Vow Renewal
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Shannon and Eric, it is a pleasure to share today’s very special occasion with you. Many people believe that entering into marriage is the final step in a romantic relationship. As they see it, a couple meets, gets to know each other, falls in love, decides they want to go through life together, and then take the final step—marriage. But marriage is not meant to be the final step in a couple’s relationship—it is really just the beginning of a grand adventure, that hopefully, will be long and fruitful for each couple. You have shared the joys, blessings, and yes, the challenges, of married life for 10 years. And, today you wish to reconfirm your commitment to working together to make your marriage grow and blossom in the years to come. May this ceremony, renewing the vows you took to become husband and wife on your wedding day, remind you that despite the stresses inevitable in every life, your love, respect, trust and understanding of each other will continue to increase your contentment and heighten your joy in living.
Please join hands.
Reading of Vows
Eric and Shannon, the vows that you are about to make are a way to share your love and commitment to each other in your own words. These vows are your way of openly declaring your promise to one another as well as to all of those who are here in attendance today.
Reading
Love endures and is kind. Love is not envious or jealous.
Love wants not for itself. Love is not puffed up, nor does it behave wrongly.
Love seeks not for it's own. Love is not easily provoked.
Love is not rude. Love thinks No evil.
Love does not rejoice in wrong, but dwells in the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things, and love never fails.
Vows
Eric, will you continue to have Janet as your wife and continue to live in this marriage? (I WILL)
Do you reaffirm your love for her, and will you love, honor and cherish her in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for better for worse, and foresaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live? (I DO)
Shannon, will you continue to have Brad as your husband and continue to live in this marriage? (I WILL)
Do you reaffirm your love for him, and will you love, honor and cherish him in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for better for worse, and foresaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live? (IDO)
I ask that you each remember to continue to cherish each other as special and unique individuals and that you each respect the thoughts and ideas of one another. And most of all, be able to forgive each other, and not hold grudges against one another. Live each day in love with each other, always
being there to give love, comfort, and refuge to each other, in good times and bad.
Eric and Shannon today you have renewed the promises and vows you made to each other on your wedding day. You have symbolized the renewal of the marriage union by the taking of vows, and by the wearing of your wedding rings. It is with pleasure that I conclude the ceremony of renewing the vows of marriage that joined you and binds you as husband and wife.
You may Kiss your Bride!
Ladies and Gentlemen: introducing once again as husband and wife Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Roop.
Wedding Script #1
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A wedding is such a wonderful occasion filled with hopes, dreams, and excitement. We are here today to celebrate the love that Kelly and James have for each other and to recognize and witness their decision to journey forward in their lives as husband and wife and to complete their family circle. It is your love that has brought us here today. May it grow deeper and sweeter with each passing day.
Declaration Of Intent
Do you James, take Kelly to be your wife. Do you promise to walk beside her forever, and to love, help, and encourage her in all she does? Do you promise to take time to talk to her, to listen to her, and to care for her? Do you promise to share her laughter and her tears as your partner, lover, and best friend? Do you take her as your lawfully wedded wife for today and always? Reply: "I Do"
Do you Kelly, take James to be your husband. Do you promise to walk beside him forever, and to love, help, and encourage him in all he does? Do you promise to take time to talk to him, to listen to him, and to care for him? Will you share his laughter and his tears as your partner, lover, and best friend? Do you take him as your lawfully wedded husband for today and always? Reply: "I Do"
Ring Exchange
And now to seal your promises with these rings which will be the symbol of your life shared together....
James--place the ring on Kelly's finger and repeat after me...
Kelly, I give you this ring as a token and a pledge... as a sign of my love ....and devotion to you...
with this ring...I thee wed.
Kelly---place the ring on James's finger and repeat after me...
James, I give you this ring as a token and a pledge... as a sign of my love ....and devotion to you... with this ring... I thee wed.
Pronouncement
And now by the power vested in me by the State of Maryland.... I pronounce you husband and wife....You may kiss your bride!
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Wedding Script # 2
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Friends and family of Kelly and James, welcome and thank you for being here on this important day. We are gathered together to celebrate the very special love between Kelly and James by joining them in marriage. This marriage has no chance of failure, it only has room for growth. I ask
that you both always keep your eyes open, for in the cracks is always hope and understanding, as long as it's the only thing you each seek in
each other. All of us need and desire to love and be loved and the highest form of love between two people is within a monogamous committed relationship.
Kelly and James your marriage today is the public and legal joining of your souls that have already been united as one in your hearts.
Marriage will allow you a new environment to share your lives together, standing together to face life and the world, hand in hand.
Marriage is going to expand you as individuals, define you as a couple, and deepen your love for one another.
To be successful you will need strength, courage, patience and a really good sense of humor. So, let your marriage be a time of waking each morning and falling in love with each other all over again.
Poetry Reading
Kelly and James will you please join hands..
Romance is fun, but true love is something far more and it is their desire to love each other for life and that is what we are celebrating here today.
A good marriage must be created. In marriage the little things are the big things, It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say, ”I love you at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is standing together and facing the world. It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is not only marrying the right person -- it is being the right partner.
Declaration Of Intent
Kelly do you take James to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love, cherish and honor for the rest of your life until death do you part?
James do you take Kelly to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love, cherish and honor for the rest of your life until death do you part?
Ring Exchange
By placing this ring it is a symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love freely given has no beginning and no end, no giver and no receiver. May these rings always remind you of the vows you have taken.
Kelly, place the ring on James's finger and repeat after me.....I Kelly, take thee James, to be my husband- To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in joy and sorrow. And I promise to love you. And with this ring, I take you as my husband, for as long as we both shall live.
James, place the ring on Kelly's finger and repeat after me..... I James, take thee Kelly to me my wife- To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, in joy and sorrow. And I promise to love you. And with this ring, I take you as my wife, for as long as we both shall live.
Pronouncement
By the power vested in me by the state of Maryland, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
James you may now kiss your bride!
Wedding Script #3
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Invocation
We are gathered here on this beautiful day to witness the union of Kelly and James in holy matrimony. This is a day of great celebration, for a
married life - a shared life - is a great blessing. As Kelly and James embark on this journey together they will be able to nurture a love that
makes them better versions of themselves; fore, marriage is a perfect garden for which to sow and harvest personal growth.
Kelly and James, on your journey together, keep your spouse in the space of highest priority in your heart. The love that you share must be guarded
and cherished forever, for it is your most valuable treasure. Always remember these words; Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or
boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice
about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every
circumstance.
Declaration Of Intent
Do you James, take Kelly to be your wife. Do you promise to walk beside her forever, and to love, help, and encourage her in all she does? Do you
promise to take time to talk to her, to listen to her, and to care for her? Will you share her laughter and her tears as your partner, lover, and best
friend? Do you take her as your lawfully wedded wife for today and always? Reply: "I Do"
Do you Kelly, take James to be your husband. Do you promise to walk beside him forever, and to love, help, and encourage him in all he does?
Do you promise to take time to talk to him, to listen to him, and to care for him? Will you share his laughter and his tears as your partner, lover, and
best friend? Do you take him as your lawfully wedded husband for today and always? Reply: " I Do"
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Ring Exchange
Thank you for sharing your vows with all of us present.
The rings you are about to place on each others fingers are symbols. They are the symbols to remind you of the vows you have just spoken,
and of the eternal love that you have for one another.
James...Place the ring on Kelly’s finger and repeat after me. As this ring encircles your finger... from this moment forward...
so will my love forever encircle you...You will never walk alone... My heart will be your shelter...My arms will be your home..
We will walk thru life as partners & best friends... I promise to do my best to love, cherish and accept you... just the way you are...
I give you my heart until the end of time...I have no greater gift to give.
Kelly...Place the ring on James’s finger and repeat after me. As this ring encircles your finger... from this moment forward...
so will my love forever encircle you...You will never walk alone...My heart will be your shelter...My arms will be your home...
We will walk thru life as partners & best friends...I promise to do my best to love, cherish and accept you...just the way you are...
I give you my heart until the end of time...I have no greater gift to give.
Pronouncement
By the power vested...By the power given to me by State of Maryland, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife.
You may kiss your Bride!
Congratulations you are now Mr. and Mrs. James and Kelly Gursky!
Wedding Script #4
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Welcome everyone to the wedding ceremony of Kelly and James. We gather here to celebrate the most intimate of bonds between
two people--marriage. You all have been invited here not just as guests to a wedding, but as close and important witnesses of the love that
Kelly and James share.
Reading
When reflecting on the meaning of marriage, I came across an excerpt by Daphne Rose Kingma that I'd like to share with you.
In marriage we say not only, I love you today, but also, I promise to love you tomorrow, the next day, and always.
In promising always, we promise each other time. We promise to exercise our love, to stretch it large enough to embrace the unforeseen
realities of our future. We promise to learn to love beyond the level of our instincts and inclinations, to love in foul weather as well as good, to
love in hard times as well as when we are exhilarated by the pleasures of romance. We change because of these promises. We shape ourselves according to them; we live in their midst and live differently because of them. We feel protected because of them. Our souls are protected;
our hearts have come home.
Declaration Of Intent
James, do you take Kelly to be your Wife? "I Do"
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only unto her for as long
as you both shall live? "I Do"
Kelly, do you take James to be your Husband? "I Do"
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only unto him for as long
as you both shall live? "I Do"
Exchanging of Rings
As a visual representation of these promises, Kelly and James will now exchange rings, a symbol of their love and their
commitment to each other.
James please place the ring on Kelly's left hand and repeat after me. With this ring I join my life to yours.
Kelly, please place the ring on James's left hand and say these words after me. With this ring I join my life to yours.
Pronouncement
Having exchanged their vows and rings in our presence Kelly and James have in fact pronounced themselves husband and wife.
It is with great pleasure to introduce you to the new Mr. And Mrs. Gursky.
James, you maynow kiss your bride!
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Wedding Script #5
We are gathered together here to unite Kelly and James in the bonds of marriage. This contract is not to be entered into lightly,
but thoughtfully and seriously, with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and
understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.
Reading
Today we have come together to witness the joining of these two lives. For them, out of the routine of ordinary life, the extraordinary has
happened. They met each other, fell in love and are finalizing it with their wedding Today. Romance is fun, but true love is something far
more and it is their desire to love each other for life and that is what we are celebrating here today. A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say, ”I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry. It is standing together and facing the world. It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating gratitude
in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right person -- it is being the right partner
Declaration Of Intent
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James, do you take Kelly to be your Wife? "I Do" Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all
others and holding only unto her for as long as you both shall live? " I Do"
Kelly, do you take James to be your Husband? "I Do" Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all
others and holding only unto him for as long as you both shall live? "I Do"
Ring Exchange
Rings are a precious metal; they are also made precious by us wearing them. Your wedding rings are special they enhance who you are.
They mark the beginning of your long journey together. Your wedding ring is a circle a symbol of love never ending.
It is the seal of the vows you have just taken to love each other without end.
James, please place the ring on Kelly's left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love that I have chosen you above all else with this ring I thee wed.
Kelly, please place the ring on James's left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love that I have chosen you above all else with this ring I thee wed.
Pronouncement
To make your relationship work will take love. It will take trust, to know, that in your hearts, you truly want what is best
for each other. It will take dedication, to stay open to one another - and to learn and grow together. It will take faith, to go forward together,
without knowing exactly what the future brings. And it will take commitment, to hold true to the journey you both have pledged to today.
By the power vested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife.
James, you may kiss your bride.
It is now my pleasure to introduce Mr. and Mrs. James and Kelly Gurskey!
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Wedding Script #6
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Today is a celebration. A celebration of Love, commitment, Friendship, and Family. A marriage ceremony has been a significant feature
across every Culture, Religion, Generation, and Society. We have thousands of important moments that happen throughout our lives,
but this one is regarded as critical, we acknowledge its special status by sharing it with others because despite all of our differences, Love is
what we all share. No matter who we are, where we've come from, what we believe, we know this one thing:
LOVE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT. That's why we all are standing here today.
Blessing (optional)
We're here to hope with you, support you, be proud of you, and to remind you that Love is not happily ever after. Love is the experience
of writing your story.
It's not one moment- not even this moment. It's every moment, big ones like saying, "I LOVE YOU", but mostly a million small moments
that come in between the big ones. Falling asleep next to each other, making dinner together, spending Holidays with your Families....
These everyday moments fuse together into one big experience. Even though this experience is so incredible, words fail us when we try to
explain Love. That's just the way it is with Love- it's meant to be felt, not described. You fell in Love by Chance. You're here today because
you're making a choice. You both are choosing each other. You've chosen to be with someone who enhances you,who makes you think,
who makes you smile, and who makes your everyday brighter.
Declaration Of Intent
Will you... James, keep Kelly as your favorite person - to laugh with her, go on adventures with her, supporting her through life's tough moments,
to be proud of her, to grow old with her, and to find new reasons to Love her everyday? "I Will"
Will you... Kelly, keep James as your favorite person- to laugh with him, go on adventures with him, supporting him through life's tough moments,
to be proud of him, to grow old with him, and to find new reason to Love him everyday? "I Will"
Ring Exchange
You both have chosen to wear rings as a reminder of these promises. People say wedding bands are a perfect circle,
with no beginning and no end. But these rings did have a beginning, The stones were formed a long time ago, deep within the Earth.
Eventually, a series of luck events caused them to rise to the surface, where someone dug them up. Metal was then liquified in a furnace,
molded, cooled, and polished. Something beautiful was made from raw elements. Love is like that. It comes from humble beginnings. As you
look at these rings over the years, I hope you remember that. You've created something invaluable, and just as I know you'll protect
these rings, I'm confident you'll protect the commitments you've made to one another.
James, please place the ring on Kelly's left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love that I have chosen you above all else with this ring I thee wed.
Kelly, please place the ring on James's left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love that I have chosen you above all else with this ring I thee wed.
Pronouncement
By the power vested... in me, by the State of Maryland, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife.
You may kiss the Bride.
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