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This ceremony was created and performed for Deana & Dave in February 2005 by both Jon and Jennifer.

(Welcome)

Dear Friends,

We are gathered here together for an occasion of great joy and celebration. (Bride) and (Groom) come here to declare before us their enduring love for one another, and they have asked us to be present with them as they become officially husband and wife.

Marriage, of course, is an institution which the state can regulate by law, and which the church can sanction through ceremony: but each of us knows that neither law nor ceremony can create a marriage. A marriage occurs in the hearts of two human beings. This ceremony is the outward sign of an inward union that already exists between these two people.

They have come here to affirm that love and that union, and to acknowledge its centrality in their lives’. They do so in the full knowledge that marriage represents the most tender and the most difficult of all relationships in life.

(Reading 1)

(Bride) and (Groom), on this day you perform an act of faith in each other. It is a faith based on the trust you have already built between you. Your task now is to continue building on this foundation, to infuse your relationship with the love and trust, the openness and caring that are central to any good marriage relationship. In order for your marriage to be a source of joy and growth and fulfillment for you both, you must cling to these values even as you cling to one another.

(Reading 2)

(Officiants Message)
You understand that you will be tested by the winds of change, by fortune of time, by the routine of daily life itself. Enter your marriage then, knowing that together you must face the full cycle of life’s seasons. Know that together you must encounter life’s sorrows no less that its sweetness, its frustrations no less than its victories, its disappointment along with its dreams.

Knowing this then enter your marriage in the confidence that your life and trust, your openness and devotion to each other, will enhance your individuality, rather than stifle it. In this spirit, you can create a marriage that is alive and creative, and from which you can extend new hope and love to others around

Is it in this spirit and for this purpose that you have come here to be joined together?

Bride & Groom: It is

(Minister to guests)

Do all of you, the families and friends of (Bride) and (Groom), bestow your blessings on their union?

Guests: We do

(Reading 3 followed by a song)

As you exchange rings remember a ring, as a circle, is known as a symbol of the sun and the earth and the universe of wholeness and perfection and peace. The rings you give and receive this day are the symbols of the circle of shared love into which you enter together as husband and wife.

(Vows)
(Groom): (Bride), with this ring I choose you to be my wife. To live with you in marriage, in laughter and in tears, in health and in illness, in success and in failure, in trust and in doubt, as my wife, my equal and my partner. I pledge you my love, my loyalty, and my deepest devotion as long as we share life.

(Bride): (Groom), with this ring I choose you to be my Husband. To live with you in marriage, in laughter and in tears, in health and in illness, in success and in failure, in trust and in doubt, as my Husband, my equal and my partner. I pledge you my love, my loyalty, and my deepest devotion as long as we share life.

You have come here today out of families who have played an important role in your life. Both of you have been blessed with beautiful examples of love and commitment as seen in the pictures that surround us today.

(Unity Candle Ceremony)
Our community is shared, if in a different way, by those who have passed beyond this life. Their roles in the lives of (Bride) and (Groom) are no less remembered and honored as we savor today’s joyous moments. Join with us, then in fond memory and love of all these people and in particular (deceased loved ones honored here). In this memory, let us be silent together.

In all the quiet of this very special moment, we pause; also to give thanks for all the rich experiences of life that have brought (Bride) and (Groom) to this high point in their lives. We are grateful for the values, which they have found by their own strivings. We are grateful that within them is the dream of great love and the resources to use that love in creating a home that shall endure.

We are especially grateful for the values, which have flowed into them from those who have loved them and nurtured them and pointed them along life’s way. The heritage each brings to this marriage will continue to be an important element in their lives, but now will be shared between them. In commemoration of the merging of these two rich heritages and in memory of those, living and dead, who were parts of these heritages, I now invite the parents of (Bride) and (Groom) to come forward and light the individual candles which represent the two separate families. The two individual flames will demonstrate to us in a beautiful way the symbol of two who become one.

The two distinct flames represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you light the center candle together, the entwined rings symbolize your two lives joined in dependence and growing maturity. Your plans will be mutual, your joys and sorrows will be shared alike. The cross is a reminder of your faith in the Lord who enriches your marriage in every way.

As (Bride) and (Groom) light the unity candle, notice that they do not extinguish their flames. Although they are embarking upon a new and unique relationship in the union of their lives in marriage, they nonetheless, retain their own separate unique identities and personalities.

(Pronouncement)
Forasmuch, as you have consented together in marriage, declaring you love for one another, by the power vested in us by the state and my church, we do now pronounce you husband and wife. May your days be long upon the earth, and may you dwell in love, joy and happiness together for as long as you live.

(Bride) and (Groom), you may now kiss.

We are pleased to announce, for the first time as husband and wife, (Groom) and (Bride).

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home services faq about us gallery fees contact	services simple ceremony example This ceremony was created and performed for Deana & Dave in February 2005 by both Jon and Jennifer. (Welcome) Dear Friends, We are gathered here together for an occasion of great joy and celebration. (Bride) and (Groom) come here to declare before us their enduring love for one another, and they have asked us to be present with them as they become officially husband and wife. Marriage, of course, is an institution which the state can regulate by law, and which the church can sanction through ceremony: but each of us knows that neither law nor ceremony can create a marriage. A marriage occurs in the hearts of two human beings. This ceremony is the outward sign of an inward union that already exists between these two people. They have come here to affirm that love and that union, and to acknowledge its centrality in their lives’. They do so in the full knowledge that marriage represents the most tender and the most difficult of all relationships in life. (Reading 1) (Bride) and (Groom), on this day you perform an act of faith in each other. It is a faith based on the trust you have already built between you. Your task now is to continue building on this foundation, to infuse your relationship with the love and trust, the openness and caring that are central to any good marriage relationship. In order for your marriage to be a source of joy and growth and fulfillment for you both, you must cling to these values even as you cling to one another. (Reading 2) (Officiants Message) You understand that you will be tested by the winds of change, by fortune of time, by the routine of daily life itself. Enter your marriage then, knowing that together you must face the full cycle of life’s seasons. Know that together you must encounter life’s sorrows no less that its sweetness, its frustrations no less than its victories, its disappointment along with its dreams. Knowing this then enter your marriage in the confidence that your life and trust, your openness and devotion to each other, will enhance your individuality, rather than stifle it. In this spirit, you can create a marriage that is alive and creative, and from which you can extend new hope and love to others around Is it in this spirit and for this purpose that you have come here to be joined together? Bride & Groom: It is (Minister to guests) Do all of you, the families and friends of (Bride) and (Groom), bestow your blessings on their union? Guests: We do (Reading 3 followed by a song) As you exchange rings remember a ring, as a circle, is known as a symbol of the sun and the earth and the universe of wholeness and perfection and peace. The rings you give and receive this day are the symbols of the circle of shared love into which you enter together as husband and wife. (Vows) (Groom): (Bride), with this ring I choose you to be my wife. To live with you in marriage, in laughter and in tears, in health and in illness, in success and in failure, in trust and in doubt, as my wife, my equal and my partner. I pledge you my love, my loyalty, and my deepest devotion as long as we share life. (Bride): (Groom), with this ring I choose you to be my Husband. To live with you in marriage, in laughter and in tears, in health and in illness, in success and in failure, in trust and in doubt, as my Husband, my equal and my partner. I pledge you my love, my loyalty, and my deepest devotion as long as we share life. You have come here today out of families who have played an important role in your life. Both of you have been blessed with beautiful examples of love and commitment as seen in the pictures that surround us today. (Unity Candle Ceremony) Our community is shared, if in a different way, by those who have passed beyond this life. Their roles in the lives of (Bride) and (Groom) are no less remembered and honored as we savor today’s joyous moments. Join with us, then in fond memory and love of all these people and in particular (deceased loved ones honored here). In this memory, let us be silent together. In all the quiet of this very special moment, we pause; also to give thanks for all the rich experiences of life that have brought (Bride) and (Groom) to this high point in their lives. We are grateful for the values, which they have found by their own strivings. We are grateful that within them is the dream of great love and the resources to use that love in creating a home that shall endure. We are especially grateful for the values, which have flowed into them from those who have loved them and nurtured them and pointed them along life’s way. The heritage each brings to this marriage will continue to be an important element in their lives, but now will be shared between them. In commemoration of the merging of these two rich heritages and in memory of those, living and dead, who were parts of these heritages, I now invite the parents of (Bride) and (Groom) to come forward and light the individual candles which represent the two separate families. The two individual flames will demonstrate to us in a beautiful way the symbol of two who become one. The two distinct flames represent your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you light the center candle together, the entwined rings symbolize your two lives joined in dependence and growing maturity. Your plans will be mutual, your joys and sorrows will be shared alike. The cross is a reminder of your faith in the Lord who enriches your marriage in every way. As (Bride) and (Groom) light the unity candle, notice that they do not extinguish their flames. Although they are embarking upon a new and unique relationship in the union of their lives in marriage, they nonetheless, retain their own separate unique identities and personalities. (Pronouncement) Forasmuch, as you have consented together in marriage, declaring you love for one another, by the power vested in us by the state and my church, we do now pronounce you husband and wife. May your days be long upon the earth, and may you dwell in love, joy and happiness together for as long as you live. (Bride) and (Groom), you may now kiss. We are pleased to announce, for the first time as husband and wife, (Groom) and (Bride).