Sample Marriage Service Vows

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THE DECLARATION

OFFICIATE:

Dear family and friends, we are gathered at this hour to witness and take joy in the union of two lives, those of (INSERT BRIDE & GROOM’S NAME). To this moment, they bring the love in their hearts and the dreams in their minds which bind them together. They bring that particular personality and spirit which is uniquely their own and of which will grow the reality of their life together. We are here today to celebrate the friendship, respect, and love which (INSERT BRIDE & GROOMS NAME) have for each other and to give recognition to their decision to accept each other totally and permanently. Into this state of marriage, these two persons come now to be united.

THE CHARGE

OFFICIATE:

Marriage affords a wonderful opportunity for peace of mind, soul, and happiness. (INSERT BRIDE & GROOM’S NAME), you are about to enter into a union which is most serious. It is most serious, because it will bind you together for life in a relationship so close and so intimate that it will profoundly influence your whole future. As you join in marriage, there is a vast and unknown future before you. That future, with its hopes and disappointments, its successes and its failures, its pleasures and its pains, its joys and sorrows, is hidden from your eyes. And so not knowing what is before you, you take each other in marriage.

On this special occasion, your wedding day, you stand apart from other human beings. You stand within the charmed circle of your own love. This is as it should be for love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

The possibilities and potentials of your married life are great. Now falls upon you the task of choosing goals, selecting values, and making a reality of your dreams and the dreams of those who have gone before you. In this way, you will find the true meaning of your lives together. Henceforth, you will belong entirely to each other; you will be one in mind, one in heart, and one in affection. And whatever sacrifices you may hereafter be required to make to preserve this mutual life, always make them generously. Sacrifice is difficult and tedious. Only love can make it easy and perfect love can make it a joy. May this love with which you join your hands and hearts today grow deeper and stronger as the years go on and may your life together be happy and complete.

(INSERT BRIDE & GROOM’S NAME), I charge you to be warm and sensitive to each other, to give fully of yourselves, and to save time for each other no matter what demands are made upon you.

THE READING

FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER:

Love is
Being happy for the other person when they are happy
Being sad for the person when they are sad
Being together in good times
And being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength

Love is
Being honest with yourself at all times
Being honest with the other person at all times
Telling, listening, respecting the truth, and never pretending
Love is the source of reality

Love is
An understanding that is so complete that you feel as if you are a part of the other person
Accepting the other person just the way they are
And not trying to change them to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is
The freedom to pursue your own desires while sharing your experience with the other person
The growth of one individual alongside of and together with the growth of another individual
Love is the source of success

Love is
The excitement of planning things together
The excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future

Love is
The fury of the storm
The calm in the rainbow
Love is the source of passion

Love is
Giving and taking in a daily situation
Being together with each other’s needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing

Love is
Knowing that the other person will always be with you regardless of what happens
Missing the person when they are away but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security

Love is the source of life

Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous;
Love is never boastful or conceited;
It is never rude or selfish;
It does not take offense and it is not resentful for it keeps no records of wrongs.
Love takes no pleasure in evil but delights in the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.
Love never fails.

THE VOWS

OFFICIATE:
Into this sacred union, these two people come now to be joined.

(BRIDE & GROOM now join hands)

(OFFICIATE turns to GROOM)

Do you, (INSERT GROOM’S NAME), before these witnesses, take (INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, in love and faith, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow; in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?

GROOM: I DO.

(OFFICIATE turns to BRIDE)

Do you, (INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), before these witnesses, take (INSERT GROOM’S NAME), to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, in love and faith; in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow; in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live?

BRIDE: I DO

(OFFICIATE turns to BRIDE)

OFFICIATE:

(INSERT GROOM’S NAME), will you repeat after me.

I, (INSERT GROOM’S NAME), take you, (INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), as my wife. I pledge to you my love without any limits, to accept the things you believe in and to always to try to understand you. To trust in your love for me and to experience new beginnings as our love grows through the years. To our life together, with its potential for growth, happiness, and personal fulfillment, I give to you all that I am. I promise to honor, respect, and cherish you forever.

(OFFICIATE turns to BRIDE)

OFFICIATE:

(INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), will you repeat after me.

I, (INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), take you, (INSERT GROOM’S NAME), as my husband. I pledge to you my love without any limits, to accept the things you believe in and to always to try to understand you. To trust in your love for me and to experience new beginnings as our love grows through the years. To our life together, with its potential for growth, happiness, and personal fulfillment, I give to you all that I am. I promise to honor, respect, and cherish you forever.

THE EXCHANGE OF RINGS

OFFICIATE:

These two rings is the symbol of the vows here taken; a circle of wholeness; the perfect form. The rings mark the beginning of a journey together filled with wonder, laughter, passion, celebration, and joy. May these two rings glow in the warmth and life which flows to its wearers today.

GROOM:

(takes ring)

(INSERT BRIDE’S NAME), as a sign of my love and affection, I place this ring on your finger. (GROOM places ring on BRIDE’S finger) I give you this ring as a symbol of our marriage, fidelity, friendship, and love.

BRIDE:

(takes ring):

(INSERT GROOM’S NAME), as a token of my love and affection, I place this ring on your finger. (BRIDE places ring on GROOM’S finger). I give you this ring as a symbol of our marriage, fidelity, and love.

THE DECLARATION

OFFICIATE:

(Turns to audience)

We, who are here present, and those who are absent, thinking of these two people, hope that your life together may be filled with a love that will enable you to accept changes, that your love for each other always has a little more to grow; that love will strengthen you both and rise from you and enter the lives of other; May they continue to love one another forever.

Since (INSERT BRIDE & GROOM’S NAME) have vowed to be loyal and loving toward one another, formalizing in our presence the existence of the bond between them, we bear witness to the ceremony they have performed.

(Turns to BRIDE & GROOM)

By the act of exchanging vows you take unto yourself the relationship of husband and wife and solemnly promise to love, honor, comfort, and cherish each other so long as you both shall live. Therefore, in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the State of Connecticut, I now declare that you are HUSBAND AND WIFE.

(INSERT GROOM’S NAME), you may now kiss your bride.

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