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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.

Columbia River Gorge sunsets lend a magical quality to Quinn Mountain weddings

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!"


A quiet, romantic wedding on the deck of Quinn Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge

Summer 2007. Karen & Randy marry at
Quinn Mountain

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.


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.


We can provide you with a CD with many more ideas for ceremonies and vows to help creating a unique marriage ceremony.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #1

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #2

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #3

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #4

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #5

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #6

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #7

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #8

NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #9


NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #1

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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NON-DENOMINATIONAL CEREMONY #2

 

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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NON-DENOMINATIONAL 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

   Weddings in the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Vancouver, Camas and Washougal

Marriage of (Groom) and (Bride)

City and State

Month Day Year


Elopements & weddings in the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Vancouver, Camas, and Washougal
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.)

Elopements & Weddings in the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Vancouver, Camas, and Washougal


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for weddings in the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Oregon,
Vancouver, Camas, and Washougal, WA


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