Sharon D Phillips

Wedding Script

 

WELCOME / INVOCATION

Announcement: On behalf of Chris and Daya, we warmly welcome you and thank you for being here today. Please take this time to silence your phones.

 

OFFICIANT TO All

 

We’re here today to witness the union of Christopher Contreras and Dayanara Chaves Mera in marriage.

 

OFFICIANT TO COUPLE

 

Today, you two join your lives together, founded in love, laughter, honesty, respect, and friendship. We are gathered here in the presence of God and our Lord Jesus Christ to unite Chris and Daya in holy matrimony. Marriage is a sacred covenant established by God. It should not be entered into lightly, but rather with thoughtful commitment, reverence, and a deep understanding of the responsibilities that come with it.

As Jesus taught us, love is the foundation of all things, and through His example, we learn that true love is patient, kind, selfless, and enduring. Let Chris and Daya remember that their love for one another should mirror the unconditional love Christ has for all of us.

 

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

Please face each other and join hands.

 

OFFICIANT TO PARTNER Chris

 

Do you, Chris, take Daya to be your lawful wedded wife, as Christ loves the church and gave Himself up for it? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor her, and keep her in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, for better or for worse, and be faithful to her as long as you both shall live, with the grace of Jesus guiding your hearts? 

 

(Chris says: “Yes, I do.”)

 

OFFICIANT TO PARTNER

 

Dayanara

Do you, Daya, take Chris to be your lawful wedded husband, as Christ loves the church and gave Himself up for it? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor him, and keep him in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, for better or for worse, and be faithful to him as long as you both shall live, with the grace of Jesus guiding your hearts? 

 

(Dayanara says: “Yes, I do.”)

 

OFFICIANT TO Chris

 

Please place the ring on Daya’s left ring finger, and repeat after me:

I give you this ring,

As a promise of my love,

I did yesterday, I do today, and I always will.

(Chris places the ring on Dayanara’shand.)

 

OFFICIANT TO Dayanara

Please place the ring on Chris’s left ring finger, and repeat after me:

I give you this ring,

As a promise of my love,

I did yesterday, I do today, and I always will.

(Dayanara places the ring on Chris’s hand.)

 

PRONOUNCEMENT

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE

By the authority vested in me by the State of New Jersey and American Marriage Ministries, it is my great honor to pronounce you husband and wife!

Chris, you may kiss your bride! 

 

I now present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Contreras, as husband and wife.