Information and Ceremony Script

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 Thank you for choosing a Kentish Wedding Ceremony.
We would like to offer you our best wishes for your future happiness together.

Your wedding day is unique and we are privileged to play a part in

what will be a memorable and happy occasion.

This booklet is for you to keep. It includes:

l Some frequently asked questions with answers

l An outline of A Kentish Wedding Ceremony
l The Kentish Wedding Ceremony script (this includes a number of options for you to consider)
l A selection of poems, readings and messages of celebration.

The second booklet, called ‘Your choices and details’, must be completed and returned to us at least 14 days
before your ceremony.

If you have any questions, our Ceremonies Teams will be happy to help.

Please quote the following ceremony reference

number on all correspondence:

Your Ceremonies Team is:

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Frequently asked questions and answers
Q How do I let the Registration Service know about
my ceremony choices?
A This booklet provides the Kentish Ceremony
wedding script (see page 7). As you can see, there
are various choices available to you throughout the
ceremony. These include your choice of entrance, the
presentation, personal promises, marriage vows, and
the exchange of rings.
When you have made your choices, you can make
a note of them using the boxes provided. Keep this
booklet for your reference.
You must then let us know what your choices are by
completing the second booklet in your pack ‘Your
choices and details’. Please send this completed
booklet to your local Ceremonies Team at least 14
days before your ceremony.
If we do not receive ‘Your choices and details’ or the
choices section has not been completed, we will use
the first choice of words from each section in the
ceremony script.
Q Can we mix our choices? For example, Party One
to say marriage vows 1, Party Two to say marriage
vows 3.
A Unfortunately not. Each choice you make will apply to
both Parties.
Q Can we remove or change any of the wording in
the ceremony script?
A Some wording within the ceremony script has to be
said for legal reasons. However, much of the content is
flexible so please talk to your local Ceremonies Team.
Q Can I change the venue, room, date and the time
of the ceremony?
A Yes, it may be possible. Please discuss any proposed
changes as soon as possible with both your
Ceremonies Team and the venue. An additional fee is
charged if you change your booking. You will need to
confirm any changes in writing.
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Q What are the ‘legal preliminaries’?
Each party to a civil ceremony must make an
appointment to give formal notice of their intentions
at their local register office. In Kent this can only be
done by prior appointment and a statutory fee will be
charged for this notice and it is put on public display
for 15 days. During this time anyone can make a legal
objection to the proposed ceremony. On the 29th
day, provided there have been no valid objections, the
Registrar will issue an authority for the ceremony, this
means that the ceremony can take place.
Q Can our ceremony take place outside?
Unfortunately ceremonies may not take place
in woodlands, fields or gardens. However, many
of the ceremony venues in Kent have registered
gazebos or garden summer houses. Ceremonies
in these structures will normally take place during
British Summer Time (BST). If the weather is poor,
the ceremony will take place in a licensed room at
the venue. It may be possible to have a ceremony
outside of BST – please talk to your Ceremonies Team.
Q How many guests can we invite?
A This will depend upon the size of the room where
your ceremony is to take place. The venue must
comply with fire regulations and ensure the comfort
and safety of your guests. Please contact your
Ceremonies Team or Ceremonies Co-ordinator at
the venue if you have any questions. Children are
included in ceremony numbers.
Q Can we have a themed ceremony?
Yes, you will need to discuss the details as soon as
possible with your Ceremonies Team.
Q What can be included in the ceremony and how
long will it take?
A The Kentish Ceremony includes a choice of words,
poems, readings or messages of celebration. You
are required by law to make your declarations. If you
wish to make any alterations to the ceremony, please
notify the Ceremonies Team in writing. All ceremony
content must be agreed with your Ceremonies Team
no later than 14 days prior to your ceremony. The
length of your ceremony will depend on its content
but can take up to 30 minutes. If you have not
returned the booklet ‘Your choices and details’, we will
assume you are happy with the first choice of words
in each section.
As this is a civil ceremony conducted by Kent
Registration staff, it cannot be conducted by a
minister or include hymns, prayers or religious
readings.
Q Can we choose our music?
A Yes you can arrange your own music and even have
live music during the ceremony. If you have live music,
such as a harpist for example, you will need to think
about practicalities and discuss this with your venue.
If you want to use pre-recorded music, you can use
your phone, MP3 player or provide a CD. Please note
that the music you prepare may not be compatible
with the music equipment provided at the ceremony
venue, therefore it is recommended that you test your
music at the venue in advance and discuss any issues
with the venue before the ceremony to avoid any
disappointment on the day.
Q When can music be played?
A We suggest:
l Background music for your guests to listen to
before the ceremony begins
l For the entrance of the ceremony party
l Whilst the register entry is being signed and
photographs are being taken
l For the exit of the ceremony party and guests.
Q How can we make our entrance?
A You have various options regarding your entrance.
You may enter together as a couple before or after
your guests have been seated, separately after your
guests have been seated, or with attendants. You may
choose to be given away by a relative or friend and
they can enter with you or they can already be seated.
You will both need to be seen individually by the
Registrar before your ceremony begins.
Q Do we have to say very much and do we have to
learn our words?
A Where you are required to make your legal
declarations and personal promises to each other you
will be asked to repeat these, a few words at a time
after the Celebrant.
Q Who can be our witnesses?
A You will need two people to witness your ceremony.
They can be anyone of your choice provided they
understand what is being said and, preferably, are
over the age of 18 years. Please note that if you use
an interpreter during the ceremony, that person must
sign as one of your witnesses. We are not able to
provide your witnesses.
Q Are there any special seating arrangements?
A Seating is a matter of choice. It is a good idea to
appoint ushers who will guide your guests to their
places. You will need to discuss your personal
requirements with your venue.
Q What time should we arrive at the venue?
A Please discuss this with your local Ceremonies Team.
Q How many certificates may we have?
A You may have as many legal or commemorative
certificates as you wish.
To pre-order please contact your local Ceremonies
Team.
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Q Can we have a videographer and/or photographer
at our ceremony?
A Yes - please ask them to make themselves known
to the Celebrant on the day to discuss the practical
arrangements. Providing that they do not interrupt
the ceremony, photographs can be taken at any time
but it is not advisable for several people to move
around during the ceremony as this is distracting to
you and your guests.
Q Do I have to take out insurance?
A This is something for you to decide. Unforeseen
circumstances do occur which can result in plans
being changed and additional costs being incurred. It
may be advisable to discuss your arrangements with
an insurance adviser.
Q Do I have to change my name after the ceremony?
A It is not a legal requirement to change a surname after
the ceremony.
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Q Can I obtain a passport in my new name before
the ceremony?
A Yes, you will need to obtain a form (PD2) from the
Post Office or Passport Office and ask a member of
the Ceremonies Team to sign the form once you have
given your legal preliminaries. The form should be
sent with your passport application to the passport
office. Your new passport will not be valid until the
day of your ceremony.
Q Are the facilities at the venue accessible
to everyone?
A Facilities at venues vary. It is advisable to discuss
your personal requirements with the venue before
booking. Please note your requirements on the
booklet ‘Your choices and details’ and return it to the
Ceremonies Team.
Q Can we bring our animals with us?
A You will need to discuss this with your Ceremonies
Team or Ceremonies Co-ordinator at the venue.
Normally only official guide dogs are permitted.
A Kentish Wedding Ceremony
Your Wedding Ceremony is split into the following sections:

1. Entrance

2. Welcome

3. Introduction

4. Lawful Impediment
This is the part of the ceremony when the Celebrant asks the guests if there is any lawful reason why you should
not be married.

5. Presentation

6. Personal Promises
This is the part of the ceremony when you both confirm your commitment and promise to love and care for each
other throughout your marriage.

7. Marriage Vows
This is the defining part of your ceremony. Here you will declare your freedom to marry each other and say the
words that are legally binding.

8. Exchange of Rings

9. Signing of the Register

10. Presentation of Marriage Certificate

11. Conclusion

Choices are available at various parts of the ceremony. For example, you can choose Entrance 1,
Entrance 2 or Entrance 3 (your choices will apply to both Parties, see page 4 for further details).

You must let us know about the choices you make by sending the booklet ‘Your choices and details’ - which
is included within your pack - to your local Ceremonies Team at least 14 days before your ceremony.

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A Kentish Wedding Ceremony
Script and Choices

You may wish to tick the boxes next to any alternatives you choose for your own reference ✔

Entrance

Entrance 1

(Party Two to enter the ceremony room to join Party One)

Ladies and gentlemen, would you all please stand to welcome …….…….…… who is
accompanied by …………….……

Entrance 2

(Couple to enter the room together)

Ladies and gentlemen, would you all please stand to welcome …….…….…… and
…………….…… who are accompanied by …….…….…… and …………….…… (if applicable)

Entrance 3

No Entrance (Couple already in ceremony room to greet guests)

Welcome

Would all the guests please be seated.

On behalf of ….……… & ….……… I would like to welcome you all to ….……… which has been duly sanctioned
according to law for the celebration of marriage.

My name is ….………. and together with my colleague ….……… it is our pleasure to be here with you all on this
special day to conduct and register this ceremony.

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Introduction

You have been invited here today to celebrate with ………… & ………… , to witness their marriage and the
promises they will make to one another.

Marriage is a commitment to life in which people can find and bring out the best in each other. When two people
promise to love and care for each other in marriage, they create a union unique to themselves, which binds them
closer than any spoken or written word.

The legal declarations and vows that ………… and ………… make today will join their lives and are based on the
love they share.

Lawful Impediment

………… and ………… , before you are joined in marriage I have to remind you both of the solemn and binding
character of the vows you are about to make.

Marriage in this country is the union of two people, voluntarily entered into for life, to the exclusion of all others. But
more than this, marriage is also intended to provide the love, friendship, help and comfort, that we all need in our
lives.

If there is any person present who knows of a lawful impediment why ………… and ………… may not be joined
in matrimony, you should declare it now.

Presentation
Presentation 1

Who presents ………… to be married to ………… ?

Presenter of Party One/Party Two to reply: “I do”.

Presentation 2

Double Presentation

Presenter of Party One and Party Two to reply: “I do”.

Presentation 3

No Presentation

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Personal Promises

The promises you are about to exchange serve as a declaration of the love you have for each other. It is not just the
words you speak today which will unite you, but the sense of love and devotion that you feel within your hearts.
A good partner in a marriage will not only be loving and caring but also a true friend.

………… & ………… are you both ready to make your commitment to each other?

Couple to reply “We are”

Personal Promises 1

………… do you take ………… to be your lawful wedded husband/wife? Do you promise to be not only
his/her husband/wife but also his/her best friend, to be loving and faithful to him/her for the rest of your life?

Party One to reply “I do”

………… do you take ………… to be your lawful wedded husband/wife? Do you promise to be not only
his/her husband/wife but also his/her best friend, to be loving and faithful to him/her for the rest of your life?

Party Two to reply “I do”

Personal Promises 2

………… do you take ………… to be your lawful wedded husband/wife? Do you promise to respect and
cherish him/her always?

Party One to reply “I do”

………… do you take ………… to be your lawful wedded husband/wife? Do you promise to respect and
cherish him/her always?

Party Two to reply “I do”

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Personal Promises 3

………… do you take ………… to be your husband/wife? Do you promise to love and care for him/her
always?

Party 1 to reply “I do”

………… do you take ………… to be your husband/wife? Do you promise to love and care for him/her
always?

Party 2 to reply “I do”

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Marriage Vows
I am going to ask you to declare your freedom to marry and then you will both exchange your marriage vows.

Marriage Vows 1
Please repeat after me:

Party 1

I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I ………… may not be joined in
matrimony to …………

Party 2

I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I ………… may not be joined in
matrimony to …………

The exchange of vows forms the heart of your ceremony. Having declared that you are
free to marry, the time has now come for you to make your marriage vows. This is a very special moment
because as you say these words, you will be joined in marriage.
Please repeat after me:

Party 1

I call upon these persons here present, to witness that I ………… do take thee
………… to be my lawful wedded husband/wife.

Party 2

I call upon these persons here present, to witness that I ………… do take thee
………… to be my lawful wedded husband/wife.

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Marriage Vows 2
Please repeat after me:

Party 1

I declare that I know of no legal reason why I ………… may not be joined in marriage to
…………

Party 2

I declare that I know of no legal reason why I ………… may not be joined in marriage to
…………

The exchange of vows forms the heart of your ceremony. Having declared that you are free to marry, the time
has now come for you to make your marriage vows. This is a very special moment because as you say these
words, you will be joined in marriage.
Please repeat after me:

Party 1

I ………… take you ………… to be my wedded wife/husband.

Party 2

I ………… take you ………… to be my wedded husband/wife.

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Marriage Vows 3
Party 1

Please reply “I am” to the following question

Are you ………… free lawfully to marry …………?

Party 2

Please reply “I am” to the following question

Are you ………… free lawfully to marry …………?

The exchange of vows forms the heart of your ceremony. Having declared that you are free to marry, the time
has now come for you to make your marriage vows. This is a very special moment because as you say these
words, you will be joined in marriage.
Please repeat after me:

Party 1

I ………… take thee ………… to be my wedded husband/wife.

Party 2

I ………… take thee ………… to be my wedded husband/wife.

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Exchange of Rings*
A wedding ring is an ancient and traditional way of sealing a marriage, as it is a circle with neither a beginning nor
an end. It is an outward sign to everyone of the promises you have both made here today.

Would the best man / woman please step forward?

………… please place the ring on the third finger of …………’s left hand and say after me:

Exchange of Rings 1

Party 1

With this ring, I join my life with yours. All that I am, I give to you and all that I have I share with you. I promise to
respect and cherish you and be faithful always.

Party 2

With this ring, I join my life with yours. All that I am, I give to you and all that I have I share with you. I promise to
respect and cherish you and be faithful always.

Exchange of Rings 2

Party 1

With this ring I join my life with yours, today our journey begins. Please wear it as a symbol of our love and a
reminder of the promises we have made here today.

Party 2

With this ring I join my life with yours, today our journey begins. Please wear it as a symbol of our love and a
reminder of the promises we have made here today.

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 Exchange of Rings 3

Party 1

I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage and a symbol of my love.

Party 2

I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage and a symbol of my love.

* If you only wish to present one ring or if there are no rings, please make a note of this on page 2 of the ‘Your
choices and details’ booklet under the ‘Exchange of rings’ section. Your Celebrant will discuss the wording with you
before the ceremony.

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Signing of the Register
………… & ………… may you always be able to confide in each other, support each other’s hopes and dreams
and laugh with one another. From this moment, you have created an understanding between the two of you that
no-one can break.

We all hope that your love, trust and understanding of each other will continue to bring you both contentment and
joy in your life together and remain constant through the years.

………… & ………. you have given your marriage vows and promises to each other in front of everyone here and
it is my great pleasure to announce that you are now married.

Would you like to kiss each other? (optional)

………. & ………. together with their witnesses will now sign the register.

Presentation of Marriage Certificate/s

It is my pleasure to present you with your official marriage certificate. Congratulations and best wishes to you both.

Conclusion

Ladies and gentlemen, that is the end of the formal ceremony of marriage and it only remains for me to wish
………… & …………, on behalf of everyone here, a wonderful future and a happy married life together.

Would you all please stand to greet and welcome for the first time …………

(Celebrant will check how you would like to be addressed)

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Poems, readings and messages
of celebration
Poems, readings and messages of celebration are welcome at various parts of the ceremony.
You may wish to consider the following suggestions. You can let us know your choices in the booklet
‘Your choices and details’ which is included in your pack.

Where There Is Love The Magic of Love

Where there is love the heart is light,
Where there is love the day is bright,
Where there is love there is a song
To help when things are going wrong,
Where there is love there is a smile
To make all things seem worthwhile,
Where there is love there’s quiet peace,
A tranquil place where turmoils cease -
Love changes darkness into light
And makes the heart take wingless flight.
Helen Steiner Rice
Where There Is Love is used with permission of the
Helen Steiner Rice Foundation, Suite 2100, Altium Two,
221 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
Love is like magic and it always will be,
For love still remains life’s sweet mystery!
Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange
And there’s nothing in life that love cannot change!
Love can transform the most commonplace
Into beauty and splendour and sweetness and grace!
Love is unselfish, understanding and kind,
For it sees with the heart and not with the mind!
Love is the answer that everyone seeks -
Love is the language that every heart speaks.
Love can’t be bought, it is priceless and free,
Love, like pure magic is a sweet mystery!
Helen Steiner Rice

A Walled Garden The Magic of Love is used with permission of the

Helen Steiner Rice Foundation, Suite 2100, Altium Two,
“Your marriage” he said, “should have within it, a 221 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.
secret and protected place, open to you alone.
Imagine it to be a walled garden, entered by a
door to which you only hold the key.
Within this garden you will cease to be a mother,
father, employee, homemaker or any other of the
roles which you fulfil in daily life.
Here you are yourselves - two people who love
each other. Here you can concentrate on one
another’s needs. So take my hand and let us go
back to our garden. The time we spend together
is not wasted but invested. Invested in our future
and the nurture of our love.”

Anon

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Chapter One of One Thousand
For two people this dawn brought on a magical day
Now husband and wife they head on their way
As a boat setting sail may their journey begin
With calmest of waters, most helpful of wind
And if they should stumble upon turbulent sea
May it pass them unharming - leave them be.
For here are two people whom love has well bitten
Here opens their book which has yet to be written
As the first page unfolds and their life inks its path
May it write a true story where forever love lasts
Let their journey be happy till death do they part
Of one thousand chapters may this be the start.
O J Preston
Oh Tell Me The Truth About Love
Some say that love’s a little boy,
And some say it’s a bird,
Some say it makes the world go round,
And some say that’s absurd,
And when I asked the man next door,
Who looked as if he knew,
His wife got very cross indeed,
And said it wouldn’t do.
Does it look like a pair of pyjamas,
Or the ham in a temperance hotel?
Does its odour remind one of llamas,
Or has it a comforting smell?
Is it prickly to touch as a hedge is,
Or soft as eiderdown fluff?
Is it sharp or quite smooth at the edges?
O tell me the truth about love.
Our history books refer to it
In cryptic little notes,
It’s quite a common topic on
The Transatlantic boats;
I’ve found the subject mentioned in
Accounts of suicides,
And even seen it scribbled on
The backs of railway-guides.
Does it howl like a hungry Alsatian,
Or boom like a military band?
Could one give a first-rate imitation
On a saw or a Steinway Grand?
Is its singing at parties a riot?
Does it only like Classical stuff?
Will it stop when one wants to be quiet?
O tell me the truth about love.
I looked inside the summer-house;
It wasn’t ever there;
I tried the Thames at Maidenhead,
And Brighton’s bracing air.
I don’t know what the blackbird sang,
Or what the tulip said;
But it wasn’t in the chicken-run,
Or underneath the bed.
Can it pull extraordinary faces?
Is it usually sick on a swing?
Does it spend all its time at the races,
Or fiddling with pieces of string?
Has it views of its own about money?
Does it think Patriotism enough?
Are its stories vulgar but funny?
O tell me the truth about love.
When it comes, will it come without warning
Just as I’m picking my nose?
Will it knock on my door in the morning,
Or tread in the bus on my toes?
Will it come like a change in the weather?
Will its greeting be courteous or rough?
Will it alter my life altogether?
O tell me the truth about love.
W.H. AUDEN 1907-73
January 1938
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True Love As Time Goes By…
As the two of you are married
True love is a sacred flame
Think on how your lives will be.
That burns eternally,
Your future lies ahead of you
And none can dim its special glow
Full of things you cannot see.
Or change it destiny.
Just be each other’s partner,
True love speaks in tender tones
Be each other’s friend.
And hears with gentle ear,
Be each other’s lover
True love gives with open heart
And love will never end.
And true love conquers fear.
Hold each other’s hand
True love makes no harsh demands
and tell of how you feel.
It neither rules nor binds,
Never let a doubt creep in,
And true love holds with gentle hands
Keep it live and real.
The hearts that it entwines.
You’ll share a life together,
Author unknown Full of love and faith and trust.
May the two of you always recognise
Each other’s needs - a must.
The Art of a Good Marriage And when time has past
(shortened version) and you reflect on how
your life has been,
A good marriage must be created. May you have been so happy
In marriage the little things are the big things… That - you’d do it all again.
It is never being too old to hold hands,
It is remembering to say “I love you” at least Jenny Dalleywater
once a day, January 2006
It is never going to sleep angry,
Adapted from an American Indian
It is having a mutual sense of values and common
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objectives,
It is standing together and facing the world,
Now each of you will be warmth to the other
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the
whole family,
Now there is no more loneliness
It is speaking words of appreciation and
demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways,
Now you are two persons but there is only one
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget,
life between you
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which
each can grow,
Go now and enter into the days of your
It is common search for the good and the
life together
beautiful,
It is not only marrying the right person, it is being
And may your life be long and happy upon
the right partner.
this earth.
Wilferd Arlan Peterson

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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are, You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!’
Pussy said to Owl, ‘You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married!
Too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?’
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose, His nose!
With a ring at the end of his nose.
‘Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?’ Said the Piggy, ‘I will.’
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon, The moon!
They danced by the light of the moon.
Edward Lear 1812-88
I promise
I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realise that your interests, desires and
needs are no less important than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my
attention and to bring joy, strength and
imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you
see through the window of my world into my
innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep our
relationship alive and exciting.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
With all I have to give and all I feel inside in the
only way I know how.
Completely and forever
Dorothy R Colgan
Valentine
My heart has made its mind up
And I’m afraid it’s you.
Whatever you’ve got lined up,
My mind has made its mind up,
And if you can’t be signed up
This year, next year will do.
My heart has made its mind up
And I’m afraid it’s you.
Wendy Cope
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds
(Sonnet 116)
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds
Or Bends with the remover to remove
O no! It is an ever fixed mark,
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand’ring bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be
taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom:
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
William Shakespeare
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare
Messages of celebration
We are here today to celebrate the marriage of ………… and …………

These two people have known each other for quite some time. They started off as just good friends
and in time they realised that life just was not the same when they were parted. It was then it
struck them, they truly loved each other. They felt incredibly alive when together, and knew that
with the wisdom and courage of two they could face any situation and get over the hurts and
disappointments together.

Today we celebrate this happy occasion as they look forward to walking through life holding hands,
laughing together about the silly things and discussing the big things with care and tenderness. We all
wish you many years of happiness together and remember, emotions are like the weather; the good and the bad will
both pass and can be survived together.

………… and …………

If you treasure the love that you have found in each other, the feelings you have today will last forever.
With every twist and turn you will know you have the comfort of togetherness, the passion for life.
The knowledge that you are loved, as much for your faults as for your strengths, will bind you even
closer, to face life’s joys and adversities together.

We all wish you a long and happy life.

Thank you
When you have made your choices and are ready to let us know about them, please
complete the booklet ‘Your choices and details’ which is included in your pack.
You must return this at least 14 days before your ceremony.

Please keep this booklet and make a note of the choices you have made for your
own reference.

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