Christian Ceremony Script
(Option)

INVOCATION
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God and these witnesses to join [Name] and [Name] in holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate, instituted of God, since the first man and the first woman walked on the earth.

Therefore, it is not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently and soberly.
Into this holy estate, these two persons present come now to be joined.

Therefore, if anyone can show just cause why they may not be lawfully joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.

Who gives this woman to be with this man? [ANSWER]

READING
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[a] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

SHORT PRAYER:
Father, as [Name] and [Name] pledge themselves to each other, help them and bless them that their love may be pure, and their vows may be true.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

DECLARATION OF INTENT
[Name] and [Name], you have come together this day so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your love in my presence as a minister of His word, and this community and gathering of family and friends.
I ask you to state your intentions:

PERSONAL VOWS:
[HIS personal vows],
[HER personal vows].

QUESTION:
Do you both come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?
If so, answer by saying 'I do.'

RING BLESSING &
​EXCHANGE

Bless oh Lord these rings, the one who gives it as well as the one who wears it. May they abide in your perfect peace and continue in your favor as long as they both shall live. Amen.

[Name], please take the ring you have selected for [Name]
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As you place it on [his/her] finger, repeat after me:
“With this ring, I thee wed in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”
 
[Name], please take the ring you have selected for [Name].
 
As you place it on [his/her] finger, repeat after me:
“With this ring, I thee wed in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.”

Reading:
Ephesians 5:21 NIV
Instructions for Christian Households
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

PRAYER
Heavenly Father, always be at the center of the new lives You have joined together today.
Bless them to know the ways of true love and kindness.
Bless them oh Lord, all the days of their lives and fill their union with Your joy.
In Jesus’s name, Amen.

PRONOUNCEMENT
Those whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
In so much as [Name] and [Name] have consented together in holy matrimony and have done so in the presence of this gathering of witnesses, having given and pledged their faith, each to the other, and having declared the same by the giving and receiving of rings.

[NAME] and [NAME] I now pronounce that you are husband and wife.

I ask you now to seal the promises you have made with each other this day with a kiss.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Mr. and Mrs. [NAME].

​RECESSIONAL
End of the wedding ceremony.