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Sample Ceremony
This is a sample of a very short ceremony...from here you can add as much as you'd like.
______ and ______, you have come here today to join yourselves in holy matrimony, which is an honorable estate, and therefore not to be entered into lightly, but with reverence and respect for the commitment you are now about to make.
______, do you take ______ to be your lawfully wedded wife?
I do
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only unto her?
I do
______, do you take ______ to be your lawfully wedded husband?
I do
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only unto him?
I do
Please hold out your rings for a blessing.
These rings in their unbroken wholeness are tokens of your union and of you love. They represent the enduring trust and affection that you bring to each other. May they ever remind you that your lives are bound together by devotion, faithfulness and an inner spiritual bond.
You will now exchange rings and repeat after me:
______, With this ring I wed you and pledge my faithful love
______, with this ring I wed you and pledge my faithful love
We know not what the future may bring into the life of this couple, but we pray
that together they may be equal to the needs of their tomorrows. May they have
patience in time of strain, strength in time of weakness, courage in time of
discouragement, vision in time of doubt, and above all, growing love.
By the power vested in me by the State of NH, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
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