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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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Phone: 509-599-5632 E-mail: Info@RalphsRegalWeddings.com (Set your filters to allow email from this domain.) |
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Religious Ceremony III — “Traditional Protestant” 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:
Officiant: Being assured that your love and your choice of each other as lifelong companions are in God's will and that you have your families' blessings. I now ask. Who gives 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: Dearly Beloved, we are gathered together here, in the sight of God and in the face of his congregation, to join together this man and this woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honorable estate, instituted by God in Paradise, in the time when man was innocent, signifying unto us the mystical union that is between Christ and his Church. This holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence and first miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is commended of Saint Paul, to be honorable among all men. Therefore it is not to be undertaken unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God.
Prayer: (Choose the readings below or choose another from our website: click on the “Prayers” navigation menu link at left.)
Officiant: This is a reading from Ruth, Chapter 1, verses 16 and 17.
Officiant: But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
Officiant: This is a reading from Romans Chapter 12, verses 9 to 18.
Officiant: Love must be sincere. Look away from what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of the everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Musical Selection: (Optional)
(The couple may have a friend or family member sing or play a musical instrument, or a recorded version of a religious hymn or the couple’s favorite love song may be played.)
Intention:
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ knowing that God has ordained things thus, do you wish to live in the holy estate of matrimony, which God has so greatly honored? Have you such a purpose, as you bear witness here before this holy assembly, asking that it be approved?
Groom and Bride: I am.
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 the Maid of Honor.)
Officiant: ___(Groom)_____ will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in holy matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep only unto her, so long as you both shall live?
Groom: I will.
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____ will you have this man to be your wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in holy matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep only unto him, so long as you both shall live?
Bride: I will.
Blessing of Rings:
Officiant: May I have the rings?
(Best Man (and Maid Of Honor) gives rings to Officiant.)
Officiant: Bless, O Lord, these rings, which we bless in Your name. May they who wear them render unbroken faith in each other, and ever abide in Your peace and in Your will. May they always live together in mutual love.
Officiant: Amen.
Officiant: The wedding ring is the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, signifying to all the uniting of this man and woman in holy matrimony. As these rings have no end, so your love should have no end. As these rings are made of the purest of metals, symbolizing purity, so should your marriage have purity. As often as either of you see them, you will be reminded of this moment and the endless love you promised.
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)_____, with this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Groom repeats and places ring on Bride’s finger.)
(Officiant gives Bride the ring for Groom.)
Officiant: ___(Bride)_____, repeat after me. ___(Groom)_____, with this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Bride repeats and places ring on Groom’s finger.)
Final Blessing: (Choose the Blessing below or choose others from our website: click on the “Blessings” navigation menu link at left.)
Officiant: Let us pray:
Officiant: O eternal God, Creator and Preserver of mankind, Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send Your blessing upon these Your servants, ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____, whom we bless in Your name. As Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, so these persons may surely perform and keep the vows and covenant between them; where these rings were given and received as a token of that pledge. May they ever remain in perfect love and peace together and live according to Your laws.
Officiant: Amen.
Pronouncement and Kiss:
Officiant: What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Forasmuch as ___(Groom)_____ and ___(Bride)_____ have consented together to live in holy matrimony, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and have pledged their love and loyalty to each other, and have declared the same by the joining of hands and the giving of rings, 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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