Ceremony On A Budget
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Wedding Ceremony

We are gathered here today to unite Man and Woman in Holy matrimony.  I would like to begin with this poem by Edmund O'Neill

Marriage Joins Two People
In The Circle Of It's Love
 
Marriage is a commitment to life,
the best that two people can find and bring out in each other.
It offers opportunities for sharing and growth
that no other relationship can equal.
It is a physical and an 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, listener, and critic.
And there may come times when one partner is heartbroken or ailing,
and the love of the other may resemble
the tender caring of a parent or child.

Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life.
Happiness is fuller, memories are fresher,
commitment is stronger, even anger is felt more strongly,
and passes away more quickly. 

Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life
is unable to avoid. It encourages and nurtures new life,
new experiences, new ways of expressing
a love that is deeper than life.

When two people pledge their love and care for each other in marriage,
they create a spirit unique unto themselves which binds them closer
than any spoken or written words.
Marriage is a promise, a potential made in the hearts of two people
who love each other and takes a lifetime to fulfill.

Man and Woman, the vows you are about to take are not to be taken without careful thought. For in them you are committing yourselves exclusively one to the other for as long as you both shall live. This love is not to be diminished by difficult circumstances.

"(Man), do you take (Woman) to be your wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, to honor her, to comfort her, and to keep her in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"

Man answers, "I do."

Notary asks the woman, "(Woman), do you take (Man) to be your husband, to live together in matrimony, to love him, to honor him, to comfort him, and to keep him in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"

Woman answers, "I do."

Please face each other

"Repeat after me."

To the man: "I, (Man), take you (Woman), to be my wife, 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, till death do us part."

To the woman: "I, (Woman), take you (Man), to be my husband, 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, till death do us part."

*** may insert vows here or have kids say something etc

Exchange of Rings    get your rings out

I would like to have engraved inside every wedding band: Be kind to one another. This is the golden rule of marriage and the secret of making love last through the years

(Man) Place the ring on (Woman’s) finger and repeat after me, "I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love."

(Woman,) Place the ring on (Man’s) finger and repeat after me, "I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love."

Pronouncement

Notary asks the couple to join hands, then declares, "By virtue of the authority vested in me under the laws of the State of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

To the man: "You may kiss the bride."

Introducing, (Man and Wife)