Wedding Ceremony 7

Celebrant

On behalf of ___ and ____ welcome to their wedding. For these two people marriage involves a loving honest and open relationship based on the equal freedom and identity of both partners. It means a sincere commitment to share each others joys and sorrows, to give support and encouragement and to grow and change together in the years to come.

***optional giving away

Celebrant

Who gives this woman to be married today?

(answer from any close relative or friend who the couple think is suitable including the parents or children of the bride)

"I do" (reading from the celebrant or other person chosen by the couple)

VOWS

Celebrant

to each of the couple in turn

Please repeat after me:

I call upon these people present to witness that I _(groom/bride)_ take you _(groom/bride)_ to be my wife/husband to share with you a relationship of love and of tenderness and laughter.

I will stand by you through all our tomorrow’s respecting you as a person your individuality, your needs your changes and enjoy your love through out our lives

***Reading*** from the celebrant or other person selected by the couple (from any other source chosen by the couple)

RINGS a ring may be given and accepted or rings exchanged

Celebrant

May I have the ring/rings please.

Please repeat after me

I give you this ring as a token of my love and a sign of my promise

I accept/ give you this ring as a token of my love and a sign of my promise

PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE

Celebrant

_(groom)___ and _(bride)__ you have made solemn promises to each other today in front of these witnesses may we wish you love and strength in all the trials and triumphs that life has to offer you. By the powers vested in me by the people and laws of our nation, as a civil celebrant I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.