THE WEDDING CEREMONY OF

and are met here today to become one

through the rite of matrimony.

As the waters of the sea are vast, flowing, deep and endless,

so may be their love for each other.

May their love hold within it the essence of life

and be constant, enduring and limitless.

They are today pledging their love and their lives to each other

for all the days that remain to them.

They celebrate their commitment to a strong and enduring relationship

and as the seas touch the many shores of the earth,

may their love and their lives enrich everyone

with whom they come in contact.

Please join hands.

INTENT

Do you, , take to be your lawful wedded wife,

and do you promise to be her faithful, loving and devoted husband,

in sickness and in health, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow,

as long as you both shall live?

I do.

Do you, , take to be your lawful wedded husband,

and do you promise to be his faithful, loving and devoted wife,

in sickness and in health, in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow,

as long as you both shall live?

I do.

VOWS

, please face and repeat after me:

From this day on, I choose you, , to be my wife,

to live with you and laugh with you;

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;

and, for you, to be the most that I can.

, please face and repeat after me:

From this day on, I choose you, , to be my husband,

to live with you and laugh with you;

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;

and, for you, to be the most that I can.

RING EXCHANGE

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 that you have made today.

As a token of mutual fidelity and affection

the rings will now be given and received.

, place the ring on ‘s finger and repeat after me:

I, , give to you, , this ring as a symbol

of my commitment to love, honor, and respect you.

, place the ring on ‘s finger and repeat after me:

I, , give to you, , this ring as a symbol

of my commitment to love, honor, and respect you.

PRONOUNCEMENT

Now, because you have chosen one another,

honored each other with the precious gift of your rings,

and pledged to love and care for each other

for all the days of your lives,

it gives me great joy to pronounce you

husband and wife.

You may kiss your bride.