Marriage Ceremonies
MARRIAGE CEREMONY #5
Who gives this woman to this man?
To the friends and families of ____________________ and
________________________.
We are gathered here to witness and to celebrate the marriage of
_________________ and
_________________.
The purpose of a wedding is to publicly declare the decisions and to
exchange vows that have already been made by the two people standing
before you. You have been invited to witness these declarations.
You are their family and their friends. It is natural that
________________ and _________________
Should want you to share in their great joy and heart felt decisions.
You have been invited as more than mere spectators. A wedding is an
intensely private and yet a fundamentally public affair. And just as is
the product of a wedding a family; the most private of institutions, the
family is also a fundamental unit of community. It is the family’s
obligation not only to itself, but also to the society to which it
belongs. And society in turn, has its obligation to the families that
comprise it.
________________ and __________________ marriage is a relationship not to
be entered into lightly or
thoughtlessly, but reverently, soberly with deep purpose and in the spirit
of enduring love.
Much is required of you both. Knowing this does each of you wish to
proceed with this marriage?
Please join your right hands.
______________will you take _______________as your wife, to live with her
in the honorable relation of marriage? Will you love her, comfort her,
honor her and keep her in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy,
and will you live with her before all others as long as you both shall
live?
______________will you take ________________as your husband, to live with
him in the honorable relation of marriage? Will you love him, comfort him,
honor him and keep him in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy,
and will you live with him before all others as long as you both shall
live?
You have told me that you wish to exchange rings as a token of your
commitments to each other.
____________will you take the ring that you have brought, place it on
_____________left hand and repeat after me; with this ring I pledge my
everlasting love to you.
____________will you take the ring that you have brought, place it on
_____________ left hand and repeat after me; with this ring I pledge my
everlasting love to you.
The rings are a symbol of fidelity and love for each other. As the rings
are round and without end so may your trust, your love and compassion each
for the other, be continuous and without end.
________________and _______________having declared in the presence of
these witnesses that you take one another as husband and wife and having
symbolized your declarations by the joining of hands and the giving and
acceptance of rings.
So now, in the presence of these witnesses,
and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the State of Wisconsin, as
Municipal Judge for the Town of Salem, I hereby do declare that you are
now husband and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce Mr. and Mrs.
________________________________________.
Judge Mike Langel
Copyright © 2005 [Salem Municipal Court]. All rights reserved.
Revised:
09/14/07.
