Wedding Ceremony 1
(Opening)
My name is Reverend Bouillon/Perron and it’s my privilege to perform this ceremony today.
Who is it that gives this woman in marriage?
We are gathered here today to join GROOM and BRIDE in Marriage.
We gather here today to celebrate their union, and to honour their commitment to not just gaze at one another, but look outward together in the same direction.
Today GROOM and BRIDE proclaim their love to the world, and we rejoice with, and for them.
In marriage, we give ourselves freely and generously into the hands of the one we love, and in doing so, each of us receives the love and trust of the other as our most precious gift.
But even as two people share that gift, it also touches the friends and family
members who in various ways support and contribute to the relationship.
GROOM and BRIDE, we are here to remember and rejoice with you and to recount with one another that it is love that guides us on our path, and to celebrate as you take this journey together.
It is in this spirit that you have come here today to exchange these vows.
(Vows)
GROOM, please repeat after me:
I GROOM take you BRIDE to be my wife
I promise above all else to live in truth with you
and to communicate fully and fearlessly
I give you my hand and my heart
as a sanctuary of warmth and peace
and pledge my love, devotion, faith and honour as I join my life to yours.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I BRIDE take you GROOM to be my husband
I promise above all else to live in truth with you
and to communicate fully and fearlessly
I give you my hand and my heart
as a sanctuary of warmth and peace
and pledge my love, devotion, faith and honour as I join my life to yours.
(Rings)
For thousands of years lovers have exchanged rings as a token of their vows. 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.
GROOM, please take BRIDE’s ring and place it on her finger, and repeat after me:
Just as this circle is without end my love for you is eternal
Just as it is made of indestructible substance
My commitment to you will never fail
With this ring I take you to be my trusted confidante and partner for life.
BRIDE, please take GROOM's ring and place it on his finger, and repeat after me:
Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal
Just as it is made of indestructible substance
My commitment to you will never fail
With this ring I take you to be my trusted confidante and partner for life.
(Signing of Register and License)
We will now take a moment to sign the license and register.
(Pronouncement)
GROOM and BRIDE, although I'm officiating here today, it is not truly in my power to sanctify, legitimize or bless your relationship in any way, because the two of you have already done that in your hearts.
So, by joining hands right now and looking into each others eyes let it be known that you are joined, body and soul in this lifetime, and that this bond is sacred and eternal.
Now that you have stood before me and exchanged these rings
and these vows, and have agreed to be married according to the beliefs of the
Church and the laws of the
GROOM, you may kiss your BRIDE.
(Introduction)
I would like to introduce for the first time as Husband and
Wife, GROOM and BRIDE.
Wedding Ceremony 2
(Opening)
My name is Reverend Bouillon/Perron and it’s my privilege to
perform this ceremony today. We are here
to participate in a wedding. By this act we unite GROOM and BRIDE as husband
and wife. What we do here today is done in conformity to the laws of the
province of Ontario and in the tradition of men and women of all places and
times.
(Expression of
Intent)
GROOM and BRIDE,
you stand before me having requested that I marry you. Do you both do this of
your own free will, with no pressure upon you from other persons?
Groom & Bride
answer "We do."
(Vows)
GROOM, please
repeat after me.
I, GROOM, take you,
BRIDE, to be my wife.
In this moment I
promise before these witnesses to love you and care for you all of our days.
I accept you with your
faults and your strengths. I offer myself with my faults and strengths.
I promise to
support you when you need support and to turn to you when I need support.
I choose you as the
one with whom I will spend my life.
BRIDE, please
repeat after me.
I, BRIDE, take you,
GROOM, to be my husband.
In this moment I
promise before these witnesses to love you and care for you all of our days.
I accept you with
your faults and your strengths. I offer myself with my faults and strengths.
I promise to
support you when you need support and to turn to you when I need support.
I choose you as the
one with whom I will spend my life.
(Rings)
GROOM and BRIDE,
you have shared your promises in our presence.
Do you have a token
which you wish to exchange at a symbol of those promises?
Couple replies "We do."
GROOM, will you give your token to BRIDE and repeat these words:
BRIDE, I give you
this ring as a constant reminder of the promises we have exchanged today.
BRIDE, will you
give your token to GROOM and repeat these words:
GROOM, I give you
this ring as a constant reminder of the promises we have exchanged today.
(Signing of License
and Register)
We will now take a moment to sign the license and register.
(Declaration of
Marriage)
GROOM and BRIDE you
have given and received rings as well as exchanged your promises in my
presence. By these acts you have agreed to be married according to the
beliefs of the Church and the laws of the province of Ontario. It gives me
great pleasure to pronounce that you are Husband and Wife.
GROOM, you may kiss
your bride.
Ladies and Gentleman, it is my pleasure to introduce as husband and wife, GROOM and BRIDE.
Wedding Ceremony 3
(WELCOME)
My name is Reverend Bouillon/Perron and it is my privilege to be invited here today to perform this ceremony.
We are gathered here today in the sight of God to witness the giving and receiving of Marriage Vows for BRIDE and GROOM.
(VOWS)
Minister to BRIDE:
Do you BRIDE take this man GROOM
to be your lawfully wedded husband,
to have and to hold, in sickness and in health,
in good time and bad, for richer or poorer,
keeping solely unto him for as long as you both shall live?
BRIDE: I do
Minister to GROOM:
Do you GROOM take this woman BRIDE
to be your lawfully wedded wife,
to have and to hold in sickness and in health,
in good time and bad, for richer or poorer,
keeping solely unto her for as long as you both shall live?
GROOM: I do
(RING VOWS)
Minister to Couple:
Do you have a token of your intention to honour your vows?
Couple: Yes, rings
Minister to Couple:
May I have the rings please?
Minister to Couple:
With these rings you share together, a love so close to last forever. On this special day, let nothing keep this love apart.
GROOM to BRIDE:
BRIDE, you are the one I wish to dream with, walk side by side with, hand in hand and heart to heart. With this ring I give you all my love.
BRIDE to GROOM:
GROOM, you are the one I wish to dream with, walk side by side with, hand in hand and heart to heart.
With this ring I give you all my love.
(PRAYER)
(Optional)
Dear God, today we are gathered with BRIDE and GROOM, giving to each, their vows in marriage.
From this day forward may their lives be intertwined forever, blessed in faith, filled with compassion, understanding and especially love.
And so it is… Amen.
(SIGNING OF MARRIAGE REGISTER AND MARRIAGE LICENSE)
(DECLARATION)
GROOM and BRIDE, in the sight of God, family and friends, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
GROOM, you may kiss your BRIDE.
Ladies and Gentleman, it is now my pleasure to present to you, Mr. and Mrs. BRIDE AND GROOM LAST NAME
Civil Ceremony
(Opening)
My name is Reverend Bouillon/Perron and it’s my privilege to perform this ceremony today.
Who is it that gives this woman in marriage?
We are gathered here in the presence of these witnesses to join this man and this woman together in matrimony. The contract is a most solemn one and not to be entered into lightly, but thoughtfully and seriously with deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities.
(Statement of Intent)
GROOM, will you take BRIDE for your lawful wife?
ANSWER: I will
BRIDE, will you take GROOM for your lawful husband?
ANSWER: I will
(Vows)
BRIDE and GROOM will join right hands
GROOM:
Repeat after me I, GROOM take you, BRIDE for my lawful wife,
to have and to hold, from this day forward,
for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
Until death do us part,
BRIDE:
Repeat after me I, BRIDE take you, GROOM for my lawful husband,
to have and to hold, from this day forward,
for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
Until death do us part,
(Ring Vows)
To be repeated by GROOM as ring is placed on BRIDE’s finger:
With this ring, I thee wed.
To be repeated by BRIDE as ring is placed on GROOM’s finger:
With this ring, I thee wed.
(Signing of License and Register)
(Declaration of Marriage)
By the power and authority vested in me by the
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, GROOM AND BRIDE.