Kelly and Scott's Wedding Ceremony Script with Everything Perfectly Nerdy.

​Kelly and Scott are an amazing couple!  I loved working with them from start to finish.  They had a very intimate wedding with close family and friends at The Milltop in Noblesville, IN.  They had a few things they HAD to have in their wedding ceremony.  A quote from the Disney movie "Up!" and another from Harry Potter.  What made their wedding ceremony was their wedding rings.  They made their own wedding rings!  They took a workshop that taught them how to smith their own rings and walked them through the entire process.  We personalized their ring exchange to include it.  I had a such a fun time following their Instagram posts from their honeymoon as they adopted their own droid in Disney and did everything they ever wanted to do in Walt Disney Word!

This is another example of a power-packed short and sweet wedding ceremony.  It's all in the words - their substance and intent - and the delivery.  
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Welcoming

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for being here today.  We are gathered here to celebrate the union of two faithful souls.  (A quote from Bill and Fleur's Wedding in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows)
 
This wedding is a celebration of family, it is the blending of two families that have been separate up to this moment, but united from this day forward – blending their different traditions and, by doing so, strengthening the family tree. To honor this uniting of the families, Kelly and Scott wish to ask their parent’s blessing.

The Presentation of the Bride and Groom


(Names of) Kelly’s Mother and Father, do you offer this couple your goodwill? Do you welcome Scott as a member of your family and give him your love and affection?

They answer: We do

(Names of), Scott’s Mother, do you offer this couple your goodwill? Do you welcome Kelly as a member of your family and give her your love and affection? 

They answer:  We do

And all of you gathered here today are part of the love and support that surround Kelly and Scott.  Do we also have your blessing on this marriage?

The guests answer:  We do!

Thank You very much. 

And now, in the words of Albus Dumbledore, Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure. 

Vows

Scott, do you take Kelly to be your best friend, your faithful partner and one true love?  Do you promise to encourage and inspire her and to love her truly through good times and bad?  Will you be there forever? to laugh with her to lift her up when she’s down and to love her unconditionally through all your adventures in life together?   Scott: I do

​Kelly, do you take Scott to be your best friend, your faithful partner and one true love?  Do you promise to encourage and inspire him and to love him truly through good times and bad?  Will you be there forever? to laugh with him, to lift him up when he’s down and to love him unconditionally through all your adventures in life together?  Kelly: I do

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Declaration of Intent

Kelly and Scott, do you promise to stay together “Until the very end?”   We Do
A lifetime from now, when someone asks “Even after all this time?”  What will your answer be?  Always.  

Ring Exchange

The Meaning of the Rings
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You’ve both chosen to wear rings as a reminder of these promises. People often say wedding bands are a perfect circle, with no beginning and no end. But these rings did have a beginning. Not only were the stones formed a long time ago deep with the earth and eventually, a series of lucky events caused them to rise to the surface, where someone dug them up. But you personally took the raw metal, liquefied it, molded it into rings, cooled them, and painstakingly polished them. Love is like that. It comes from humble beginnings, and through a combination of serendipity and effort, imperfect beings shape it into something extraordinary. It’s the process of making something beautiful where there was once nothing at all. As you look at these rings over the years, I hope you remember that. You’ve created something invaluable, and just as I know you’ll protect these rings, I’m confident you’ll protect the commitments you’ve made to one other today. I would also like to point out that the two of you literally smithed these rings yourselves.  You took the time, invested in the workshop, took the time to learn how to create a wedding band - starting with a practice ring - working at it until you got it right - looking at all the details - What is the size of my finger? Is it the ring going to be to big or too small? Is my finger swollen right now or not? The person helping you assured you that if you didn’t get it quite right you could just melt it down and start again. Remember THAT part. The gold that is your wedding band is malleable. You can melt it down and create a new ring. Let Love be the basis of your relationship, know that love itself is also malleable. Your love will change over the years and it will continually express itself in different ways.  

Ring Exchange

Scott, as you place the ring on Kelly’s finger, please repeat after me:
I Scott, take thee, Kelly to be my Wife.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer or for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow,
and I promise my love to you,
for as long as we both shall live.
I bring you this ring, forged by my hands for yours with love." and "you & me….we’re in a club now. And you will always be my greatest adventure.

Kelly, as you place the ring on Scott’s finger, please repeat after me:
I Kelly, take thee, Scott to be my husband.
To have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer or for poorer,
in joy and in sorrow,
and I promise my love to you,
for as long as we both shall live.
I bring you this ring, forged by my hands for yours with love." and "you & me….we’re in a club now. And you will always be my greatest adventure.

Final Blessing

Kelly and Scott, Go into the world and fulfill your dreams. Love, support, and help one another as you grow. Seek out opportunities to be good to each other. May the seeds of your love, now planted in marriage, continue to grow. May your life together be as a pebble dropped in a pond; an example of love and unity spread outward to your family, your friends and the wider circle of the world.

Pronouncement

I now pronounce you Husband and Wife!
Scott, you may kiss your bride!

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Mathlers! (This is not their real name.  They are both keeping their names so they created a combination of both for fun!  :-) 

I am open to marrying any couple. It is my goal to meet each couple where they are and help them to have a positive wedding experience.  In order to meet you where you are, I approach every wedding with an open mind - I don’t know anything about you until you tell me and that’s only if you choose to tell me.  Wedding ceremony scripts have been written for years for brides and grooms. Now, bride and bride or groom and groom are very common. Some couples are choosing to forego traditional gender roles altogether and are  using the terms spouse or partner. If you have made the choice to use non-traditional pronouns, please let me know and I am happy to honor your preferences.   Any wedding ceremony script can be changed to reflect your personal preferences.