The Wedding Officiant's Handbook by Deborah L Vaughan

Author:Deborah L Vaughan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wedding, wedding ceremonies, wedding manual, wedding officiant guide, wedding officiant manual, wedding officiant skills
Publisher: Deborah L Vaughan

(If readings are to be incorporated, they are included here.)

The Declarations

N, will you take N to be your wife/lifepartner? Will you stand by her/him no matter what happens, respecting her/him as a person, understanding her/his needs and enjoying her/his love for the rest of your life?

N: I will.

N, will you take N to be your husband/lifepartner? Will you stand by her/him no matter what happens, respecting her/him as a person, understanding her/his needs and enjoying her/his love for the rest of your life? N: I will.

The Vows (The couple face each other and repeat after Deborah)

Option 1

N: From this moment, I, N, take you N as my best friend for life. I promise to be your faithful partner and give you my unconditional love. I pledge to honour, encourage and support you through our walk together. I promise to work at our love and always make you a priority in my life. With every beat of my heart I will love you. This is my solemn vow.

Option 2

N: From this day forward, I, N, take you N as my best friend for life, the one I will live with, dream with, and love forever. I look with joy down the path of our tomorrows, knowing we will walk it together side by side, hand in hand, and heart to heart. Before us lies an open road, filled with adventure and love. I choose to spend today, and all of my tomorrows, with you as my friend, my wife/husband and my love. This is my solemn vow.

Option 3 - Traditional

I, N, take you, N, to be my wife/husband/lifepartner/spouse

To have and to hold from this day forward;

for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish

for the rest of our lives.

This is my solemn vow.

Option 4

N: I, N, take you N, to be my wife/husband/lifepartner/spouse

To laugh with you in joy

To grieve with you in sorrow

To grow with you in love,

To be faithful to you alone for as long as we both shall live.

This is my vow to you.

Option 5

N: I, N, take you N, to be no other than yourself- loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not yet know, with respect for your integrity, and faith in your love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us.

I promise to try to be ever open to you, and to do everything in my power to support you in becoming the person you are yet to be. I promise to love you, to respect you, to laugh with you and to soothe your tears.

I promise to share my life openly and honestly with you; to bring to you the best in me, and to dedicate my time and my energy to you, and to the unfolding of who we are becoming.

I promise to place our relationship at the heart of my life, and not to let the flurry of the everyday eclipse our sacred commitment to one another.

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