Alternative wedding vows

My promise to you is but a simple one.  I will love you today and everyday that follows until the end of time.  With the passing of every minute, my love grows stronger and my devotion grows deeper.  I will love and cherish you until my eyes can no longer see your beauty, my ears can no longer hear your loving words, and my hands can no longer feel your tender caress.  From this moment until my dying breath, you are my love – you are my life.

Service # 6

We have gathered here together to witness and celebrate the uniting in marriage of ________ and ________.

Marriage is an esteemed estate & should not be entered into lightly but wisely and seriously.

Today you will pledge to love each other, protect one another and accept each other's strengths and frailties.  You will promise to face together, all of life's uncertainties.

Believing you understand the covenant of marriage, I now ask   ________, do you take ________ to...

Service #5

_______and ___________, in presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you perform an act of faith. This faith can grow and develop and last, but only if you both decide to make it so. A lasting and growing love is not guaranteed by any ritual.  If you would have the foundation of your marriage be the devotion you have for one another, not just at this moment, but for all the days to come, then treasure the hopes and dreams that you bring here today. Establish th...

Service #4

Service #4

PROCESSIONAL AND PRESENTATION

Who offers their blessing of the union of this woman and this man?

CONVOCATION

We have gathered here for the marriage of _____and_____.  May they continue to grow together and to strengthen their love throughout their lives.

ADDRESS

Marriage begins in the giving of words. You cannot join yourselves to one another without giving your word.  This must be an unconditional giving, for in joining yourselves to one anoth...

Service #3

Service #3

PROCESSION

Who offers their blessing for this woman to be married to this man? (Groom shakes hands with the Bride's father, and offers his arm to .)

ADDRESS

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven or earth, because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God; it is above all created things.  Love is the reason we are here.  _____________and__________...

Service #2

Service #2

Presentation of the Bride

Who offers their blessing for the union of ______________ and __________________?

(Wait for response from Father of the Bride or other important chosen family member.) 

Opening Words

We are gathered here today to celebrate a day of gratitude, gladness, and joy.  It is one of life’s greatest miracles when two people love each other so much, they are willing to commit their lives together as one in spirit.  The ability t...

Service #1

Welcoming Words

Officiant:  It is with great pleasure that we gather today to witness the joining of two hands, and two hearts in holy matrimony.  These two people, ____________ and ____________, have fallen in love so deeply, so completely, that today, they make a bond, a sacred covenant before God, whereby their hearts, their bodies, and their souls shall be united as one in marriage for the rest of their days. 

__________ and __________’s respective families, toge...