Christian Wedding Ceremony
Opening/Welcome (Wedding Officiant)
Procession
Officiant: ‘Who gives this bride away today? Family member: I/we do
Opening Prayer
Statement of Intentions:
(Groom)
_________do you take ________________ to be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only unto her forever more? Response: I Do
(Bride)
_________ do you take ___________ to be your husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only unto her forever more? Response: I Do
Vows: (Personal/ Traditional)
(Couple repeat after Wedding Officiant): I______take you______ to be my wife/husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
Rings Ceremony:
I,__________ take you,__________ to be my wife/husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, in joy and sorrow, and I promise my love to you. And with this ring, I take you as my wife/husband, for all eternity.
(Bride) Repeats the above
Closing /Reflection on topic ‘Growing in Love’. (2-3 minutes)- Officiant
Closing Prayer
Pronouncement: (Officiant)
Today, you both have publicly stated your intentions, exchanged vows and rings, and pledged you love for each other. So, by the authority invested in me by the state of CA, I now pronounce you husband and wife
Groom:________ you may kiss your wife.
Introduction of Couple: Now I would like to introduce to you publicly for the very first time, this happily married couple, Mr. and Mrs.____________