Wedding Vows
Pastor -- _________,
will you now speak your marriage vow to your wife,
__________?
Groom -- My
___________, I have prayed for you as my wife and as
God has truly answered my prayers, I praise and thank
Him for His faithfulness for I have delighted in
knowing you and loving you. I look forward to being
your Christian husband for as long as we both shall
live. I will love you as Christ loved the church and
died for her. I will love you during the good times
and the difficult times for we know the Lord is our
Savior and our guide. You shall always be my bride and
I give myself to you this day. I love you,
___________.
Pastor -- And
___________, will you now speak your marriage vow to
your husband, ___________?
Bride -- Dear
___________, I thank God for a man such as you, strong
in the faith of the Lord, loving the Word, I know that
it has been the will of God to bring us together to
this day and I praise God for His goodness to me in
bringing you to my side. I will love you and will
submit to you as to the Lord. I give myself to you
this day, I love you, ___________.
Ring Vows
Pastor to Groom --
__________, do you have a ring for ___________
Groom -- Yes, I do.
Pastor -- This ring
is a circle symbolizing the never ending love that you
have pledged to ___________. Would you place the ring
at this time on her third finger, left hand, and
repeat after me? As a pledge and in token of the vows
we have made, with this ring I thee wed. In the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Pastor to Bride --
____________, do you have a ring for _______________?
Bride -- Yes, I do.
Pastor -- This ring
is a circle symbolizing the never-ending love that you
have pledged to (Man), would you place the ring at the
time on the third finger of his left hand and repeat
after me? As a pledge and in token of the vows we have
made, with this ring I thee wed. In the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Solo/Special
Music
Dedication of
Marriage to the Lord
Pastor -- You have
exchanged your wedding vows and we come to the second
part of this marriage ceremony and that is the
dedication of your marriage and your newly formed
family to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Man -- Your mother
and I have taught you from the beginning of your life
about the Lord Jesus Christ and His love for you, His
death and His resurrection. We have instructed you in
His Word and we know that you have given your life to
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Woman -- I know your
parents as God fearing, Christ loving people. I know
they have taught you of Christ's Word and I know your
testimony of your own salvation and love for the Lord
Jesus Christ. A marriage is more than a union between
two people, a man and a woman, who love each other,
but it is also a union of two families, the bride's
family and the groom's family, and your marriage
establishes a relationship between the two families.
Parent -- We welcome
you, __________, into our family and ___________'s
family welcomes you, _________, into their family. And
because we are all part of the family of God through
the Lord Jesus Christ, I am asking you now to dedicate
your marriage and your future to the Lord. Will you
please repeat after me this vow:
Groom -- I do
dedicate my marriage to ___________ to the Lord Jesus
Christ and I will raise my children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord according to the Gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ . . . in the name of the Father, and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer
Song
Benediction -
Pastor
Pronouncement
Pastor -- As
_________ and ___________ have consented together in
holy wedlock and witnessed it before God and this
congregation and have vowed their love to each other
and dedicated their marriage to the Lord Jesus Christ,
I now pronounce that they are man and wife, in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. Amen.
Pastor -- Would you
like to kiss your bride?
Introduction
I am very happy to
introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. ___________ .
Lighting Candles
Uniting the families
by Bride and Groom lighting candle from their candles.
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