Christian:
“Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today in the sight of
God, to celebrate one of life's greatest moments."
"Who is it that brings this woman to this man.”
"Marriage is an honorable estate, created by God, and
signifying unto us the mystical union between a man and a
woman, which also exists between Christ and the Church.”
“_________________
and
_________________,
only love will maintain a marriage. Mankind did not create
love, love is created by God."
"Love is freely given and freely accepted, just as God's
love of us is unconditional and free.”
“As you travel through life together, I caution you to
remember that the true measure of success, the true avenue
to joy and peace, is to be found within the love you hold in
your hearts. I would ask that you hold the key to your heart
very tightly.”
VOWS
“_________________
do you take _________________to
be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor, and protect
her, forsaking all others and holding only to her?” ("I do")
“
_________________ do
you take _________________
to be your Husband? Do you promise to love, honor, and
protect him, forsaking all others and holding only to him?
("I do")
“
_________________
repeat after me, I, _________________
take you
to be my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness and
in health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my love
to you forevermore. “
“
_________________
repeat after me, I, _________________
take you
_________________ to
be my Husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in
health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my love to
you forevermore.”
CORINTHIANS 13
“A marriage ceremony represents one of life's greatest
commitments, but also is a declaration of love. I wish to
read to you what Paul wrote of love in a letter to the
Corinthians.”
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does
not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record
of wrongs"
"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres. Love never fails”
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
“Wedding rings are an outward and visible sign of an inward
spiritual grace, signifying to all the uniting of this man
and this woman in marriage.”
"
_________________ place the ring on _________________ , and repeat after me."
"With this ring, I thee wed. In the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
"
_________________ place the ring on _________________ , and repeat after me."
"With this ring, I thee wed. In the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
EPHESIANS
"
_________________, show reverence for your own husband, as unto the Lord. For the husband
is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church.”
“
_________________,
love your wife, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave Himself for it.“
“ For this cause shall man leave his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife, and the two shall become one
flesh."
PRAYER
"Dear heavenly Father, Our hearts are filled with great
happiness on _________________ and _________________,
wedding day, as they come before You pledging their hearts
and lives to one another. Bless this union we pray, and
walk, throughout all their lives together. AMEN"
UNITY CANDLES
"
_________________ and _________________ the
two lighted candles symbolize your separate lives, your
separate families and your separate sets of friends."
"
I ask that you each take one candle and that together you
light the center candle.”
“The individual candles represent your individual lives
before today. Lighting the center candle represents the
joining of your lives together as one , the joining together
of your families and of friends to one.”
PRONOUNCEMENT AS HUSBAND AND WIFE
“
_________________ and_________________
in so much as the two
of you have agreed to live together in matrimony, and
promised your love for each other by these vows, the giving
of these rings and joining of your hands, I now declare you
husband and wife."
“Congratulations, you may kiss your bride."
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