebrate one of life's greatest moments. "
Marriage is an honorable estate, created by God, and
signifying unto us the mystical union between a man and a
woman
Who is it that brings this woman to this man.
"Her Mother and I.
____________and ____________, only
love will maintain a marriage. Mankind did not create love,
love is created by God. Love is freely given and freely
accepted, just as God's love of us is unconditional and
free.
As you travel through life
together, I caution you to remember that the true measure of
success, the true avenue to joy and peace, is to be found
within the love you hold in your hearts. I would ask that
you hold the key to your heart very tightly.
Vows
____________do you take
____________to be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor,
and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only to
her?
("I do")
____________do you take
____________to be your Husband? Do you promise to love,
honor, and protect him, forsaking all others and holding
only to him?
("I do")
I, ____________take you
____________to be my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness
and in health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my
love to you forevermore.
I, ____________take you
____________to be my Husband. To have and to hold, in
sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, and I
promise my love to you forevermore.
Corinthians 13
A marriage ceremony represents one
of life's greatest commitments, but also is a declaration of
love. I wish to read to you what Paul wrote of love in a
letter to the Corinthians.
Love is patient, love is kind. It
does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not
rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails
Rings
Wedding rings are an outward and
visible sign of an inward spiritual grace, signifying to all
the uniting of this man and this woman in marriage.
"____________Place the ring on ____________ finger and to
repeat after me, I give you this ring, as a token and
pledge, of my constant faith and abiding love."
"____________, Place the ring on ____________finger and
to repeat after me, "I give you this ring as a token and
pledge of my constant faith and abiding love."
Charge The Couple
____________and ____________, as
the two of you come into this marriage uniting as husband
and wife, and as you this day affirms your faith and love
for one another, I would ask that you always remember to
cherish each other as special and unique individuals, that
you respect the thoughts, ideas and suggestions of one
another.
Unity Candles
"____________and ____________the
two lighted candies symbolize your separate lives, your
separate families and your separate sets of friends. I ask
that you each take one candle and that together you light
the center candle.
The individual candies represent
your individual lives before today. Lighting the center
candle represents the joining of your lives together as one
, the joining together of your families and of friends to
one."
Pronouncement as Husband and Wife
____________ and ____________in so
much as the two of you have agreed to live together in
Matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these
vows, the giving of these rings and the joining of your
hands, I now declare you to be husband and wife."
Congratulations, you may kiss your
bride.I present to you Mr. and Mrs. _____"
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