Sample Wedding Ceremony Endings

1. [Name] & [Name], from this day forward your lives shall be woven of one design, and your perils and your joys shall not be known apart. As you increase in love and understanding, may your joys stand victoriously against the storm of circumstance that beats impartially on all our doors. From the rich encouragement […]

Sample Ring Exchange Scripts

Sample Wedding Script 1 1. A circle is the symbol of the sun and the earth, and of the universe. It is a symbol of wholeness, and perfection, and of peace. The rings you give and receive this day, then, are symbols of the circle of shared love into which you enter together as [husband/wife/married/life […]

Sample Pronouncements

Below are some sample pronouncements that can be included in your ceremony. The purpose of the pronouncement is to formally announce the union of two people into a single entity. There are many ways to refer to this new entity including, but not limited to: Life Partners Husband and Wife (for opposite sex partners) Husband […]

Unity Candle Ceremony Script

Unity Candle Ceremony Tips The unity candle symbolizes the very essence of the wedding ceremony. Two taper candles, representing the couple as individuals, are used to light a single center candle as a visible symbol of their commitment to each other. There are many variations on the ceremony and the individual details are completely up […]

Additions for Wedding Scripts

Family Vows [Insert Name] and [Insert Name] have learned the value of family from each of you. They ask that you continue to bring the warmth and welcoming love you’ve offered up until this very moment for many more years to come. Would the rest of [Insert Name] and [Insert Name]’s family please stand? Do […]

Quickie/Elopement Wedding Script

Officiant: I stand before this couple today to join them in the bonds of matrimony. Do you take ______ as your life spouse/partner/wife/husband? Partner 1 answers and places ring on partner 2?s ring finger. Repeat for Partner 2 Officiant: I pronounce you [husband/wife/married/life partners/legally married/etc].

Civil Ceremony Wedding Script

Officiant: We are gathered today to join these two people in the loving bonds of marriage. In marriage, we give ourselves freely and generously into the hands of the one we love, and in doing so, each of us receives the love and trust of the other as our most precious gift. Addressing the couple […]

Traditional Wedding Script

Introduction Officiant: Welcome, to all of you who have gathered today to share in this ceremony with [Name] and [Name]. The words that will be spoken here today are significant, though they are not what join these two. Nor is it this ceremony. For we are not here to mark the start of a relationship […]

Sample Wedding Script 7

Garden ceremony for David and Ellen (This ceremony is very specific to the couple getting married and the place where the ceremony takes place. While the specifics of the ceremony won?t likely apply to your situation, it shows the level of intimate customization that a ceremony can have.) Introduction This is indeed a powerful place. […]

Sample Wedding Script 6

Introduction On this wonderful summer afternoon we solemnize the commitment of lifelong love that you, [Name] and [Name], have vowed to each other, a commitment to which you both brought a great deal of thought and reflection. The ease with which you relate to each other expresses more eloquently than any words the depth of […]