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IF ANY ONE CAN SHOW JUST CAUSE WHY THEY MAY NOT BE
LAWFULLY JOINED TOGETHER, LET THEM SPEAK NOW OR
FOREVER HOLD THEIR PEACE.
GROOM: I DO.
BRIDE: I DO.
(At this point the couple may improvise by playing a favorite song, reading
a scripture, etc. Suggested scriptures might be Genesis 2:21-25, Mark 10:6-
8 and 1 Cor 13:4-7)
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he
was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with
flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of
the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone
of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was
taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. The man and his
wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
"But at the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this
reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and
the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps
no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the
truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
MINISTER: Let us pray for this man and woman as they make their
marriage vows.
OR (if only a single ring ceremony): LORD, BLESS THIS RING THAT
HE WHO GIVES IT AND SHE WHO WEARS IT MAY ABIDE IN
YOUR PEACE, AND CONTINUE IN YOUR FAVOR UNTIL LIFE'S
END, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN.
GROOM (Placing ring on bride's finger): ** BRIDE ** , TAKE THIS
RING AS A SIGN OF MY LOVE AND FIDELITY.
BRIDE (Placing ring on groom's finger): ** GROOM ** , TAKE THIS
RING AS A SIGN OF MY LOVE AND FIDELITY.
(The minister now joins their right hands together and says): THOSE
WHOM GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT
ASUNDER.
(To the couple): I ASK YOU NOW TO SEAL THE PROMISES YOU
HAVE MADE WITH EACH OTHER THIS DAY WITH A KISS. (The
couple kisses.)