Rev. Susan Anderson
WEDDING CELEBRANT AND OFFICIANT
MANY BLESSINGS MINISTRY...CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONY
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Civil Wedding Ceremony Choices...... |
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Civil Ceremony 1:
We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life's greatest moments, to give
recognition to the worth and beauty of love, and to add our best wishes to the
words that shall unite Bride and Groom in marriage.
Bride and Groom I would ask that you both remember to treat each other
with respect, and remind yourself often of what brought you together today. Give
the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness, and kindness that your
marriage deserves. When frustration and difficulty assail your marriage - as they
do in every relationship at one time or the other - focus on what still seems right
between you and not only on the part that seems wrong. This way, when clouds
of trouble hide the sun in your lives and you loose sight of it for the moment, you
can remember that the sun is still there. And if each of you will take responsibility
for the quality of your life together, it will be marked with abundance and delight.
Groom, do you, take Bride to be your wife?
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and
holding only onto her?
Groom responds: I do.
Bride, do you, take Groom to be your husband? Do you promise to love,
honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only onto him?
Bride responds: I do.
Ring symbolism:
I Groom, take you Bride as my wife.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer and for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow.
I promise my love to you.
I Bride,take you Groom as my husband.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer and for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow.
I promise my love to you.
By the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania, I pronounce that they
are husband and wife.
Civil Ceremony 2
Friends, we have come together today to witness the marriage of Bride and
Groom. 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.
Groom , do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of
being faithful in marriage to Bride as long as you shall live?
Groom answers "I do."
Bride, do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of being
faithful in marriage to Groom as long as you shall live?
Bride answers "I do."
Who presents Bride to be married to Groom?
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 Bride
and Groom 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.
By the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania I now pronounce that
you husband and wife. You may kiss.
Civil Ceremony 3
Bride and Groom, the step which you are about to take is the most important
into which human beings can come. It is a union of two people founded upon
mutual respect and affection. Your lives will change, your responsibilities will
increase, but your joy will be multiplied if you are sincere and earnest with your
pledge to one another.
VOWS
Groom, Do you take this woman, ________, to be your wedded wife, to love,
comfort, honor and keep her, forsaking all others, from this day forward so long
as you both shall live? Groom Answers: I do
Bride, Do you take this man, __________to be your wedded husband, to love,
comfort, honor and keep him, forsaking all others, from this day forward, so long
as you both shall live? Bride Answers: I do
EXCHANGING OF RINGS:
Repeat after me:
Groom: ___Bride___,
As the sign from my heart
that I desire to live with you
from this day forward as my wife
and that you may remember forever
that I have chosen you above all others,
Take this ring as a sign of my love.
Bride: ___Groom___,
As the sign from my heart
that I desire to live with you
from this day forward as my husband
and that you may remember forever
that I have chosen you above all others,
Take this ring as a sign of my love.
Let these rings be a daily reminder of the love and affection you have expressed
here today to one another.
PRONOUNCEMENT:
In as much as you __Bride___ and you __Groom__ have declared the truths
that are in your hearts and have pledged to be united together in this sacred
union of marriage, by the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania, I now
pronounce you to be husband and wife.
BLESSING:
May you live out your days in joy and peace in one another's company. May
your days be filled with abundance and endless delight with the depth of love
you have for each other. May your work be a joy that serves the world, and your
days good and long upon this Earth. And So It Is.
We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life's greatest moments, to give
recognition to the worth and beauty of love, and to add our best wishes to the
words that shall unite Bride and Groom in marriage.
Bride and Groom I would ask that you both remember to treat each other
with respect, and remind yourself often of what brought you together today. Give
the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness, and kindness that your
marriage deserves. When frustration and difficulty assail your marriage - as they
do in every relationship at one time or the other - focus on what still seems right
between you and not only on the part that seems wrong. This way, when clouds
of trouble hide the sun in your lives and you loose sight of it for the moment, you
can remember that the sun is still there. And if each of you will take responsibility
for the quality of your life together, it will be marked with abundance and delight.
Groom, do you, take Bride to be your wife?
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and
holding only onto her?
Groom responds: I do.
Bride, do you, take Groom to be your husband? Do you promise to love,
honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only onto him?
Bride responds: I do.
Ring symbolism:
I Groom, take you Bride as my wife.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer and for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow.
I promise my love to you.
I Bride,take you Groom as my husband.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer and for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow.
I promise my love to you.
By the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania, I pronounce that they
are husband and wife.
Civil Ceremony 2
Friends, we have come together today to witness the marriage of Bride and
Groom. 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.
Groom , do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of
being faithful in marriage to Bride as long as you shall live?
Groom answers "I do."
Bride, do you come to this union of your free will, and with the intention of being
faithful in marriage to Groom as long as you shall live?
Bride answers "I do."
Who presents Bride to be married to Groom?
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 Bride
and Groom 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.
By the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania I now pronounce that
you husband and wife. You may kiss.
Civil Ceremony 3
Bride and Groom, the step which you are about to take is the most important
into which human beings can come. It is a union of two people founded upon
mutual respect and affection. Your lives will change, your responsibilities will
increase, but your joy will be multiplied if you are sincere and earnest with your
pledge to one another.
VOWS
Groom, Do you take this woman, ________, to be your wedded wife, to love,
comfort, honor and keep her, forsaking all others, from this day forward so long
as you both shall live? Groom Answers: I do
Bride, Do you take this man, __________to be your wedded husband, to love,
comfort, honor and keep him, forsaking all others, from this day forward, so long
as you both shall live? Bride Answers: I do
EXCHANGING OF RINGS:
Repeat after me:
Groom: ___Bride___,
As the sign from my heart
that I desire to live with you
from this day forward as my wife
and that you may remember forever
that I have chosen you above all others,
Take this ring as a sign of my love.
Bride: ___Groom___,
As the sign from my heart
that I desire to live with you
from this day forward as my husband
and that you may remember forever
that I have chosen you above all others,
Take this ring as a sign of my love.
Let these rings be a daily reminder of the love and affection you have expressed
here today to one another.
PRONOUNCEMENT:
In as much as you __Bride___ and you __Groom__ have declared the truths
that are in your hearts and have pledged to be united together in this sacred
union of marriage, by the power vested in me by the state of Pennsylvania, I now
pronounce you to be husband and wife.
BLESSING:
May you live out your days in joy and peace in one another's company. May
your days be filled with abundance and endless delight with the depth of love
you have for each other. May your work be a joy that serves the world, and your
days good and long upon this Earth. And So It Is.
