Katherine and Anthony Wedding
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Opening
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
After the people have been seated, the minister may state the gift and purpose of Christian marriage, using the following or similar words:
We have come together in the presence of God and others
for the marriage of ANTHONY AND KATHERINE,
to share their joy,
and to promise them our support and love.
Christian marriage is a joyful covenant
between a man and a woman.
In this covenant they proclaim,
before God and man
their commitment to live together
in spiritual, physical, and material unity.
In this covenant they acknowledge
that the great love God has shown for each of them
enables them to love each other.
They affirm that God’s gracious presence
and abiding power are needed
for them to keep their vows,
to continue to live in love,
and to be faithful servants of Christ in this world.
LET US PRAY
DECLARATIONS OF INTENT
The minister addresses the groom:
ANTHONY, do you take KATHERINE to be your wife?
Will you love her, comfort her, honor and protect her,
and forsaking all others, be faithful to her
as long as you both shall live?
The groom says:
I do and will with God’s help
The minister addresses the bride:
KATHERINE, do you take ANTHONY to be your husband?
Will you love him, comfort him, honor and protect him,
and forsaking all others, be faithful to him
as long as you both shall live?
The bride says:
I do and will with God’s help
SCRIPTURES
Marriage is ordained by God.
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
we are not created to live alone
God provides a helper ezer
And we see the further this in Ecc
God says TWO are better than ONE
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
GOD CALLS US TO LOVE in our marraige …what is LOVE?
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
PROMISE
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
After Scripture is read, a brief sermon shall be preached. A hymn, psalm, or other appropriate music may follow.
THE MARRIAGE
VOWS
The minister addresses the couple:
ANTHONY and KATHERINE
join hands,
and in faith make your promises to each other.
The bride and groom face each other, join hands, and say their vows to each other.
I, ANTHONY , take you, KATHERINE, to be my wife/husband,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish
as long as we both shall live.
To this covenant I pledge myself,
truly, with all my heart.
GIVING AND RECEIVING OF RINGS
If rings are to be exchanged, the minister may say to the groom:
What do you bring as a sign of your promise?
The minister shall receive the ring for the bride from its bearer and may pray:
Bless, O Lord, the giving of this ring,
that he who gives it and she who wears it
may live in love and faithfulness all their days,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
As the groom places the ring on the bride’s finger, he says:
KATHERINE, I give you this ring
as a sign of the covenant
we have made today,
in the name of the Father and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
Then the minister may say to the bride:
What do you bring as a sign of your promise?
The minister shall receive the ring for the groom from its bearer and may pray:
Bless, O Lord, the giving of this ring,
that she who gives it and he who wears it
may live in love and faithfulness all their days,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
As the bride places the ring on the groom’s finger, she says:
ATHONY, I give you this ring
as a sign of the covenant
we have made today,
in the name of the Father and the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE
The minister addresses the congregation:
Anthony and Katherine
have made their covenant of marriage together
before God and all here present,
by solemn vows,
with the joining of hands
and the giving and receiving of rings.
Therefore, I declare that they are husband and wife;
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Anthony you may kiss your bride
Following the nuptial kiss/embrace, the minister continues:
BLESSING
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
