Wedding Ceremony Script Personalize by Two Women.

Photo taken my Victoria Sprung Photography at the Marott, Indianapolis.

​These two ladies were serving overseas in the military.  They chose Indy as a middle-of-America meeting spot for their friends and family to celebrate their marriage.  

​Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the brides.
                                                                       
We have been invited here today to witness and celebrate the uniting in the marriage of Maddy and Nicole. They are taking the first step of their new beginning; their new life together. The ability and desire for one human being to love another is perhaps the most precious and fulfilling gift that has been entrusted to us. It is an all-consuming task, a lifelong endeavor — the journey we’ve been preparing for all of our lives. Loving someone is a reason to stretch beyond our limits, to become more for the sake of the other. It is to look into the soul of your beloved and accept what you see. Loving is the ultimate commitment which challenges humans to become all that we are meant to be. As they join in marriage today, These ladies are announcing to the world that they are welcoming that challenge.

Only once in your lifetime, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.  You tell them things that you’ve never shared with a soul and they absorb everything you say, and actually want to hear more.  You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you.  They are not embarrassed to cry with you or laugh.  They build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special.  There is a quiet calmness when they are around.  You can be yourself because they love you for all you are.  In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, and you are quite content.  Things that never interested you before become fascinating.  You open your heart, and experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible.  You find that being vulnerable is the only way to feel true pleasure and it’s so real it scares you.  You find strength in knowing you have a true friend who will remain loyal to the end.  Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile.  Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are part of your life.  

Vows 
The ladies wrote their own
                                                                        
Ring Exchange

The Brides will now exchange rings to symbolize their commitment. Rings are derived from humble beginnings of imperfect metal to create something striking where there was once nothing at all. It is customarily worn on the ring finger as it is the only finger with a vein running directly to the heart. The wearing of the rings is a visible, outward sign that they have committed themselves to one another.


Maddy, as you place the ring on Nicole's finger, please repeat after me:
I, Maddy, will share my life with yours, Build our dreams together,
Support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives.  

Nicole, as you place the ring on Maddy's finger, please repeat after me:
I, Nicole, will share my life with yours, Build our dreams together,
Support you through times of trouble, and rejoice with you in times of happiness. I promise to give you respect, love and loyalty. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made new every day of our lives. 

Do you Maddy, take Nicole, to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part.

Maddy:  I do

Do you Nicole, take Maddy, to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part.
Nicole:  I do

Maddy and Nicole, you have come here today of your own free will and in the presence of family and friends, have declared your love and commitment to each other. You have given and received a ring as a symbol of your promises. By the power of your love and commitment to each other, and by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you lawfully wedded wives. You may now kiss your bride!

​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.