Minimalist Ceremony Script

PROCESSIONAL

• Guests are seated followed by the entrance of the Bridal Party.

INVOCATION

officiant to the reception

Welcome, loved ones. We are gathered here today to join [PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B] in holy matrimony.

VOWS EXCHANGE

Partner a to partner b

"[PARTNER B], I promise to cherish you always, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, and to be true to you in all things until death alone shall part us."

Partner b to partner a

"[PARTNER A], I promise to cherish you always, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, and to be true to you in all things until death alone shall part us."

RING EXCHANGE AND DECLARATION OF INTENT

Officiant to the couple

"May I please have the rings?"

• The couple produces their rings.

Partner a to partner b

"With this ring I, [PARTNER A], take you, [PARTNER B], to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know, I will respect your integrity and have faith in your abiding love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us."

Partner b to partner a

"With this ring I, [PARTNER B], take you,[PARTNER A] , to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you, and trusting what I do not yet know, I will respect your integrity and have faith in your abiding love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us."

PRONOUNCEMENT

Officiant to the reception

"By the power vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the state of[WEDDING STATE], I now pronounce you Married!"

RECESSIONAL

• The NEWLYWEDS exit followed by the reception