Sample Ceremony #1
Rani & Rob’s
Wedding Ceremony
~ Jewish and Hindu Elements ~
THE INTRODUCTION
Celebrant to Guests:
Let your presence be welcome, let your hearts be glad. For everything there is a season, and a time and purpose for everything under the celestial skies. And this is the time, and this is the place to celebrate the golden wedding of Rob and Rani.
We have come to do all those things on this illustrious day appropriate to such an occasion. To say celebratory words, to unite rich traditions and cultures, to confirm a covenant; to recognize in this event the place of family and friends; to laugh and to cry, to sing and to feast and to dance. Above all, to rejoice in love - and golden new beginnings as this devoted couple and their families become one!
The ancient Persian poet Rumi, eloquent states, “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they are in each other all along.” And so it is with Rani in Rob, two hearts beat as one. Before Rani and Rob met they didn’t believed they would find the love of their life. Call it chemistry or say it was written in the stars, but something wonderful and extraordinary brought Rani and Rob together as a couple.
They met through their much loved circle of friends. After a few social get togethers with their pals it was the historic BBQ at a friends place when sparks finally took to becoming - flames!
Rob brings it home...”
Rani loves Rob
and
Rob love Rani.
Rani loves this about her Rob: his dry keen wit, intelligence, and integrity. He is a man of his word and doesn’t talk about things he knows nothing about. She loves how he makes her feel beautiful in all ways. It means so much to her how he has embraced her family as an extension of his own. Without a doubt, the loving way Rob interacts with Rani’s family gives her a preview about how Rob will be as a father someday!
Rob loves these precious things about Rani and he says so in such poetic style and in no particular order.”
He loves the look on Rani’s face when she sees her niece and nephew – a look of absolute joy, forgetting anything that might be wrong in the world.
He loves Rani’s spirit of adventure – always wanting to try something new and never settling for the status quo.
He loves the way she subtly sneaks food onto his plate during almost every meal.
And...her warm and cozy hugs.
He loves the look on Rani’s face when he surprises her with flowers.
And...Rani’s beautiful big brown eyes.
And...the fact that Rani is the only person to prove him wrong on a semi-regular basis.
He loves Rani’s boisterous laughter when he makes funny jokes, and he loves it when she absolutely refuses to laugh when his jokes are not funny.
And...holding her in his arms on the beach at night, looking at the stars.
All in all, Rob loves Rani and Rani loves Rob – completely.
“This is love to fly upward toward the endless heavens!.” So sings the poet Rumi in a love poem.
Along life’s path they share the Robe values and philosophy of life -the very fabric of a good marriage. Rob and Rani also have a deep respect and love for their family and friends. They both wish to honor their rich traditions and cultures while creating their own identity as a married couple. In time, they see themselves as parents dedicated to teaching their children to be, above all else, good people. The couple has a hard-nosed work ethic, especially for the things that are really important in life. A central feeling and commitment they both share is the importance of taking care of the people who have taken care of them. Ideals that are old world and good as gold!
What gives them great pride and joy in each other? Rani tells us with a sparkle in her eyes “Rob is a really smart guy. When I say smart, it’s an understatement. I am proud of his education and his lust for life. In the big picture, he ALWAYS remains positive and that fills me with pure admiration for him. What I am most proud of, is how well he has blended into my family and how open he's become with his own.”
In turn, Rob respects and appreciated how compassionate Rani is for people less fortunate. He admires the closeness she has with her family and how passionate she is about anything she believes in. He feels blessed by her virtues: honesty and integrity. And finally, he is truly filled with pride and joy by how naturally loving Rani is with children knowing that some day she will be a great mother to their own.
Similarities abound! In case you hadn’t noticed, Rob and Rani share the Rob’s dry sense of humor and goofiness. Both enjoy going out to the ballpark on a beautiful spring day to watch a baseball game, no matter who’s playing. They love cooking and are eager to learn about each other’s culture. We all know they are both very stubborn, but ultimately more than willing to compromise. They love being homebodies, but also enjoy adventures out. Rani tells us, “We always have a blast together wherever we go. It doesn’t matter what we do, just as long as we’re together.”
The couple’s hopes and dreams for a lifetime together is something they wish to share with you today. First and foremost - they will always be best friends continuing to communicate and grow together. They so look forward to becoming loving parents and having children in the future, teaching their kids to be compassionate, independent-thinking people. Rob looks into his crystal baseball and says, “We will send the kids off to college with full scholarships, and then Rani and I will be able to travel the far corners of the world and grow old together hand in hand.”
In marriage we give a special gift of ourselves to our spouse. Rob brings : constant love, support and understanding throughout the years to come. Rani offers these steadfast gifts to Rob: loyality - by having her families and loved ones as a priority; friendship – by always listening; nurturing – by finding joy in making loved ones happy in so many ways (just like her mother); And of course: love and devotion - Something she will always have for her Rob.
When asked “Why have you chosen one another to share your lives together?” Rob says warmly, “Rani is an incredible person in everyway. I have chosen her for all she is and all that she will ever be. She is beautiful, sweet, good-natured, and deserves all the good things in life. I could have never dreamt that I would meet such a wonderful woman like Rani. She is my love and my life’s inspiration.”
On that special day in August, their light of love was kindled and it has been shining bright ever since! From the bottom of her heart, Rani states that Rob is her best friend and the love of her life! Together they look forward to growing old and gray, and to watching all of you grow old and gray too. Rani tell us in her own words, “We know that some folks must wonder how two VERY different people, in terms of religion and background, can come together like we have. My only answer is this: Rob and I are together because we experience something special in each other and became a part of one another. If one questions ‘Why do two people fall in love?’ Just know this...love the answer.”
To you, their loving friends and family, the couple would like to express how very much it means to have all of you here today to celebrate their marriage. In the whole wide world, YOU are the people they love the most, YOU are the people that have been so very instrumental in uniting these two individuals that wish to share their lives together - above all else. From their heart of their hearts, Rob and Rani wish to express their gratitude to you who have been a true inspiration and influence in becoming the people they are today. You have always applauded them in good times and supported them through thick and thin. Nothing would make them more proud than to tell all the world how much they love each other. And, nothing is more important to them than the love of their families and friends. And so it is, on this grand occasion, our Bride and Groom express their complete joy and honor to share with all the people they love - a married life of golden new beginnings on this their wedding day!
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THE JOINING OF HANDS
Celebrant: There is an ancient ritual that joins the hands of the bride and the groom on their wedding day. The couples hands are tied together by a simple cotton thread wound several time around their hands, beautifully symbolizing that although a single thread can be easily broken, thread wound several times forms a love forged unbreakable bond! Rani and Rob please join hands.
THE FAMILY CANDLES
Celebrant:
If there is ever a truer measure of human beings than by what they do it must be by what they give. With that, we must declare that parents epitomize this ideal and have throughout civilization, for they sure do give of themselves – completely!
In the spirit of remembrance the parents, and the other members of the wedding party, lit the family candles to honor our family present and past. We pay tribute to the importance of family. Today we celebrate the coming together of these two families!
We are grateful to our elders whose wisdom we seek in all endeavors, our friends whom we are fortunate to have in our lives and our dear parents, our beckons of light, who guided us along the road to adulthood. With love in our hearts, we remember family members who are no longer with us. We also think of family members who were unable to be here with us today, but are with us heart and soul. We wish for the Bride and Groom as they and their families become one, that they may always find prosperity in love and devotion.
THE SEVEN BLESSINGS
Celebrant: In the Jewish and Hindu faiths blessings for the marriage are a very important ritual passed on from one generation to the next. It is truly fortuitous that both cultures have so much in common including the Jewish/seven blessings and the Hindu/seven steps both central to the wedding ceremony. The couple is greatly honored to have Rob’s Father, Allen, who represents all fathers today as well as his family’s heritage, to bestow the time-honored seven blessings upon his dear son and daughter-in-law.
Celebrant: Mr. Lub, please come up.
Father of the Groom, Mr. Allen:
1. We express our appreciation for this wine, symbol and aid of our rejoicing.
2. We realize that each separate moment and every distinct object points to and shares in this oneness.
3. We recognize and appreciate the blessing of being human.
4. We realize the special gift of awareness that permits us to perceive this unity and the wonder we experience as a man and a woman joined to live together.
5. May rejoicing resound throughout the world as persecution and oppression cease, and all people learn to live in peace with each other and in harmony with their environment.
6. We call forth an abundance of love to envelop this couple. May they be for each other lovers and friends, and may their love partake of innocence, purity, and a sense of discovery.
7. We highlight today joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, delight and cheer, love and harmony, peace and companionship. May we all witness the day when the dominant sounds through the world will be these sounds of happiness, the voices of lovers, the sounds of feasting and singing.
Celebrant to Father of the Groom: Thank you.
THE SEVEN STEPS
Celebrant:
In Hindu tradition, the Bride and Groom take seven steps to symbolize the beginning of their journey through life together. These steps represent seven principles and promises to each other. It is said that if the Bride and Groom walk seven steps together, they will become lifelong friends. We circle the table of candles. Purity of fire! Where vows are forged and love is born to shine on forever.
Rani and Rob, when you are ready, please take the first step and repeat after me:
1. We shall cherish each other in sickness and health, in happiness and sorrow.
Please take the second step.
2. We shall be lifelong friends.
Please take the third step.
3. Together we shall share each other’s ideals.
Now the fourth step.
4. We shall nurture each other’s strengths, talents and aspirations.
The fifth step.
5. Together we shall make each other happy.
The sixth step.
6. Together we shall love and care for our future children and our families.
And finally, the seventh and final step.
7. Together we will look toward the mysteries of the future with awe, open-mindedness and inspiration.
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Celebrant:
And now Rob’s Godfather and Uncle, Steven, will present us with a reading adapted from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres.
Steven:
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathless, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. . . . That is just ‘being in love’ which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
May your roots grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms fall from your branches, you find out that you are one tree, and not two.
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Celebrant:
Now I, Rani Eulette, a Civil Celebrant,
am duly authorized by the law
to solemnize this, Rob and Rani’s marriage,
according to the laws of
Marriage, as most of us understand it,
is a voluntary and full commitment,
made in the deepest sense
to the exclusion of all others,
and is entered into with the desire,
the hope and the firm intention
that it will last for lifetime.
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THE ASKING
The Celebrant to Groom:
Rob, now I ask you
Will you take Rani to be your wife, your lifelong partner?
Will you love her
And respect her,
be honest with her,
and stand by her through whatever may come,
do you want to share a life together with Rani?
Groom: I will.
The Celebrant to Bride:
Rani, now I ask you
Will you take Rob to be your husband, your lifelong partner?
Will you love him
And respect him,
be honest with him,
and stand by him through whatever may come,
do you want to share a life together with Rob?
Bride: I will
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Celebrant:
Will the Groom and Bride please face each other, look into each others eyes, hold hands and recite your vows ?
Celebrant to Groom:
I, Rob, take you Rani to be my wife,
To laugh with you in joy
To grieve with you in sorrow,
To grow with you in love,
This I promise from my heart,
With my soul
For all the days of my life
and beyond the bounds of time.
Celebrant to Bride:
Rani, you may now recite your vows:
Bride:
I, Rani, offer myself to you, Rob
to be your wife,
your friend, your lover and companion
in the journey of life
to share and build our dreams together
whatever may come
in equal love, as a mirror for my true Self.
This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, live in hope,
and eternally made new.
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Celebrant:
Rob and Rani will now light their marriage unity candle. It is the welcome spark that lives in their hearts that took flame on that moment when they realized they loved each other!
Rani and Rob, light the two taper candles from the already-lit smaller candles.
These flames each burn with the warmth and love that your family and friends have fostered in both of you. Each of you will take a candle and together you will light one larger candle - which will be a vivid reminder that in true marriage our lives are merged, even as we remain individuals.
Celebrant:
Rani and Rob, you may now light your marriage candle, simultaneously, by the two individual candles you have lit.
Your hearts have now become ONE heart...of your families have now become ONE family…and of your lives have now become ONE life.
As you joined the two candles together to light the single marriage candle, the flame flares higher than before. May this warmth: the warmth of being together, the warmth of your love, always surround you. May this flame always light your way. Like these two flames joining may your lives be richer in this union than they were before or ever could be. Shine on!
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RINGS CEREMONY
Celebrant:
Rings are an ancient symbol, blessed and simple.
Round like the sun, like the eye, like arms that embrace.
Circles, for love that is given comes back round again and again. Therefore may these symbols remind you that your love,
Like the sun, illuminates, that your love, like the eye, must see clearly. And that your love, like arms that embrace, is a grace upon this world.
Now I ask the Bestman, Andrew to assist our Ring bearer Ajit present the rings that have been tied onto Rob’s favorite baseball on this special occasion!
Celebrant to Bride:
Rani, please repeat after me as you place this ring on Rob’s finger.
Bride: I, Rani, take you, Rob,
to be my husband,
to stand by your side and sleep in your arms,
to be joy to your heart and food to your soul,
to bring out the best in you always,
to share my whole life’s journey with you,
through times of sorrow and joy
from this day forward,
for the rest of my life.
Celebrant to Groom:
Rob, repeat after me as you place this ring on Rani’s finger.
Groom: I, Rob, take you, Rani,
to be my wife,
to stand by your side and sleep in your arms,
to be joy to your heart and food to your soul,
to bring out the best in you always,
to share my whole life’s journey with you,
through times of sorrow and joy
from this day forward,
for the rest of my life.
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SHARING SWEETS
Celebrant:
It is an honored traditional Indian marriage custom for the Bride and Groom to feed each other sweets on their wedding day. This offering is a powerful symbol that in essence declares, “I give my love to you”, which is the most profound thing one can ever say to the person they choose to spend the rest of their life with.
Rani and Rob, share the sweets, they are the bounty of life, all that you share, all that nourishes you as a married couple. Love is a divine gift we all possess. We get richer, not by keeping it to ourselves, but by giving it to the ones we love.
Celebrant: I ask Rani’s Brother and Sister-in-law, Rajeev and Manali, to come up and share with us an Indian Wedding Poem for our Bride and Groom as they offer each other sweets to eat.
Rajeev and Manali ~ Hindu Honey Poem:
You have become mine forever.
Yes, we have become partners.
I have become yours.
Hereafter, I cannot live without you.
Do not live without me.
Let us share the joys.
We are word and meaning, unite.
You are thought and I am sound.
May the nights be honey-sweet for us.
May the mornings be honey-sweet for us.
May the plants be honey-sweet for us.
May the earth be honey-sweet for us.
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SHARING OF THE WINE
Celebrant:
Love makes burdens lighter because you divide them; it makes joys more intense because you share them. It makes you stronger so you can reach out and become involved with life in ways you would never dare risk alone. This beautiful marriage tradition comes to us from the Jewish culture through out the ages. The glass of wine you are about to share is symbolic of the overflowing cup that life provides you.
Rob and Rani, as you share this wine now, you promise to share all that the future may bring. All the sweetness the cup of life may hold for you should be sweeter because you drink it together; and whatever drops of bitterness it may contain should be lessened because they are shared. On behalf of all your family and friends we wish you all the blessings that life can bring -- joy and gladness, love and companionship, happiness and prosperity, contentment and peace, all the days of your life.
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SIGNING OF THE CERTIFICATE
Celebrant:
I invite the Bride and Groom and the two witnesses, Rani’s mother Hansa and Rob’s mother Frieda, to come to the table and sign the Wedding Certificate.
Throughout civilization it has been customary to sign a marriage certificate; it comes to us from many ancient cultures. Today we honor the Jewish tradition of signing the “Ketubah”. This certificate represents the first recognition that not only must marriage be entered into consensually by both parties, but that it is also a social contract between a couple, their family and their community. The act of signing is part of the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony the couple invites all of you to come up and sign their marriage certificate as it will grace their lives and home for years to come.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Celebrant:
On behalf of the couple I have this announcement to share with you: Immediately after the ceremony please allow the couple to recess to the Ballroom Lobby where you can express your complete joy and congratulations to them and the family, before the cocktail hour.
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DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE
Celebrant:
Rob and Rani have proclaimed before all of us that they will live together in marriage. They have made promises to each other. They have symbolized their union by joining hands, taking vows, receiving the seven blessings, walking the sacred seven steps, sharing sweets and wine, and exchanging rings, lighting their candle and honoring their heritage and traditions.
And now to conclude our ceremony, Rob has chosen to break the glass as part of his Jewish tradition. Of the many different interpretations of this tradition, our favorite is the idea that it will bring good luck to the newly married couple.
Therefore, on behalf of your loving community, I now declare Rob and Rani to be husband and wife.
And now Rob will break the glass on the count of three after which I invite you ALL to join me in wishing them good luck by shouting out... "Mazel Tov!” or “congratulations!" Ready?!
...One, two, three!
Guests: Mazel Tov! Congratulations!
Celebrant: Rob, you may kiss your Bride!
~ Here Ends the Ceremony, and Here Begins a Married Life of Love & Joy ~
Sample Ceremony #2
The Wedding Ceremony
of
Sam & Lynn
THE INTRODUCTION
Celebrant to Guests:
Let your presence be welcome, let your hearts be glad, for there is a time, a season and a purpose for everything under the blue skies. This is the time, and this is the place to celebrate the wedding of Lynn Fisher and Saman Kohlehs!
We have come to do all these things on this illustrious day appropriate to such an occasion: to say celebratory words, to unite lives and love, to confirm a covenant; to recognize in this event the place of family. Above all, to rejoice in love - and new beginnings as this devoted couple becomes one!
As the writer Ella Wheeler Wilcox eloquently states, “All love that has not friendship for its base is like a mansion built upon the sand.” And so it is, on this most extraordinary day in their lives that Sam and Lynn have chosen to share the story of their friendship and love with all of us.
Sam and Lynn were introduced by a friend and their first date took place at one of the most romantic restaurants on earth that boasts the most spectacular view of
That was years ago and just last fall the couple had dinner with some of Lynn’ family members and Sam, the gentlemen through and through that he is, asked Lynn’ father for his daughter’s hand in marriage, which Mr. Fisher agreed to, and then on the spot Sam asked his dear and loving Lynn to marry him. He then presented his betrothed with the engagement ring to grace her lovely hand for years to come!
Sam and Lynn love each other tremendously and when asked about their similarities and differences they both expressed how they especially enjoy each others differences.
As time passed their relationship grew and similarities abounded! They love to be together and it doesn't matter what they are doing. Land or sea! Sunny day or cloudy! Sushi (preferably cooked for
With joy-ala-joy Sam declares, “
Sam says it all, right here… “If you were to look in the dictionary under perfect mate for Sam Kohlehs, the glorious name of Lynn Fisher would appear. I couldn’t ask or dream of anyone better for me than
In Verde’s classic opera La Traviatta these powerful lyrics sing to us…“To that love which is the pulse of the universe! This is the love that
Sam and Lynn look forward to their bright future together…to experiencing new things as a married couple…to enjoy the relationship as an extended family and… to share all the delights that will take place. Sam and Lynn create this sepia colored snap shot… “We see us sitting on rocking chairs together many, many years in the future, on a porch enjoying a beautiful sunset together and holding hands.”
Their shared wish is that each of you their dear family comes away from today’s wedding ceremony knowing and feeling that this joyful occasion is 100% pure Lynn & Sam. That you see how happy they are together and even be reminded of time when you got married and the happiness you experienced with the love of family and friends that surrounded you. They especially thank their children that mean everything in the world to them as they go forward as a couple and as a loving family.
So on this, Lynn and Sam’s wedding day, feel their heart-pounding love which is truly the pulse of our universe – that we celebrate together on this magnificent day!
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Celebrant: We invite an offering of words with which to honor
From "Untitled" by 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 for looking into my heart
And for drawing out into the light,
All the beautiful things
That no other could find
I love you,
For the part of me
That you bring out;
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.
My companion and comforter,
Guide and friend
The one I love.
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ANCESTOR’S TRIBUTE
Celebrant:
Family both present and past are an important part of Sam and Lynn’ lives and relationship. Especially their adored children: Samantha and Jimmy, Nicole and Matthew.
The couple is grateful to their elders whose wisdom they seek in all endeavors, their friends whom they are fortunate to have in their lives and their dear parents who guided them along the road the people they are today -
Our Groom’s Parent: Min Kohlehs
and Bride’s Father and Stepmother: Davis and Chelsea Hyde
Now, with deep devotion, we remember loved ones that are no longer with us, but who have guided and shaped the lives of Lynn and Sam.
Sam’s father: Sean
and
At this time, we also think of family members who were unable to be here with us today and we ask that they be with us in our thoughts.
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PRESENTATION & SAND CEREMONY
Celebrant:
Let us now celebrate the family bond that Lynn & Sam’s children will share with them in the pouring of the sands!
The Bride and Groom will now take two glasses filled with golden ocean sand that represent their two families and two worlds - and we invite their children Nicole and Matthew, Jimmy and Samantha to come up and join them with their glasses of sand. All together they will pour and mingle the sands into a single vase becoming one family for all the sands of time!
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MONITUM
Celebrant:
Since you are both committed to this union,
let me formally declare that
I, Charlotte Eulette, Celebrant,
am duly authorized by the law
to solemnize this, your marriage,
according to the laws of the State of
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PASS BOUQUET
Celebrant: Will
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THE ASKING
Celebrant: Before your community of family I ask the Bride and Groom of their commitment on this day…
Celebrant to Groom:
Sam,
Will you take
Will you love and respect her,
be open with her,
and stand by her through whatever may come,
so you can genuinely share your life together?
Groom: I will.
Celebrant to the Bride:
Will you take Sam to be your husband?
will you love and respect him,
be open with him,
and stand by him through whatever may come,
so you can genuinely share your life together?
Bride: I will.
Celebrant: And now Eric Gildea will read “The Art of Marriage ” by great writer and philosopher, Wilfred A. Peterson.
The Art of Marriage
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 Minst once each day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
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 speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful
ways.
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 not only marrying the right partner –-
It is being the right partner.
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THE RING CEREMONY
Celebrant:
The rings Sam and Lynn will present to each other are perfectly round, with no beginning and no end. So may their love go on forever!
Celebrant to Best man for the rings: Will our Best man, Matthew and Sam’s dear son, pMinse present the wedding rings to the couple?
Celebrant to Groom:
Sam repeat after me…
with this ring,
I thee wed.
Take and wear it as a pledge of my love and devotion,
and as a symbol of all we share.
Celebrant to Bride:
Sam,
with this ring,
I thee wed.
Take and wear it as a pledge of my love and devotion,
and as a symbol of all we share.
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THE SIGNING OF THE WEDDING CERTIFICATE
Celebrant:
I invite the Bride and her children Samantha and Jimmy and the Groom and his children Matthew and Nicole to honor this day in their parents lives as witnesses to their marriage and lives together. They join us to sign the Wedding & Family Union Certificate!
The time honored custom of signing a marriage certificate comes to us from many ancient cultures and represents the first recognition that not only must marriage be entered into consensually by both parties, but that it is also a social agreement between a couple, their family and their community. Moreover it symbolizes two families becoming one.
The couple invites all family and friends to also sign the wedding certificate after the wedding ceremony at the reception table. It will grace their home and they’ll cherish it for years to come.
BLESSINGS FOR THE MARRIAGE
Celebrant: It is
May your hands always be held by one another.
May they have the strength to hold on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment.
May they remain tender and gentle, as you nurture each other in your love.
May these hands continue building a relationship founded in trust and rich caring.
May they guide you in helping to fulfill each other’s dreams.
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PASS THE BOUQUET:
Celebrant: Shannon, our woman of honor will pass back the Bride’s bouquet…the big moment is here!
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DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE
Celebrant: Ladies and Gentlemen,
Sam and Lynn have declared before their community of family that they will live together in marriage. They have made special promises to each other as husband and wife and as parents to their beloved children. They have symbolized it by taking vows, by exchanging rings, and by joining hands on this enchanting day!
Therefore, on their behalf and on behalf of those present to witness this happy occasion...
I’m honored to declare Sam and Lynn, husband and wife!
Celebrant to Couple: Now our Bride and Groom will seal it with a kiss!
~ Here Ends the Ceremony and Here Begins a Married Life of Love and Joy ~