- Wedding
- PRELUDE
- SEATING OF GRANDMOTHERS:
SEATING OF MOTHERS:
PROCESSIONAL: bridal chorus
- ANNOUNCEMENT:
- GUESTS MAY BE SEATED NOW
- STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
- WE ARE GATHERED HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO UNITE
__________________________________ AND ________________________________
IN HOLY MATRIMONY AS THEY PROMISE TO FACE THE FUTURE TOGETHER,
ACCEPTING WHATEVER JOY OR SADNESS MAY LIE AHEAD.
- GIVING OF Bride:
- Who doth bring _______________________________ (Bride)
to give her hand in marriage to ______________________________ (Groom)
- RESPONSE: " I Do"
- PRAYER: Ask the Lord's blessing
- SONG:
- INSTRUCTION:
- Cleryman, Bride, Groom, Matron of Honor, and Best man ascend the Chancel area during song
HAPPY & HOLY IS THE SACRED HOUR WHEN TWO DEVOTED HEARTS ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY THE TIES OF MATRIMONY.
IT IS GOD'S PLAN FOR TWO TO BE TOGETHER.
____________________________ & _____________________________
NOTHING IS EASIER THAN SAYING WORDS.
NOTHING IS HARDER, THAN LIVING THEM, DAY AFTER DAY.
WHAT YOU PROMISE TODAY MUST BE RENEWED & REDECIDED
TOMORROW AND EACH DAY THAT STRETCHES OUT BEFORE YOU.
AT THE END OF THIS CEREMONY, LEGALLY, YOU WILL BE HUSBAND & WIFE,
BUT STILL YOU MUST DECIDE EACH DAY THAT YOU WANT TO BE MARRIED.
ALL OF US KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEEPLY IN LOVE.
BUT BEYOND THE WARMTH & GLOW, THE EXCITEMENT & ROMANCE,
WHAT IS LOVE, REALLY?
REAL LOVE IS: CARING AS MUCH ABOUT THE WELFARE & HAPPINESS OF YOUR MARRIAGE PARTNER AS ABOUT YOUR OWN.
REAL LOVE IS NOT POSSESSIVE OR JEALOUS; IT IS LIBERATING, IT SETS YOU FREE TO BECOME YOUR BEST SELF.
REAL LOVE IS NOT TOTAL ABSORPTION IN EACH OTHER;
IT'S LOOKING OUTWARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION ... TOGETHER.
LOVE MAKES BURDENS LIGHTER, BECAUSE YOU DIVIDE THEM.
IT MAKES YOU MORE INTENSE, BECAUSE YOU SHARE THEM.
IT MAKES YOU STRONGER, SO THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT AND BECOME INVOLVED WITH LIFE IN WAYS YOU DARED NOT RISK ALONE.
- The next area is optional:
- Parents) would you please come forward
__________________________________________, (Bride) & _______________________________________(Groom)
would like to present these flowers to their(Mothers)
as a token of their love and to signify their desire for these two familys to share their joy
YOU ARE BEING JOINED TOGETHER TO BECOME ONE FLESH, ONE IN PURPOSE, ONE IN DEVOTION TO GOD.
MARRIAGE IS MORE THAN A CONTRACT.
IT IS WRITTEN INTO THE VERY NATURE OF MAN and INVOLVES A UNION OF TWO PEOPLE.
NOT ONLY IS IT A PHYSICAL UNION, BUT ONE BY GOD and SHOULD NOT BE TAMPERED WITH.
HE MADE A HELP MATE SUITABLE FOR MAN; AND ESTABLISHED THE RITE OF MARRIAGE
THIS MARVELOUS UNION WAS CONFIRMED & BLESSED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY HIS GRACIOUS PRESENCE & MIRACULOUS BLESSING AT THE WEDDING IN CANA OF GALILEE.
IT IS SO SACRED THAT JESUS OFTEN COMPARED HIMSELF TO THE Bride Groom & THOSE WHO LOVE & FOLLOW HIM AS THE Bride.
- DECLARATION OF CONSENT
- IF YE THEN,________________________________ (Groom) & _________________________________ (Bride)
HAVING CHOSEN EACH OTHER AS PARTNERS IN THIS HOLY ESTATE ARE NOW READY.
JOIN YOUR RIGHT HANDS TO ENTER INTO THIS DECLARATION OF CONSENT....
____________________________________ (Groom) WILL YOU HAVE ______________________________ (Bride) TO BE YOUR WEDDED WIFE ?
AND DO YOU PROMISE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THESE WITNESSES THAT YOU WILL LOVE, HONOR AND CHERISH HER?
AND FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, CLEAVE ONLY UNTO HER, AND BE TO HER IN ALL THINGS A TRUE AND FAITHFUL HUSBAND SO LONG AS SHE SHALL LIVE?
(answer "I DO")
___________________________________ (Bride) WILL YOU HAVE _______________________________ (Groom) TO BE YOUR WEDDED HUSBAD?
AND DO YOU PROMISE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THESE WITNESSES THAT YOU WILL LOVE, HONOR AND CHERISH HIM?
AND FORSAKING ALL OTHERS, CLEAVE ONLY UNTO HIM, AND BE TO HIM IN ALL THINGS A TRUE AND FAITHFUL WIFE SO LONG AS HE SHALL LIVE?
(answer "I DO")
STATEMENT OF FAMILY POSITION:
- The husband and wife are of equal worth before God.
Both bear God’s image but each in differing ways.
The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people.
A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church.
He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect and to lead his family.
A wife is to submit graciously to the SERVANT LEADERSHIP of her husband even as the church wilingly submits to the headship of Christ.
She, being in ‘the image of God’ as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his ‘helper’ in managing their household and in nurturing the next generation.”
- SONG:
- THE WEDDING RING IS A SYMBOL OF MARRIAGE IN AT LEAST TWO WAYS:
THE PURITY OF THE GOLD SYMBOLIZES THE PURITY OF YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER,
AND THE UNENDING CIRCLE A SYMBOL OF THE UNENDING VOWS WHICH YOU ARE TAKING,
- EXCHANGE OF RINGS and VOWS
- (ask bestman)
MAY I HAVE THE Bride's RING?
___________________________ (Groom) PLACE THIS RING ON _____________________________ (Bride's) FINGER AND REPEAT AFTER ME:
___________________________ (Bride) WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED,
WITH LOYAL LOVE, I THEE ENDOW,
AND ALL MY EARTHLY GOODS, WITH THEE I SHARE,
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
(ask maid of honor)
MAY I HAVE THE Groom’s RING?
__________________________ (Bride) PLACE THIS RING ON _______________________________(Groom's) FINGER AND REPEAT AFTER ME:
__________________________ (Groom) WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED,
WITH LOYAL LOVE I THEE ENDOW,
AND ALL MY EARTHLY GOODS, WITH THEE I SHARE,
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE PROMISES YOU HAVE MADE TO EACH OTHER,
ACTING IN THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL,
AND ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
I HERE AND NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE,
AND WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER,
LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER.
LET US PRAY.......
__________________________ (Groom) YOU MAY KISS YOUR Bride NOW!
Bride takes flowers from Matron of Honor, turns and takes Grooms right arm .....
LADIES & GENTLEMEN I NOW PRESENT TO YOU
MR AND MRS " ____________________________________
RECESSIONAL:
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