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Quinn Mountain
Elopements-Weddings-B&B |
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Quinn Mountain
provides guidance in creating
personalized
wedding ceremonies and unique vows.
Fee includes a copy of your ceremony
printed and bound with ribbon
as a memento of your special day.
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One
Quinn Mountain
bride looked out on the Columbia Gorge after her ceremony, and said: "What a perfect
place to remember our wedding!"
We are delighted that many couples come back year just to say, "Remember us? We're still married!" |
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Summer 2007. Karen & Randy marry
at Quinn Mountain
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Quinn Mountain
helps couples create personalized
wedding ceremonies and unique vows.
Fee includes a copy of ceremony
printed and bound with ribbon
as a memento of your special day.
There may be additional charges
for travel to offsite locations
and for wedding rehearsals.
We specialize in planning, hosting, and providing officiant / ministerial
services for weddings in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon
and Washington, Skamania County, Klickitat County, Vancouver, Camas, and Washougal, WA. |
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Note: The following ceremonies do not contain religious
references.
Blessings, scriptures, and other religious references
can by added
at the discretion of the bride and groom.
Feel free to
discuss with officiant if you have any questions.
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We can provide you with a CD with
many more ideas for ceremonies and vows to help creating a unique
marriage ceremony. |
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
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WELCOME
OFFICIANT: (Groom) and (Bride), today you celebrate one
of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth and
beauty of love, as you join together in marriage.
VOWS
OFFICIANT:
(Groom), please repeat after me:
(Bride), I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife.
Before these witnesses, I vow to love you and care for you as long
as we both shall live.
I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, as I offer
myself to you with all my faults and my strengths.
I will help you when you need help, and will turn to you when I need
help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
OFFICIANT:
(Bride), please repeat after me: (Groom,) I take you to be my lawfully wedded husband.
Before these witnesses, I vow to love you and care for you as long
as we both shall live.
I take you, with all your faults and your strengths, as I offer
myself to you with my all faults and my strengths.
I will help you when you need help, and will turn to you when I need
help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
OPTIONAL RING EXCHANGE
(Groom),
please place ring on Bride's finger, and repeat after me:
(Bride), with this ring, I thee wed.
And
(Bride), as you place this ring on Groom's finger, please repeat
after me: (Groom), With this ring, I thee wed.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: By authority
of the State of __________________, I now pronounce you man and wife.
You may KISS!
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WELCOME
OFFICIANT: (Groom) and (Bride), today you celebrate one
of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth and
beauty of love, as you join together in marriage.
EXCHANGE OF VOWS
OFFICIANT: (Groom), do you take, (Bride), to be your
Wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect her,
forsaking all others and holding only unto her?
GROOM: I do.
OFFICIANT: (Bride), do you take, (Groom), to be your
Husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect
him, forsaking all others and holding only unto him? BRIDE: I do.
OPTIONAL RING
EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT: (Groom),
please repeat after me: I, (Groom), take thee, (Bride), to be my Wife, to
have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for
poorer, and I promise my love to you. (With this ring, I thee
wed.)
OFFICIANT: (Bride),
please repeat after me: I, (Bride), take thee, (Groom), to be my husband, to
have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for
poorer, and I promise My love to you. With this ring, I thee
wed.
MESSAGE TO
COUPLE
OFFICIANT: (Groom) and (Bride), just as two very
different threads woven in opposite directions form a
beautiful tapestry, so let your two lives merge together into a beautiful marriage.
To make your marriage work will take
love. It is also will take trust - to know in your hearts you want the
best for each other. It will take dedication - to stay open to
one another, to learn, and to grow together even when this is
not always so easy to do. It will take faith - to always be
willing to go forward to tomorrow, never really knowing what
tomorrow will bring. And it will take commitment - to hold true
to the journey you both now pledge to share together.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: (Groom) and (Bride), in so much as the two f
you have agreed to unite in marriage, and have promised
your love for each other by these vows, by the authority of the
State of _________I now declare you
Husband and Wife.
Congratulations, you may KISS!
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY #3
WELCOME
OFFICIANT: Welcome here
today to share in this
marriage of (Groom) and (Bride.)
Should there be anyone who has cause why this couple should not
be united in marriage, they must speak now or forever hold their
peace.
(Groom) and (Bride), remember to treat
each other with respect in remembrance of the love that brought you together today. Give the highest priority to
the tenderness, gentleness, and kindness that your marriage
deserves.
When frustration and difficulty assail your marriage - as they
will in every relationship at some time -focus on what still
seems right between you, not only the part that seems wrong at
the moment.
When clouds of trouble hide the sun in your lives, remember that the sun
is still there. If each of you will takes responsibility for
the quality of your life together, abundance and delight will
bless all your days.
VOWS
OFFICIANT: (Groom), do you take, (Bride), to be your
wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her,
forsaking all others and holding only unto her forever more?
GROOM: I do.
OFFICIANT: (Bride), do you take, (Groom), to be your
Husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him,
forsaking all others and holding only unto him forever more?
BRIDE: I do.
OFFICIANT:
(Groom) and (Bride),
as the
two of you unite today as husband and wife by affirming your
faith and love for one another, always cherish each other as
special and unique individuals, and respect the thoughts, ideas,
and suggestions of one another.
MESSAGE TO COUPLES
OFFICIANT:
Be able to forgive; do not hold grudges; and live
each day lovingly together.
From
this day forward, as you shall be each other's home, comfort,
and refuge, your marriage will be strengthened by your love and
respect for each other.
Just
as two threads woven in opposite directions form a beautiful
tapestry, so, too, merge your separate lives into a beautiful
marriage.
To make your
relationship
work will take love. It is the core of your marriage and why you
are here today. Always trust in your hearts to provide the best
for each other.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: An now, with
the power vested in me by the State of _______< I am honored to now pronounce you man and wife. You may
KISS!
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CEREMONY #4
WELCOME
OFFICIANT: Everyone, we are assembled here to celebrate the joining of
(Groom)
and (Bride) in the unity of marriage. There are no
obligations on earth sweeter or more tender than those of
husband and wife, nor vows more solemn than those you
will soon make to each other.
There is no human bond more special than the one
you share. No commitment more blessed than the union of two souls who seek to find completion in one
another. This is the basis of every lasting marriage.
VOWS
OFFICIANT: As you start
your new life together, remember that love is to come
together from the pathways of your separate pasts and move forward,
hand in hand, along the uncharted roads of your future, ready to
risk, to dream, and to dare. And to always believe that all
things are possible with faith and love in each other.
OFFICIANT: Will you please face each other and join
hands?
OFFICIANT: (Groom), will you take this woman, whose hands
you hold, choosing her alone to be your wedded wife? Will you love her,
comfort her through good times and bad, in sickness and in
health, honor her at all times, and be faithful to her?
GROOM: I will.
OFFICIANT: (Bride), will you take this man, whose hands
you hold, choosing him alone to be your wedded husband? Will you love him,
comfort him, through good times and bad, in sickness and in
health, honor him at all times, and be faithful to him?
BRIDE: I will.
OPTIONAL
RING EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT: Each of you has rings for each other.
As a ceaseless reminder of this hour, and of the promise you
have made to each other, these rings also speak of the
oneness you now experience as husband and wife.
(Groom),
please place ring on Bride's finger, and repeat after me:
(Bride), with this ring, I thee wed.
And
(Bride), as you place this ring on Groom's finger, please repeat
after me: (Groom), With this ring, I thee wed.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: In as much as you, (Groom) and you (Bride)
have consented together to marry, and
pledged your love in the presence of this
company, now by the authority vested in me by the State of ___,
I pronounce you husband and wife. You may KISS!
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY # 5
OPENING WORDS
OFFICIANT: Good afternoon (morning/evening)! We are
gathered here today, not to witness the beginning of what will
be, but rather what already is! We do not create this marriage,
because we cannot. We can and do, however, celebrate with
(Bride) and (Groom) and their friends and families the wondrous
and joyful occurrence that has already taken place in their
lives.
Marriage is a supreme sharing of experience, and an adventure in
the most intimate of human relationships. It is the joyous union
of two people whose comradeship and mutual understanding have
flowered in romance. Today, (Groom) and (Bride) proclaim their
love and commitment to the world, and we gather here to rejoice,
with and for them, in the new life they now undertake together.
The joy we feel now is a solemn joy because the act of marriage
has many consequences, both social and personal. Marriage
requires love, a word we often use with vagueness and
sentimentality. We may assume that love is some rare and
mystical event, when in fact it is our natural state of being.
So what do we mean by love? When we love, we see things other
people do not see. We see beneath the surface, to the qualities
that make our beloved one special and unique. To see with loving
eyes, is to know inner beauty. In addition, to be loved is to be
seen, and known, as we are known to no other. One who loves us
gives us a unique gift, a piece of ourselves, but a piece that
only they could give us.
We, who love, can look at each other's life and say, I
touched his life, or, I touched her life, just as an
artist might say, I touched this canvas. Those
brushstrokes in the corner of this magnificent mural, those are
mine. I was a part of this life, and it is a part of me.
Marriage is to belong to each other through a unique and diverse
collaboration, like two threads crossing in different
directions, yet weaving one tapestry together.
The secret of love and marriage is similar to
that of religion itself. It is the emergence of the larger self.
It is the finding of one's life by losing it. Such is the
privilege of husband and wife - to be each a separate person and
yet together face the world with the courage of two. To make
this relationship work, therefore, takes more than love. It
takes trust, to know in your hearts that you want only the best
for each other. It takes dedication, to stay open to one
another, to learn and grow even when it is difficult to do so.
And it takes faith to go forward together without knowing what
the future holds for you both. While love is our natural state
of being, these other qualities are not as easy to come by. They
are not a destination, but a journey.
The true art of married life is in this inner
spiritual journey. It is a mutual enrichment, a give and take
between two personalities, a mingling of two endowments, which
diminishes neither, but enhances both.
OPTIONAL
READING
OFFICIANT: We will
hear (Reading) presented by (Officiant, Family, or Friend)
Married Love, written by a medieval poet about seven hundred
years ago. In the English translation, it reads:
You and I
Have so much love,
That it burns like a fire,
In which we bake a lump of clay
Molded into a figure of you
And a figure of me.
Then we take both of them.
And break them into pieces,
And mix the pieces with water,
And mold again a figure of you
And a figure of me.
I am in your clay.
You are in my clay.
In life, we share a single quilt,
In death, we will share one coffin.
As the poem shows us, mingling in marriage is a
mutual dedication, a cooperative venture in every sense. It is a
relationship based on love, respect, and a determination by both
partners to adjust to each other and support each another, in
health and in sickness, in joy and in sadness, in ease and in
hardship.
Through this cooperation, we give our lives, our
love, and ourselves into the hands of the one we love. We do so
trustingly and generously. And so, each of us receives a gift:
the life and love of the other. We receive this gift, not only
from the one we love, but also from the parents who brought us
into the world, and from our friends and families as well.
And as (Groom) and (Bride’s) friends and family,
we are here to share with them this joy and hope, and to see
them off on the path they will walk together. May it be a path
of blessedness, bright with flowers of prosperity and spiritual
awakening; may it be a path of ever deepening, ever broadening
love that they will travel, arm in arm throughout eternity.
THE
COMMITMENT
OFFICIANT: (Groom)
and (Bride), this celebration is the outward token of your
sacred and inward union of hearts, which the church and temple
may bless, and the state make legal, but which neither state nor
church can create nor annul. It is a union created by your
loving purpose and kept by your abiding will. It is in this
spirit and for this purpose that you have come here to be joined
together.
VOWS
OFFICIANT: (Groom), will you have this woman to be thy
wedded wife, to live together in marriage? Will you love her,
comfort her, and honor her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow
and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
GROOM: I will.
OFFICIANT: (Bride), will you take this man to be thy
wedded husband, to live together in marriage? Will you love him,
comfort him, and honor him, in sickness and in health, in sorrow
and in joy, so long as you both shall live?
BRIDE: I will.
OPT IONAL RING EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT: Traditionally, the marking of the passage to
status of husband and wife is marked by the exchange of rings.
These rings are a symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love
freely given has no beginning and no end, no giver and no
receiver for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May
these rings always remind you of the vows you have taken.
Please place each ring on the other's finger and repeats this
simple vow after me:) (Groom) With this ring, I thee wed.
(Bride) With this ring, I thee wed.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT: We will close with (Reading) presented by
(Officiant, Family, or Friend)
Cherokee Prayer:
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be the shelter for each other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be the warmth
for the other. Now you are two persons, but there is only one life before. Go now to your dwelling to enter into the days of your life
together. And may your days be good and long upon the Earth.
OFFICIANT: (Groom) and (Bride), remember to treat both
each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what
brought you together.
Give the highest priority to the tenderness, gentleness, and
kindness that your connection deserves. When frustration,
difficulty or fear assail your relationship - as they threatened
all relationships at one time or another - remember to focus on
what is right between you, not only the part that seems wrong.
In this way, you can ride out the times when clouds hide the
face of the sun in your lives -remembering that even if you lose
sight of it for a moment, the sun is still there.
And if each of you takes responsibility for the quality of your
lives together, your shared lives will be marked by abundance
and delight.
(The Unity Candle, Rose Ceremony, or other special service may
be added here.)
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: In as much as you have consented together in
this ceremony to live in wedlock and have sealed your vows in
the presence of this company and by the giving of these rings,
it gives me great pleasure to pronounce you Husband and Wife.
Congratulations, you may KISS!
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY #6
WELCOME
OFFICIANT:
If it were
possible to begin this ceremony by gathering together all the
wishes of happiness for Randy and Karen from all present here,
along with our affection and fondest hopes for their future
together, and turn them into music, we would be listening to an
inspiring anthem composed of the most harmonious notes possible.
Even though this is not possible, just speaking of it should
assure (Groom) and (Bride) that our hearts are attuned to
theirs on this occasion so meaningful to all of us. For what
greater thing is there than for two human souls to feel that
they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor,
to minister to each other in all sorrow, and to share with each
other in all gladness.
Marriage is an act of faith and personal commitment as well as a
moral and physical union between two parties. Marriage has been
described as the best and most important relationship that can
exist between two human beings: the coming together of love
and trust into a single growing energy of spiritual life. It is
a moral commitment that requires and deserves daily attention
since no Earthly happiness exceeds that of a reciprocal
satisfaction in the conjugal state. Marriage should be a
life-long consecration to the ideal of loving kindness, backed
with the will to make it last.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT:
We will have a (Reading) presented by
(Officiant, Family, or Friend)
VOWS
OFFICIANT:
(GROOM), will you take (BRIDE) to be your
wedded wife, to love, to cherish, to continually bestow upon her
your heart’s deepest devotion?
OFFICIANT:
And, (BRIDE), will you take (GROOM) to be your
wedded husband, to love, to cherish, to continually bestow upon
him your heart’s deepest devotion?
OPTIONAL VOWS
Here, the ceremony can go directly to the
PRONOUNCEMENT
or couples can insert their own vows, which they can read
to each other together or read separately. Personal vows would
go something like this:
OFFICIANT:
Please hold hands and exchange your vows.
(GROOM)/(BRIDE):
I offer myself as your ally in this
world, your refuge, your caretaker, and friend. I will try to
remember, whether sunk in sorrow or distracted the day to day,
what I feel at this moment—my sense of good fortune, my sheer
joy at being with you. So, in the company of the people who make
our lives so full and special, I promise to share my life openly
with you, embracing your growth and freedom, as well as my own,
for as long as we both shall live.
OPTIONAL RING EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT: What token of devotion do
each of you offer your
beloved?
(Ring bearer or Best Man gives rings to Officiant.)
OFFICIANT:
In exchanging these rings as tokens of your love for each other,
may they always be blessed as symbols of affectionate unity. May
they always represent two lives joined in an unbroken circle.
Wherever you go, may you always return to one another in
togetherness. May you find in each other the love for which all
men and women yearn. May you grow in understanding and
compassion. May the home, which you establish together, be such
a place of sanctuary that many will find there comforting
friends. May these rings on your fingers symbolize the spirit of
love in your hearts.
OFFICIANT:
(GROOM), in placing the ring on (BRIDE)’s
finger, repeat after me: (BRIDE), I give you this ring as the
pledge of my love and as the symbol of our unity.
OFFICIANT: (BRIDE), in placing the ring on (GROOM)’s
finger, repeat after me: (GROOM), I give you this ring as the
pledge of my love and as the symbol of our unity.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT:
We will have (Reading) presented by
(Officiant, Family, or Friend)
Benediction of the Apaches
Now you will feel now rain,
For each of you will be
shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be
warmth to the other.
Now there is no more
loneliness for you.
Now you are two bodies.
But there is only one life
before you.
Go now to your dwelling
place,
To enter into the days of
your togetherness,
And may your days be good and
long upon the Earth.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: In as much as (GROOM) and (BRIDE) have
consented together in marriage before this company, and have
pledged their faith and declared their unity by each giving and
receiving a ring—and are now joined in mutual esteem and
devotion, I, as an ordained minister/officiant, pronounce that
they are husband and wife.
OFFICIANT:
(GROOM), you may now kiss the bride.
PRESENTATION
OFFICIANT:
I now present for the first time Mr. and Mrs.
(Groom's name.)
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY #7
WELCOME
OFFICIANT: With great joy, we come together to join this
man, (Groom), and this woman, (Bride), in matrimony.
This marriage is an event in the lifetime of a love. Neither all
society nor I can join these two lovers today. Only they can do
what they have chosen. They are joining themselves, each to the
other. As they find union with one another, they proclaim that
union today and pledge its future. We, by our participation in
this celebration, do but recognize and honor their intention to
dwell together as husband and wife. Please speak your vows to
one another now.
VOWS
GROOM:
I promise you (Bride) that
I will be your loving and loyal husband from now on. I will
share with you all of life's joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain,
until death parts us.
BRIDE: I
promise you (Groom) that I will be your loving and loyal wife
from now on. I will share with you all of life's joy and sorrow,
pleasure and pain, until death parts us.
OPTIONAL RING CEREMONY
OFFICIANT: Each of you has rings for each other.
Would you exchange them?
(They exchange rings, as the OFFICIANT says:
As a ceaseless reminder of this hour, and of the promise you
have made to each other, these rings also speak of the
oneness you now experience as husband and wife.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT: We will have (Reading) presented by
(Officiant, Family, or Friend)
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: Because they have so affirmed, in love and
knowledge of the other, so also do I declare that (Groom)
and (Bride) are now husband and wife.
You may KISS!
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY #8
(**Good ceremony for a wedding in Nature)
WELCOME
OFFICIANT: We are gathered here today to witness the
coming together of two people, (Groom) and (Bride), whose hearts
and spirits are entwined as one. They now desire to profess
before the entire world their intention henceforth to walk the
road of life together.
To these two special people, this marriage signifies the birth
of a new spirit, a spirit which is a part of each of us, yet not
of any one of us alone. This birth of spirit reminds us
of spring, the season when all life is reborn and springs forth
with new joy and hope. It is appropriate, therefore, that this
wedding of (Groom) and (Bride) be in the Spring (Summer) (Fall)
(Winter), and that it be under the open sky with Nature as our
honored guest. In this place, we are closest to the Earth; in
this place, we are one with the unity of all life. In this
place, we can appreciate Nature of which we are a part.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT:
The beliefs and thoughts about love which motivate these two
people are perhaps best expressed in the words of ______ so we
will now hear (Reading) presented by (Officiant Family or
Friend.)
From poet
Kahlil Gibran: (Or select other reading.)
You were born to be together,
And together you shall be forever more.
You shall be together with the wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in your silent memory.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heaven dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bondage of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup, but drink now from one cup.
Give one another of your bread, but eat not of the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be
alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone,
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping,
For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together,
for the pillars of the temple stand apart,
and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in shadow.
VOWS
OFFICIANT: Do you, (Bride), knowing this man's love for
you and returning it, realizing his strengths and learning from
them, recognizing his weaknesses and helping him to overcome
them, take (Groom) to be your lawfully wedded husband?
BRIDE: I do.
OFFICIANT: Please place the ring on his finger.
OFFICIANT: Do you (Groom), knowing this woman's love for
you and returning it, realizing her strengths and learning form
them, recognizing her weaknesses and helping her to overcome
them, take (Bride), to be your lawfully wedded wife?
GROOM: I do.
OFFICIANT: Please place the ring on her finger.
OFFICIANT: Let these rings serve as locks not binding you
together, but as keys, unlocking the secrets of your hearts for
each other to know, and thus bringing you closer together
forever.
OPTIONAL READING
OFFICIANT: And now, (Groom) and (Bride), seeking the
fulfillment of love and marriage, find again that the poet
Gibran speaks for them: (Or select other reading.)
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks to another day of loving. To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home eventide with gratitude, and then sleep
with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT: I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may KISS!
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NON-DENOMINATIONAL
CEREMONY #9 |
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Marriage of (Groom) and (Bride)
City and State
Month Day Year

LOVE
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful. It is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice a wrong,
but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes in all things. Love hopes all things, and endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Marriage of (GROOM) and (BRIDE)
PLACE DATE
WELCOME
Officiant:
Thank you, everyone, for being here today, Day, Month, Year, to share in the marriage of two special people, (GROOM) and (BRIDE).
Officiant:
To begin, would the mothers (witnesses) of (GROOM) and (BRIDE) please place their flowers in this vase to signify the strength and
love of their respective families joining together to witness the wedding
of their son and daughter?
OPENING STATEMENT
The true beauty of this marital union is
the special journey that has brought these two individuals together. It is the mingling of their unique qualities and
the merging of their lives into one spirit of selflessness, devotion, and love
that has enriched them both.
DECLARATION OF CONSENT and
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
Officiant:
Do you, (BRIDE), accepting this man's
deeply felt love for you and returning it, take (GROOM) to be your lawfully wedded husband?
Bride:
I do
Officiant:
Do you,
(GROOM), accepting this woman's deeply felt love for you and returning it, take (BRIDE) to be your lawfully wedded wife?
Groom:
I do
Officiant:
(BRIDE), please place this ring on (GROOM)’s finger, and as you do,
repeat after me:
Lee, as I give you my love, I give you
this ring, a lasting symbol of our unity.
Officiant:
(GROOM), please place this ring on (BRIDE)’s finger, and as you do, repeat after me:
Linda, as I give you my love, I give
you this ring, a lasting symbol of our unity.
Officiant:
May your rings be blessed as unbroken circles of the love you have
discovered and nurtured in each other. May your marital union be blessed as a
reflection of the heartfelt love you have for each other.
Officiant:
(GROOM) and (BRIDE), please each choose a
single flower from the bouquet your mothers have created for you and place them together in the empty vase?
Officiant:
With these flowers, you have formed a
new bouquet representing your marital bond. May
flowers always represent the
love and joy you share on this special day.
PRONOUNCEMENT
Officiant:
Having
sealed your vows before these witnesses, and in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, I now pronounce you
husband and wife.
You may kiss.
KISS
!!!!!
PRESENTATION OF COUPLE
It is my honor to present
Mr. and Mrs. (Groom's Name.) |
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