Our Ultimate Wedding Vows

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Todd and Amy | MARCH 11, 2007

OPENING | DECLARATION | READING 1 | VOWS | RINGS | READING 2 | SAND | CLOSING

OPENING

We are gathered here today to join together (Bride's Name) and (Groom's Name) in holy matrimony. The love of God is an example for your devotion, and you are not left without guidance concerning the meaning of that love because God is love and love is all.

A reading from the book of Corinthians. “This is what God said love is: Love is patient and kind, knows no jealousy, gives itself no false airs or false pride. Never irritated, never resentful, love is neither glad when others go wrong or become hurt. Love is guided by goodness, always eager to believe the best, always hopeful.”

DECLARATION OF INTENT

Do you (Bride) take (Groom), to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, until death do you part.
(Response “I do”)

Will you trust and honor her and love her faithfully through all that life may bring
(Response “I will”)

Do you (Groom) take (Bride), to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, until death do you part.
(Response “I do”)

Will you trust and honor him and love him faithfully through all that life may bring
(Response “I will”).

READING ONE

Excerpt from Paul Newman Wedding

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say 'I love you' at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.

WEDDING VOWS

I (Bride) take you (Groom) to be no other than yourself, to be the husband of my days, the father of the children who bless our home and my life’s companion.

The one I laugh with, dream with, the one I love

I pledge to love you for yourself and the hope that you will become all that you strive to be through all our years and in all that life may bring

I, (Groom), take you (Bride ) to be my

Best friend and My True Love

The One I Laugh With

The One I Live Life With

The One I Want To Grow Old With

You Give Me Hope, Strength, and Courage

You are My World

The Sun, the Stars, and the Sky

I promise to Love, Honor, and Cherish You

Through all of our years

And Through All that Life May Bring

BLESSING OF THE RINGS

Officiate: From the earliest times, the circle has been a symbol of completeness, a symbol of committed love. An unbroken and never ending circle symbolizes a commitment of love that is also never ending. As often as either of you looks at this symbol, I hope that you will be reminded of the commitment to love each other, which you have made today.

Will each of you repeat after me:

EXCHANGE OF RINGS

Bride: I, (Bride), give to you (Goom), this ring in token and in pledge of my constant faith and abiding love with all that I am, and all that I will become.

Groom: I, (Groom), give to you (Bride), this ring in token and in pledge of my constant faith and abiding love with all that I am, and all that I will become.

READING TWO

“I Love You”, by Roy Croft

“I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you, because you are helping me to make of the lumber of my life, not a tavern, but a temple. Out of the works of my every day, not a reproach, but a song. I love you, because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy. You have done it without a touch, without a word, without a sign. You have done it by being yourself. “

BLENDING OF SAND

(Groom) and (Bride), today you are making a life-long commitment to share the rest of your lives with each other and honor your children as well.

As you each hold your sand, the sand represents your lives to this moment; individual and unique. As you now combine your sand together, your lives also join together as one family.

Your family relationship is symbolized through the pouring of the sand; representing, (Groom) and (Bride) and children (list children’s names) and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be.

children will share in this marriage. The gathering of this new family will have a deep influence upon them. They realize that in order for the home to be a happy one, it is essential that there be love and understanding between the children and the adults being married.

You may now blend the sand together symbolizing the uniting of the children and bride and groom into one.

CLOSING

In as much as Groom and Bride have consented in holy wedlock and have witness the same before God, according to the powers vested in me by this state and being an ordained minister of the Gospel, I now pronounce you husband and wife. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder.

PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM

I now present Mr and Mrs (_________)

MUSIC

• Prelude Music – Breathe – Faith Hill)
• Parents be seated (Special Music – Take My Breath Away – Jessica Simpson)
• Officiant and Groom enter | Bridesmaid and Groomsman enter (Music – I don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith)
• Bride enters (Processional Music – You and Me - Lifehouse)
• Vows - Special Music (From this Moment – Shania Twain)
• Blending of Sand (Background Music Far Away – Nickelback)
• Closing Music – (It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill)