Civil Wedding Ceremony With Words Of Commitment

WEDDING PROCESSION / PROCESSIONAL

• Guests are Seated. THE WEDDING COUPLE MAKE THEIR ENTRANCE, WALK DOWN THE AISLE.

WEDDING INVOCATION / WORDS OF COMMITMENT

WEDDING officiant to the couple

"[PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B], today you enter as individuals, but you will leave here as husband and wife, blending your lives, expanding your family ties, and embarking upon the grandest adventure of human interaction. The story of your life together is still yours to write. All those present have come to witness and celebrate your love and commitment this day - eager to a part of the story not yet told.

[PARTNER A] and [PARTNER B], remember to treat yourselves and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what brought you together. Take responsibility for making the other feel safe, and give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves.

When frustration, difficulty and fear assail your relationship, as they threaten all relationships at some time or another, remember to focus on what is right between you, not just the part that seems wrong. In this way, you can survive the times when clouds drift across the face of the sun in your lives, remembering that, just because you may lose sight of it for a moment, it does not mean the sun has gone away.

And, if each of you takes responsibility for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance and delight."

EXCHANGE OF WEDDING VOWS

WEDDING OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A

"Repeat after me:I [PARTNER A], take you [PARTNER B] to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love.

I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before.

I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you,

loving you faithfully through good times and bad,

regardless of the obstacles we may face together.

I give you my hand, my heart, and my love,

from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."

• PARTNER A REPEATS THE VOWS LINE BY LINE.

WEDDING OFFICIANT TO PARTNER B

"Repeat after me:I [PARTNER B], take you [PARTNER A] to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love.

I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before.

I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you,

loving you faithfully through good times and bad,

regardless of the obstacles we may face together.

I give you my hand, my heart, and my love,

from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."

• PARTNER B REPEATS THE VOWS LINE BY LINE.

WEDDING RING EXCHANGE

WEDDING OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

"Wedding rings are made precious by our wearing them. Your rings say that even in your uniqueness you have chosen to be bound together. Let these rings also be a sign that love has substance as well as soul, a present as well as a past, and that, despite its occasional sorrows, love is a circle of happiness, wonder, and delight. May these rings remind you always of the vows you have taken here today."

PARTNER A TO PARTNER B

"I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you."

• PARTNER A PLACES THE RING ON PARTNER B'S FINGER.

PARTNER B TO PARTNER A

"I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you."

• PARTNER B PLACES THE RING ON PARTNER A'S FINGER.

PRONOUNCEMENT of marriage

WEDDING OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

By the authority vested in my 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. THE NEWLYWEDS MAKE THEIR EXIT DOWN THE AISLE.