New Jersey Elopements by For This Joyous Occasion Officiating Services and Seaside Ceremonies
~ Intimate Wedding Elopements ~
Elopement Ceremony Option 3 - Short and Sweet
The Vows are combined with the Ring Exchange
Opening/greeting: Officiant:
Dearly Beloved, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments to give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you joins together in vows of marriage.
Opening/greeting: Officiant:
Dearly Beloved, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments to give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you joins together in vows of marriage.
Charge to the couple (the charge is addressed to the couple. It is a preparation for the vows you are about to take):
Officiant:
_____ and ___, the covenant which you are about to make with each other is meant to be a beautiful and sacred expression of your love for each other. As you pledge your vows to each other, and as you commit your lives to each other, we ask that you do so in all seriousness, and yet with a deep sense of joy, with deep conviction that you are committing yourselves to a dynamic growing relationship of trust, mutual support and caring love.
Officiant:
_____ and ___, the covenant which you are about to make with each other is meant to be a beautiful and sacred expression of your love for each other. As you pledge your vows to each other, and as you commit your lives to each other, we ask that you do so in all seriousness, and yet with a deep sense of joy, with deep conviction that you are committing yourselves to a dynamic growing relationship of trust, mutual support and caring love.
Betrothal/Declaration of intent (this is when you declare your action or intent to marry is a matter of free will):
Officiant:
To _____: Do you_____ take ___, to be your wife? To love her, comfort and keep her, and forsaking all others remain true to her as long as you both shall live?
_____- I do
Officiant:
To ___: Do you___ take _____ to be your husband? To love him, comfort and keep him, and forsaking all others remain true to him as long as you both shall live?
___: I do
Vows with Ring exchange combined***Ring exchange is optional, please let me know if you will not exchange rings and I will change wording to vows only
Officiant:
May I please have the rings
To _____: _____ will you take this ring and place it upon ___’s finger, and as you do, repeat to her, after me, these words:
With this ring, I take you ___ to be my wedded wife.
(_____ says) With this ring I take you, ___ to be my wedded wife.
To have and to hold from this day forward
(_____ says) To have and to hold from this day forward
For better, for worse
(_____ says) For better, for worse;
For richer, for poorer
(_____ says) For richer, for poorer
In sickness and in health,
(_____ says) In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
_____ says) To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
To ___: ___ will you take this ring and place it upon _____’s finger, and as you do, repeat to him, after me, these words:
With this ring, I take you _____ to be my wedded husband.
(___ says) with this ring I take you _____, to be my wedded husband
To have and to hold from this day forward
(___ says) To have and to hold from this day forward
For better, for worse
(___ says) For better, for worse;
For richer, for poorer
(___ says) For richer, for poorer
In sickness and in health,
(___ says) In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
(___ says) To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
Blessing or prayer:
Officiant:
_____ and ___, may you find happiness in your matrimony. May you live faithfully together, may you ever remain compassionate. May your years be rich in the joys of life, and your days be long upon the earth.
Pronouncement:
Officiant:
Inasmuch as you _____ and you ___ have promised your love for each other by these vows, the joining of your hands and the giving of these rings, by virtue of the authority vested in me as an Officiant, and the laws of this state, I now pronounce you husband and wife
You may kiss the bride
Officiant:
To _____: Do you_____ take ___, to be your wife? To love her, comfort and keep her, and forsaking all others remain true to her as long as you both shall live?
_____- I do
Officiant:
To ___: Do you___ take _____ to be your husband? To love him, comfort and keep him, and forsaking all others remain true to him as long as you both shall live?
___: I do
Vows with Ring exchange combined***Ring exchange is optional, please let me know if you will not exchange rings and I will change wording to vows only
Officiant:
May I please have the rings
To _____: _____ will you take this ring and place it upon ___’s finger, and as you do, repeat to her, after me, these words:
With this ring, I take you ___ to be my wedded wife.
(_____ says) With this ring I take you, ___ to be my wedded wife.
To have and to hold from this day forward
(_____ says) To have and to hold from this day forward
For better, for worse
(_____ says) For better, for worse;
For richer, for poorer
(_____ says) For richer, for poorer
In sickness and in health,
(_____ says) In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
_____ says) To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
To ___: ___ will you take this ring and place it upon _____’s finger, and as you do, repeat to him, after me, these words:
With this ring, I take you _____ to be my wedded husband.
(___ says) with this ring I take you _____, to be my wedded husband
To have and to hold from this day forward
(___ says) To have and to hold from this day forward
For better, for worse
(___ says) For better, for worse;
For richer, for poorer
(___ says) For richer, for poorer
In sickness and in health,
(___ says) In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
(___ says) To love and to cherish ‘til death do us part.
Blessing or prayer:
Officiant:
_____ and ___, may you find happiness in your matrimony. May you live faithfully together, may you ever remain compassionate. May your years be rich in the joys of life, and your days be long upon the earth.
Pronouncement:
Officiant:
Inasmuch as you _____ and you ___ have promised your love for each other by these vows, the joining of your hands and the giving of these rings, by virtue of the authority vested in me as an Officiant, and the laws of this state, I now pronounce you husband and wife
You may kiss the bride
