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A Simple Wedding Ceremony

Two silver wedding rings placed on a table next to a red rose on the wedding day.

This simple wedding ceremony script was written by American Marriage Ministries to serve as a starting point for your own 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 Simple Wedding Ceremony Script 

 

Use this short simple wedding ceremony script as-is for a low-stress wedding day, or personalize it with details from your love story, wedding readings, and written wedding vows. 

 

This wording in this script is spiritual but not religious; it can be easily modified for nonreligious or religious weddings.

 

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A Simple Wedding Ceremony Script for the Officiant

PROCESSION

Beginning of the Wedding Ceremony.

INVOCATION

Officiant to the Reception

"Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests, We are gathered together here to join [PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B] in the spiritual union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home."

DECLARATION OF INTENT

 

OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A

"Do you [PARTNER A] take this woman [PARTNER A] to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for 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 [PARTNER A] to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto him for as long as you both shall live?

PARTNER B TO PARTNER A

"I do."

VOWS AND RINGS EXCHANGE

Officiant to the Reception

"[PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B] will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment."

  • THE COUPLE EXCHANGES THEIR RINGS.

PRONOUNCEMENT

Officiant to the Reception

"By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of [WEDDING STATE] I now pronounce you husband and wife."

RECESSION

End of the Wedding Ceremony.

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