The Marriage of · Celebrant In presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you...

© 26/7/2017 Ceremony Created by Lou Szymkow, A Life Celebrant – www.alifecelebrant.com.au

The Marriage of

<Party 1>

&

<Party 2>

00:00am Anyday 00th Month 20………

Venue Venue Street, Suburb NSW

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The Wedding of Groom & Bride: Celebrant: Lou (Ludwig) Szymkow

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WHATS HAPPENINIG?

Contents THE SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................................... 2 MUSIC TO SET THE MOOD ............................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 5 GROOMS’ PROCESSION/COUPLE’S PROCESSION ................................................................... 6 BRIDAL PROCESSION/COUPLE’S PROCESSION ....................................................................... 6 PRESENTING THE BRIDE/GIVING AWAY .................................................................................. 7 WELCOMING ...................................................................................................................................... 8 MEMORIAL/INCLUSION ................................................................................................................ 8 READING/BLESSING ...................................................................................................................... 10 YOUR STORY ..................................................................................................................................... 11 READING/BLESSING ...................................................................................................................... 11 VOWS & RINGS ................................................................................................................................. 12 I DO’S (optional) ............................................................................................................................... 15 ACTIVITY ........................................................................................................................................... 15 SIGNING ............................................................................................................................................. 15 FINAL BLESSING .............................................................................................................................. 16 PRONOUNCEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 17




THE SUPPORT

Escort <escort>

Parent/Others <escort>, <parent>, <parent 2> …..(other names?)

Ring bearer <name>

Flower girl <name>

Maid/Matron of Honour <name>

Bridesmaids/ BridesAids <Aid 1>,

<Aid 2>

<Aid 3>

Bestman/Grooms 1st <name>

Groomemen/Grooms Aids <Grooms’ Aid 1>,

< Grooms’ Aid 2>

< Grooms’ Aid 3>

Reader/s <name/s>

<name/s>

Witnesses <witness 1>

<witness 2> (must have full names)

Celebrant Ludwig (Lou) Szymkow




MUSIC TO SET THE MOOD

Gathering (mood music)

Parent’s entrance

Grooms’ Entrance

Bridesmaids

Bride

Signing

Pronouncement




INTRODUCTION

<music> <Your choice>

Celebrant: We are about to begin, could I ask that you all take your seats (or form an arch to surround us), to show your affection for this wonderful couple.

Before we continue, <Party 1> and <Party 2> have asked me to make certain you have all either turn your phones off, or placed them on flight mode so that they won’t ring, buzz or vibrate, so, we are not distracted during this wonderful occasion. Do that now please.

* While you are all doing that, could I ask <Party 1> and his best man <Bestman>, to come forward and take their positions?

<<Party 1> & <Bestman> move into position>

If your phone does ring, it goes into the river behind me for storage and you can dive in afterwards to get it back. <Party 1> & <Party 2> have also asked me to remind you to NOT post any pictures on Facebook until we have finished her today. We want you to be a part of this ceremony and not be distracted by social

media. Now, there will be a number of important things that will now take place:

• We will have a memorial candle lighting

• <Party 2> and <Party 1> will exchange rings & vows,

• They and witnesses, will then sign the marriage register,

• You will then be asked to offer a blessing and then all gather around for a group photo…

…but I will remind you of that later.

I usually cut this bit out & surprise them all




* GROOMS’ PROCESSION/COUPLE’S PROCESSION

• <Music – your choice ?>

• Groomsmen/Helpers process to position

• Groom processes

Celebrant: Welcome to our Groom and his assistants

• Music continues

BRIDAL PROCESSION/COUPLE’S PROCESSION

• <Music – your choice ?>

• Bridesmaids/Helpers process to position

• Bride remains with her matron of Honour

Celebrant: Welcome beautiful Bridemaids/Helpers

• Music continues

• Bridesmaid/Helpers process

• Matron/Maid/1st of Honour then comes forward

• Bride processes to podium, escorted by <escort>




PRESENTING THE BRIDE

• <Party 2> to face <Party 1> but stand with his/her father/escort

Celebrant: Welcome to this beautiful Bride.

• <applause> <Bridal Escort>, do you bring with you your love and very best wishes for this couples’ future as husband and wife?

Father/Other I do Celebrant: <Bridal Escort> you have escorted your daughter to her groom/chosen one

and in readiness of her future.

On behalf of your family, please place the Brides’, your daughter’s hands into his.

<<Party 1> & <Party 2> hold hands

<<Bridal Escort> takes his/her seat beside partner> <Bridal Escort>, did an excellent job don’t you think?

<applause>

Celebrant: <Party 2> & <Party 1> value family immensely.

Could I please ask, <escort>, <parent>, <parent 2> <other names?> who are family members of both the Bride and Groom, to stand? <escort>, <parent>, <parent 2> <other names?>, do you all offer your love and blessings and support to <Party 2> and <Party 1> in their marriage?

All family: We do Celebrant: Will you guide them when they ask, but allow them room to grow as a

couple and to find their own path? All family: Yes Celebrant: thank you, please be seated

<pause for applause>




WELCOMING

Celebrant: On behalf of <Party 2> & <Party 1>, thank you, everyone, for coming today.

You are very special to them. My name is Ludwig Szymkow, you may call me Lou, and I am very honoured to have been invited by <Party 2> & <Party 1> to help them, and you, to celebrate this amazing turning point in their lives. I am the registered marriage celebrant authorised to solemnise this marriage according to the law. <Party 2> and <Party 1> , you have gathered your dearest friends and family so that you they all share in this great event in your lives.

MEMORIAL/INCLUSION

There are some loved ones that are not able to be with us today and so we will now honour their presence in our hearts, memories and thoughts. <Party 1> and <Party 2> will now light this candle in their memory and in so doing are bringing the light of those loved ones to be with us today. <<Party 1> and <Party 2>, together light the candle> <Then return to centre and face candle> This candle will continue to burn throughout this Ceremony.

* <<Party 1> and <Party 2> again stand together>

<Party 1> and <Party 2>; please take each other hands, and look into each other’s eyes as I say, before you are joined in marriage in my presence, and in the presence of these witnesses,




I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter. Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.

*

Celebrant <Party 2>, and <Party 1>, have you chosen freely to come here today to enter into marriage

<Party 2> & <Party 1> Yes Celebrant In presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you perform

an act of faith.

This faith can grow and develop and last, but only if you both decide to make it so. A lasting and growing love is not guaranteed by any ritual. You have the foundation of your marriage in the devotion you have for one another, not just at this moment, but for all the days to come, Treasure the hopes and dreams that you bring here today. Establish that your love will never be tarnished by the common nor obscured by the ordinary in life. Dedication, love, and joy can grow only when you nourish them together. Stand fast in that hope and confidence, having faith in your shared destiny just as strongly as you have faith in yourselves and in one another today. You can create a union that will strengthen and endure all the days of your lives.




READING/BLESSING Reader <A poem or story that sets a theme or a ritual – here is a suggestion>

The Art of Marriage By Wilferd Arlan Peterson Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the art of marriage, the little things are 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 never taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner




YOUR STORY Celebrant <a joyful history of the relationship and why marriage> This is the story that <Party 2> & <Party 1> will write, but it will be read by

the Celebrant or by another person chosen.

Many of you know the story of these two incredible people.

Life has not always been easy but every challenge and every joy in their lives has made them the people that they are today.

READING/BLESSING Reader <A poem or story that sets a theme>

Wedding Wishes From Ireland May your mornings bring joy and your evenings bring peace. May your troubles grow few as your blessings increase. May the saddest day of your future Be no worse than the happiest day of your past. May your hands be forever clasped in friendship And your hearts joined forever in love. Your lives are very special, God has touched you in many ways. May his blessings rest upon you And fill all your coming days.




VOWS & RINGS

Celebrant Could we have the rings please.

<ring bearers/s name>, could you please bring the rings forward

< <ring bearers/s name> walks up with rings on a pillow> <<ring bearers/s name> stands with the Celebrant>

A wedding ring is traditionally made of a precious metal to symbolise precious love.

But it is more than that.

The unending circle of the ring is a symbol of eternity. And so, these two wedding rings are the outward expression of the bonding of two hearts; it is the promise of love of each other with fidelity for all time; it is the promise of faithfulness to each other. Wearing these wedding bands throughout your lifetime will be a reminder to you and to all, of today, and will tell all others of this commitment of love and faith, you have made.




Celebrant: …and now repeat after me:

I call upon the persons here present

to witness that I, <Party 1> , take you, <Party 2> to be my Lawful wedded (husband/wife/spouse/partner in marriage).

Groom: <repeats>

Celebrant: Please place it on the ring finger of <Party 2>’s left hand so that it is closest to her heart. …and now repeat after me: this ring is a symbol of our unending love. I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, (<Party 1> places the ring onto the <Party 2>’s finger) and with all that I am, and all that I have, I will honour you always, you are my friend and my love, beside me and apart from me, in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquillity, To love and to hold For richer or poorer In sickness and in health through everything that we might ever face, I ask only that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us. To love and to cherish as long as we both shall live This is my solemn vow Or I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and devotion I can give nothing greater

Celebrant: please repeat after me:

OPTION write your own vows, just have to include the legals




I call upon the persons here present

to witness that I, <Party 2> , take you, <Party 1> to be my Lawful wedded (husband/wife/spouse/partner in marriage).

Celebrant: <Party 2>, please take this additional ring, this further symbol of your unending love, and place it on the <Party 1>’s ring finger, so that it will be close to his heart

I give you this ring as a symbol of our love and of my vow, (<Party 2> places the ring onto the <Party 1>’s finger) and with all that I am, and all that I have, I will honour you always, you are my friend and my love, beside me and apart from me, in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquillity, To love and to hold For richer or poorer In sickness and in health through everything that we might ever face, I ask only that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us. To love and to cherish as long as we both shall live This is my solemn vow Or I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and devotion I can give nothing greater




I DO’S (optional)

Celebrant: <Party 1>, do you pledge to uphold & honour the promises and vows made here today, witnessed by your closest friends and family.

<Party 1> I do Celebrant: <Party 2> do you pledge to uphold & honour the promises and vows made

here today, witnessed by your closest friends and family.

<Party 2>: I do ACTIVITY

An opportunity to perform an action or activity as Husband & Wife

SIGNING

Celebrant <Party 2> and <Party 1> will now take a few moments to sign their Wedding

Certificates and the Marriage Register. They have declared their love and commitment to one another in this ceremony to celebrate their marriage, and that sentiment will be further captured in this moment and will be specifically witnessed by <witness 1> and <witness 2>. This is not just a legal requirement, but represents another tradition in this ceremony that symbolises <Bride’s> and <Groom’s> commitment, not only to one another, but to all. I also invite <witness 1> and <witness 2>, to bear witness to this moment. <Party 2> & <Party 1> sign X 3

<witnesses sign> X 3 Celebrant signs X 4

• <music selection – something romantic perhaps?>

• <guests either sing or take part in an activity such as signing a guest book or placing wishes into a well etc>

• Cameras will be flashing




*

FINAL BLESSING

(Couple back to Centre)

Celebrant <Party 1> and <Party 2>, please now stand and face your friends and family.

(To all)

Just to remind you all that at the end of this ceremony, <Party 1> and <Party 2> have asked that you all gather around for a group photograph. But before we do that, Please raise your right hands toward the happy couple, as we together offer this blessing upon <Party 2> and <Party 1>

(Celebrant turns to couple)

Celebrant May this day shine eternally in your lives.

May it add brilliance to every achievement and cast a precious light over any misfortune. May you care for each other in all sadness. May you give cheer to each other. May you give vitality to each other in all undertakings. May all that is virtuous, beautiful and honest, remain with you always May this transition in your lives bring you, great adventure and fulfilment May you weather all together and always find boundless joy in each other

*




PRONOUNCEMENT

Celebrant: With these vows & rings exchanged, Certificates signed, and statements made of love and trust, to conclude this marriage ceremony, I have immense pleasure in introducing:

1. The newly married couple - Freddy & Marian, or

2. Mr & Mrs <name> ?? or

3. ???

You may now kiss for the first time as husband & wife

<MUSIC – choose something loud and fun> (pause for applause)

Now everyone, come forward, come forward and gather for the group photo. Gather around and congratulate the happy couple….

<balloons on cords, released to form an arch





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