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Wedding Samples
Traditional Wedding
Traditional wedding vows remain the most popular choice for couples. For many people, they've been ingrained as "the wedding words" through years of attending weddings, watching movies and tv, and culture in general. So if you're a more classic couple, consider using these traditional wedding vows:
Welcome to family and friends:
Friends, we have come together today to witness the marriage of John and Mary. The legal requirements of this state having been fulfilled, and the license for their marriage being present, I must ask of each party if they come of their own free will and accord.
___________, do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of being faithful in marriage to ___________ as long as you shall live?
Groom answers "I do."
___________, do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of being faithful in Marriage to ___________ as long as you shall live?
Bride answers "I do."
Who presents ___________ to be married to ___________?
Bride's father (or representative) responds "I do."
Vows:
Please repeat the following after me:
I, ___________, do take you, ___________, to be my lawfully wedded wife. I promise from this day forward to be your faithful husband, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, as long as I shall live.
Please repeat after me:
I, ___________, do take you, ___________, to be my lawfully wedded husband. I promise from this day forward to be your faithful wife, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, as long as I shall live.
Rings
The wedding ring seals the vows of marriage as a signature bears witness to a written covenant. As the ring is placed upon the finger, will you repeat these words:
In pledge of the vow of marriage made between us, I offer you this ring. Let it be to you and to me, and to all the world, the symbol of the covenant of marriage we have accepted.
We have come together in this place and have heard the willingness of ___________ and ___________ to be joined in marriage. They have come of their free will and in our hearing have made a covenant of faithfulness. They have given and received a ring as the seal of their promises.
Therefore, by the power vested in me by the state of California I pronounce that they are husband and wife.
If you're worried about your guests thinking that traditional wedding vows are boring, don't be. These words are classics and there are many other opportunities to personalize your ceremony other than writing your own wedding vows. If they're the right words for you and your relationship, then they're absolutely the words you should use. When vows are true, there's nothing boring about them.
Custom Wedding
Here is the order that you can make your
own or cutomized yourself.
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ProcessionHere comes the bride...
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Invocation *"We are gathered here today..."
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Vows Exchange(Couple exchanges vows)
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Ring Exchange(Couple exchanges rings)
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Declaration of Intent *"Do you take..."
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Pronouncement *"I now pronounce you..."
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RecessionParty Time!
There are many other opportunities
to personalize your ceremony other than
writing your own wedding vows. If
they're the right words for you and your
relationship, then they're absolutely
the words you should use.
Religious Wedding
This sample Christian vows may be used just as they are, or modified to create your own unique pledge. Also including with unity candles, lasso, or cord of three strands, wedding coins (arras), etc.
This is a widely used Religious Wedding Ceremony.
We are gathered here in God’s presence to witness the marriage of ________________ and _______________ and to ask God to bless them.
Marriage, like our creation as men and women, owes it’s very existence to God. It is God’s will and intention that a husband and wife should love each other throughout their life; (and that the children born to them should enjoy the security of family and home).
Opening Prayer (please bow your heads)
O God, you are the creator of all things; you made us, and you sustain us; we depend on you.
For the gift of life, we praise you.
For being able to think about it’s meaning and purpose, we thank you.
In the world without, and our lives within, there is much that is confusing and contradictory.
Many voices counsel us; many forces pressure us; many things tempt us.
We need your light to lead us, your hand to hold us, and your love to complete us.
In Jesus’ name we ask for your blessing now.
Amen.
________________ and ________________, I call to your attention the seriousness of the decision which you have made and the covenant you are about to declare before God. Be very clear that your marriage is dependent upon your willingness to be faithful to each other and faithful to your understanding of God’s will for your. Unfaithfulness in either is a betrayal of your covenant. Constant and continuous obedience to your vow will result in a marriage which will be blessed, a home which will be a place of peace, and a relationship in which you both grow in love.
________________, will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep only unto her, so long as you both shall live?
Answer: I will.
_________________, will you have this man to be your wedded husband, to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep you only to him, so long as you both shall live?
Answer: I will.
Exchange of Vows (would you please join hands)
I, ______________, take you______________, to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge you my faith.
I ______________, take you______________, to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge you my faith.
Blessing and Presentation of Rings
Bless, O Lord, the giving of these rings, that they who wear them may abide in thy peace, and continue in thy favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
__________________, please repeat after me:
In token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love, with this ring I thee wed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (places ring on her finger)
__________________, please repeat after me:
In token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love, with this ring I thee wed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. (places ring on his finger)
Forasmuch as ______________ and _______________
have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have pledged their faith each to the other, and have declared the same by joining hands and by giving and receiving rings; I pronounce that they and husband and wife together, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Those whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Amen.
Blessing
Go into the world and fulfill your lives. Hold fast to your ideals. Give to each other experiences of joy. Challenge each other that you may grow.
May the love you hold for each other now sealed in marriage continue to mature, that your life together may be a source of strength and inspiration to others.
You may now kiss the bride