AMM FREE CEREMONY SCRIPTS LIBRARY
Over 137 free sample ceremony scripts to use for your ceremony. We have wedding ceremony scripts, handfasting scripts, non-religious ceremonies, and more!
Basic Non Religious Wedding Ceremony With Rings Exchange
This basic non-religious wedding ceremony script was written by American Marriage Ministries to serve as a starting point for your own wedding ceremony. This basic ceremony has all the essential parts of a wedding ceremony for couples who want to have a short non-religious wedding ceremony. We encourage you to use this script as is or build on this script for a more personalized ceremony for the couple.
A Basic NonReligious Wedding Ceremony Script for the Wedding Officiant
A great starter-script for nonreligious wedding ceremony. Use this script as a starting place to create a unique, intimate ceremony by adding details from your relationship and other personal touches.
Or keep it simple and use this prewritten script "as-is"! After all, it includes all the required wording for a legal ceremony including the officiant's declaration of intent and pronouncement of marriage.
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Basic Non Religious Wedding Ceremony With Exchange of Rings
WEDDING PROCESSION / PROCESSIONAL
- Guests are Seated.
OPENING WORDS
officiant to the reception
"Family and Friends, Thank you all for coming today to share in this wonderful occasion. Today we are here together to unite [PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B] in marriage."
DECLARATION OF INTENT TO MARRY (THE 'I DO'S)
Officiant To PARTNER A
"Do you [PARTNER A], take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?"
PARTNER A TO PARTNER B
"I do."
Officiant To PARTNER B
"Do you [PARTNER B] take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to live together in matrimony, to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?"
PARTNER B TO PARTNER A
"I do."
WEDDING RINGS EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT TO THE RECEPTION
"[PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B] have chosen rings to exchange with each other as a symbol of their unending love."
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A
"[PARTNER A], as you place this ring on [PARTNER B]'s finger, please repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge you my love, now and forever."
- PARTNER A REPEATS THE PHRASE AS THEY PLACE THE RING ON PARTNER B'S FINGER.
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER B
"[PARTNER B], as you place this ring on [PARTNER A]'s finger, please repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge you my love, now and forever."
- PARTNER B REPEATS THE PHRASE AS THEY PLACE THE RING ON PARTNER A'S FINGER.
PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE / CLOSING WORDS
officiant to the reception
"By the authority vested in me by the State of [WEDDING STATE], I now pronounce you Husband and Wife.You may now kiss the bride!"
WEDDING RECESSION / RECESSIONAL
End of the Wedding Ceremony.
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