WEDDING CEREMONY BY ROBERT GILMAN
_______ & _________, we are here to celebrate your marriage. This day
you have chosen to affirm your love for each other with spoken words,
with prayer, with the sharing of symbols.
(Verse By The Sea):
Marriage is a commitment to life... To the best that two people can find
and bring out of each other. It offers opportunities for sharing and
growth no other human relationship can equal, a physical, and emotional
joining that is promised for a lifetime.
Within the circle of its love, marriage encompasses all of life's most
important relationships. A wife and a husband are each other's best
friend, confidant, lover, teacher, and listener. There may come times
when one partner is heartbroken or ailing, and the love of the other
brings healing and stedfastness to a sturdy foundation that allows the
marriage covenant to be established.
Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life. Happiness is fuller,
memories are fresher; commitment is stronger.
Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life is unable to avoid.
It encourages and nurtures new life, new experiences; and new ways of
expressing love through the seasons of life.
When two people pledge to love and care for each other in marriage, they
create a spirit unique to themselves, which binds them closer than any
spoken or written words. Marriage is a promise, made in the hearts of
two people who love each other, which takes a lifetime to fulfill.
(Sharing Of Leis):
For those of us who call
love for us, it is also a symbol of things fragile and Temporal. A
flower lei will last for only a day or two and then it is gone. Our
lives are like the lei within the span of eternity. We are here in this
life for only a brief moment, therefore live with tender consideration
for each; love one another; and your marriage will last. May the leis
you now offer each other be recognized for the earnestness of your love
for one another.
(Declaration Of Intention):
_______, do you wish for _______, to be your wife? I f so, please say,
"I do."
_______, do you wish for _______, to be your husband? If so, please
say, "I do."
________________, do you promise to let your love for each other grow?
As it will, as it must; so that in the years to come you will renew your
acceptance, your understanding; and your
trust of one another?
If so, please say, "We promise."
(Marriage Vows. Bride and Groom repeat after minister):
As you have chosen to affirm your willingness to enter into this
covenant of marriage, before god, and these witnesses, repeat after me,
your marriage vows.
I _______, take you _______, to be my wife. I promise to love you, only
you, and cherish you; I will be a companion to you. I will share my
strengths, and my achievements. I promise to respect you, and be a
friend to you. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in
sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
I _______, take you _______, to be my husband. I promise to love you,
only you, and to cherish you. I will be a companion to You. I will
share my strengths, and my achievements. I promise to respect you, and
be a friend to you. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer,
in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
(Ring Ceremony):
The weddings rings are a symbol of longevity in the Marriage covenant.
The circle of the rings symbolizes a never ending circle of love and
commitment which you are making.
Always see the best in each other and each day that you are together,
let it be full of the beauty of the never ending love you have for each
other through the symbols of these rings.
(_______, repeat after me):
_______, I give this ring to you, as a sign of my love I give myself to
you to be your husband,
So that from this day forward, you shall not walk alone. I feel so
honored to have you as my wife. I vow to love and sustain you, in the
covenant of our marriage as long as we both shall live.
(_______, repeat after me):
_______, I give this ring to you, as a sign of my love. I give myself to
you to be your wife,
So that from this day forward, you shall not walk alone. I feel so
honored, to have you as my husband. I vow to love and sustain you in the
covenant of our marriage as long as we both shall live.
(Pronouncement):
We have been witnesses to this special day. Therefore, I and those of us
here with you have recognized that you have become husband and wife, and
we and all of your families and friends shall honor you as the same from
this day forward.
(Scriptural reference to having your lives bound together: Ruth 1:16 )
I want to go wherever you go, a nd to live wherever you live; your
people shall be my people, and your God shall be my God; I want to die
where you die, and be buried there. May the lord do terrible things to
me if I allow anything but death to separate us.
(Prayer of blessings in Hawaiian and then interpretation):
Imau aku kaloko mai' ka'i o ka haku o iesu cristo me kealoha keakua a
mekalauna puana 0 ka'uhane hemolele me ka ko apa'u.
May the grace of our lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
communion of his spirit be with you always.
May god bless you and keep you, may god's face shine upon you and be
gracious unto you. May god lift up his countenance upon you and give you
peace.
(Benediction):
__________ & ________, remember this day in beautiful [
with joy and thanksgiving; and may you love to live, and live to love.
Now by the power given unto me as a minister of the gospel and by the
laws of this state, I now pronounce that you are husband and wife!
You may kiss your bride!
Whom god has joined together let no man put asunder!
I present to you as husband and wife, Mr. And Mrs. __________________!
Aloha e! Aloha e! Aloha e!