Romantic Elopement Ceremony 1

Romantic Elopement 1

This is my go-to ceremony.  I perform this particular ceremony more than any other ceremony.  If you come to my office or I come to you and you have no preference for your ceremony, this is the one I use.  It's based on "Union" by Robert Fulgham.  The beginning is a great option for the main-body of your ceremony and you can change the vow and ring options if you want.  Links are below for the options!

If you are getting married in our Office and Peter is your officiant, you can view his go-to ceremony here. 

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Name and Name, You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes,  indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks - all those sentences that began with "When we're married" and continued with "I will and you will and we will" - those late night talks that included "someday and somehow and maybe"- and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, "You know all those things we've promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word." Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another. Now, you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between us. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this is my husband, and this is my wife. (Or, partner for life.)​

Vows
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Do you Name, take Name, to be your husband/wife/partner, 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; until death do you part?

Do you Name, take Name, to be your husband/wife/partner, 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; until death do you part?

​Ring Exchange

These rings are symbols of your marriage vows, the ties that bind you together as husband/wife/marriage partners/in marriage.

Please place the rings on each other's fingers and say: With this ring, I marry you. 
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The two of you have declared your love for each other and your intent to enter into marriage with the exchanging of vows and of rings.  By the power vested in me by the state of Indiana, I now pronounce you Husband/Wife/Married!

You may kiss your Bride!
You may seal this marriage with a kiss!
You don't have to kiss at all.

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