Elopement Ceremony To Reflect Same-Sex Couple Groom/Groom





Elopement Ceremony Option 2 - Nonreligious

nonreligious elopement ceremony
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.
Pledge/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 husband? To you love him, comfort and keep him, and forsaking all others remain true to him 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:

Officiant:

Now that you have declared your intentions, I invite you to share your vows with one another.

Officiant: 

_______ repeat to ________, after me, these words:

I take you ___ to be my wedded husband.
(_____ says)  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.


Officiant:

_______, repeat to _________, after me, these words:

I take you _____ to be my wedded husband.
(___ says) 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.

Exchange of rings, the blessing.
(optional let me know if you will be exchanging rings)

Officiant:

These rings have no beginning and no end. They set forth the eternal nature of real love. They will represent the love and trust that _____ and ___ promise to each other this day.

To _____: _____ will you take this ring and place it upon ___’s finger, and as you do, repeat to him, after me, these words:

I give you this ring.
(_____ will say): I give you this ring,
As I give you myself,
(_____ will say) as I give you myself,
With love and affection
(_____ will say) with love and affection.
Wear it in peace always
(_____ will say) Wear it in peace always.

To ___: ___ will you take this ring and place it upon _____’s finger, and as you do, repeat to him, after me, these words:

I give you this ring,
(___ says) I give you this ring,
As I give you myself
(___ says) as I give you myself,
With love and affection
(___ says) with love and affection.
Wear it in peace always
(___ says) Wear it in peace always.

___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 married

 You may seal your marriage with a kiss


*Please let me know If you have a preferred pronoun .