The Standard Wedding Service

MINISTER: We are gathered together to witness and bless the joining together of (Groom) and (Bride) in Holy marriage.
(Bride) will you have (Groom) to be your husband? Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, and forsaking all others, always be faithful to him?
(BRIDE): I Will
MINISTER: (Groom) will you have (Bride) to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, and forsaking all others, always be faithful to her?
(GROOM): I Will

MINISTER: God created us male and female for each other and established the covenant of marriage. Jesus performed his first miracle at a wedding at Cana of Galilee. Also, in his sacrificial love, Jesus gave us the example for the love of husband and wife. Paul wrote in 1st Corinthians 13 that love is patient, kind, humble and polite. Love strengthens us to seek the best in others, and avoids prolonged anger or holding grudges. Love is based in trust and is protective, hopeful, lasting and victorious. In the Spirit of God’s love, (Groom) and (Bride) come now to repeat holy vows.
(GROOM): (to (Bride) ) I (Groom), take you (Bride), 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, for as long as we both shall live.
(BRIDE): (to (Groom)) I (Bride), take you (Groom), 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, for as long as we both shall live.

MINISTER: Please hand me the rings. Let us pray. Bless, O Lord, the giving of these rings that they who wear them may live in your peace and continue in your favor all the days of their life. Amen.
(GROOM): (Bride) , I give you this ring as a sign of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you.
(BRIDE): (Groom), I give you this ring as a sign of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you.
MINISTER: Let us pray. Oh God, we ask for a special blessing for (Groom) and (Bride) . Fill their hearts with kindness and understanding and help them to be true and loving toward one another as they live their lives together. May your Spirit be always present in their home. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

(to (Groom) and (Bride)) Now that you have given yourselves to each other by repeating solemn vows, with the joining of hands, and the giving and receiving of rings, I announce to all, in the name of God, that you are husband and wife together. You may kiss your bride.