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Wedding ceremonies |
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Ralph’s Regal Weddings More than just Wedding Officiants |
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Wedding Ministers and Ceremony Officiants Providing Ceremony Preparation, Staging and Direction Spokane, Washington and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho |
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Copyright 2012 — Ralph J. Fishburn & Karen I. Fishburn |
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Conveniently located in Spokane, WA near East 17th Avenue and Ray Street. Also serving Coeur d’Alene, ID and Post Falls, ID and other areas within Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho |
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To contact us: |
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Phone: 509-599-5632 E-mail: Info@RalphsRegalWeddings.com (Set your filters to allow email from this domain.) |
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Civil Ceremony III Prince of Wales Package & William & Mary Package
Officiant: Please stand.
(Bride processes down the aisle with her father or chosen escort.)
Presentation of the Bride: (Optional)
Officiant: Being assured that your choice of each other as lifelong companions has been ordained by your love for each other and that you have your families' blessing, I now ask: Who brings this woman to be married to this man?
Bride’s Father (or chosen escort): I do. (Or: Her mother and I.)
(Bride's escort places her hand in Groom's hand.)
(Bride and Groom move forward to stand in front of Officiant.)
(Bride’s escort moves behind Bride and is seated.)
(Bride and Groom turn and face each other.)
(If Bride’s gown has a train, Maid of Honor straightens it.)
Officiant: Please be seated.
Welcome:
Officiant: We have been invited here today to celebrate one of life's greatest moments and to give recognition to the worth and beauty of love. We also add our best wishes and blessings to the words which shall unite ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ in holy matrimony.
Officiant: Marriage is a promise, made in the hearts of two people who love each other, which takes a lifetime to fulfill. Within the circle of its love, marriage encompasses all of life's most important relationships. A husband and wife are each other's lover, teacher, listener, critic, and best friend. Marriage provides a new environment for a husband and wife to share their lives together and to face life and the world, hand-in-hand.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ in presenting yourselves here today to be joined in this holy union, you perform an act of faith. This faith can grow and mature and endure, but only if you both determine to make it so. A lasting and growing love is never automatic, nor guaranteed by any ceremony. Devotion, joy and love can grow, only if you nurture them together. Stand fast in that hope and confidence, believing in your shared future just as strongly as you believe in yourselves and in each other today. Only in this spirit, can you create a partnership that will strengthen and sustain you all the days of your lives.
Rose Ceremony: (Optional)
(Choice of Rose Ceremony for the couple’s mothers or parents. Click on “Specialty Ceremonies” navigation menu link at left for Rose Ceremonies. A musical selection may be played softly during ceremony.)
Reading or Prayer: (Optional) (Choose the reading below or choose another from our website: click on the “Readings” or “Prayers” navigation menu link at left.)
Officiant: This is a poem called True Love by an Unknown Author
True love is a sacred flame That burns eternally, And none can dim its special glow Or change its destiny. True love speaks in tender tones And hears with gentle ear, True love gives with open heart And true love conquers fear. True love makes no harsh demands It neither rules nor binds, And true love holds with gentle hands The hearts that it entwines.
Musical Selection: (Optional)
(The couple may have a friend or family member sing or play a musical instrument, or a recorded version of the couple’s favorite love song may be played.)
Intention: (Optional)
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ are you ready to enter into this marriage with ___(Bride)_____, believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?
Groom: I am.
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____ are you ready to enter into this marriage with ___(Groom)_____, believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?
Bride: I am.
Witness Affirmation: (Optional)
Officiant (To witnesses): We have been called together as witnesses to the happiness that this couple has found together, and to the pledges they will make to each other for the mutual service of their common life.
Officiant: Do all of you here present offer your blessing and support for this couple, and wish them the best of lives together?
Witnesses: We do.
Exchange of Vows: (Choose the vows below or choose others from our website: click on the “Vows” navigation menu link at left.)
Officiant (To couple): Will you please join hands.
(Bride turns and gives her bouquet to Maid of Honor.)
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ as the two of you come into this marriage uniting you as husband and wife, you affirm your faith and love for one another. Always remember to cherish each other as special and unique individuals. Respect the thoughts, ideas and suggestions of each other. Be able to forgive, do not hold grudges, and live each day with a joyful enthusiasm for the life you share together.
Officiant: Marriage is the closest relationship that exists between two people. It is one of the most important obligations that two people can commit to. When a man and a woman decide to join together in marriage, they should do so with a full realization of its obligations and responsibilities.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____, it is your desire to become the husband of ___(Bride)_____, please recite your vows to her:
(Officiant hands Groom his vows card.)
Groom: I, ___(Groom)_____, take you, ___(Bride)_____, into my heart as my wife, my friend, my love, and my lifelong companion. I promise to support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I accept you with your faults and your strengths, even as I offer myself with my faults and strengths. In this moment I promise before these witnesses to treat you with respect, love, and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together and to love you and care for you all of our days. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and eternally made new.
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____, it is your desire to become the wife of ___(Groom)_____, please recite your vows to him:
(Officiant hands Bride her vows card.)
Bride: I, ___(Bride)_____, take you, ___(Groom)_____, into my heart as my husband, my friend, my love, and my lifelong companion. I promise to support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I accept you with all your faults and your strengths, even as I offer myself with all my faults and strengths. In this moment I promise before these witnesses to treat you with respect, love, and loyalty through all the trials and triumphs of our lives together and to love you and care for you all of our days. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and eternally made new.
Prelude to Ring Exchange:
Officiant: May I have the rings, please?
(Best Man (and Maid Of Honor) gives rings to Officiant.)
Officiant: The wedding ring is a visible representation of the unbroken circle of a couple’s love, symbolizing that wherever they go, they may always return to their shared life together. It has also been a symbol of the sincerity and permanence of a couple's love for one another and their regard for their marriage.
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ wedding rings are made precious by our wearing them. Your rings say that even in your uniqueness you have chosen to be bound together. Let these rings also be a sign that love has substance as well as soul, a present as well as a past, and that, despite its occasional sorrows, love is a circle of happiness, wonder, and delight. As the circle can begin anew at any point, so a good marriage can pick any point to renew itself. May these rings remind you always to keep your marriage fresh, your life together joyful, and your respect for each other steady. As you gaze on these rings that we now bless, may you be reminded of the vows you have taken here today.
The Exchange of Rings: (Choose the Ring Ceremony below or choose others from our website: click on the “Ring Ceremonies” navigation menu link at left.)
(Officiant gives Groom the ring for Bride.)
Officiant: ____(Groom)_____, repeat after me: ____(Bride)_____, this ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be. Let this ring be a symbol of my promises to you and a reminder of my devotion to you as I join my life to yours.
(Groom repeats and places ring on Bride’s finger.)
(Officiant gives Bride the ring for Groom.)
Officiant: ____(Bride)_____, repeat after me: ____(Groom)_____, this ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be. Let this ring be a symbol of my promises to you and a reminder of my devotion to you as I join my life to yours.
(Bride repeats and places ring on Groom’s finger.)
Unity Ceremony: (Optional)
(Choice of Unity Candle, Sand, Wine or other Unity Ceremony. Click on “Unity Ceremonies” navigation menu link at left for Unity Sand, Candle, or Wine Ceremonies. A musical selection may be played softly during ceremony.)
Final Blessing: (Choose the Blessing below or choose others from our website: click on the “Blessings” navigation menu link at left.)
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____ and ___(Groom)_____ as you travel through life together, remember that the true measure of success, the true avenue to joy and peace, is to be found within the love you hold in your hearts. Marriage will expand you as individuals, define you as a couple, and deepen your love for one another. To be successful you will need strength, courage, patience and a really good sense of humor.
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____ and ___(Groom)_____ I wish you the strength to be true to the vows you have made here today. May you always have the wisdom to cherish the precious love you share. May you always nurture yourselves and this marriage with acceptance, understanding, cooperation, and loving.
Officiant: May the life you share be peaceful, healthy and filled with blessings and joy.
Pronouncement and Kiss:
Officiant: Forasmuch as ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ have consented together to join their lives in the bonds of matrimony, and in as much as they have exchanged vows, and have given and received rings in the presence of these witnesses; I now pronounce, by the authority vested in me, and in accordance with the laws of the State of ___(State)_____, that they are husband and wife.
Officiant: ____(Groom)_______ , you may now kiss your bride.
(Officiant steps to the side while couple kisses.)
Introduction as Husband and Wife:
Officiant steps back to previous position .)
(Maid of Honor hands the bouquet back to the Bride.)
(Groom and Bride turn to face guests.)
Officiant: It is now my pleasure to present Mr. and Mrs. ___________.
(Couple recesses out followed by the wedding party.)
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