Marcia and Kurt's Christian Wedding Ceremony Script - Elope on Monument Circle

​Marcia and Kurt's Monument Circle Elop


Good afternoon. It is truly a blessing for two people to find one another and to love so deeply that they embrace the bond of marriage. That is why we are all here today, to witness and celebrate their commitment to this union. On behalf of them, I welcome you all.



Although this is their day, it is also a tribute to all of you. For knowing you and interacting with you has helped to make Marcia and Kurt who they needed to be to find each other. They would like to thank you all for that. You all hold a place in their hearts reserved for those that they have chosen to call “Family” and “Friends” and they are deeply grateful for each and every one of you here today.

Marriage is a gift from God, a miracle. After speaking to you both, it is obvious that you already know some of the great blessings marriage has to offer. It is an opportunity to feel the joy of taking care of someone who takes care of you, to be challenged towards growth yet gently nurtured, to love deeply and receive it in return. It is about trust, friendship and having a partner to share all life has to offer. It is a commitment to participate in a process of mutual evolution, understanding and forgiveness. It is indeed a sacred union to be treated with reverence.

Marcia, Kurt is a gift to you from God, but he is not a gift for you alone. It is God’s will that in your love, this man might find within himself a greater sense of who he is meant to be. You are asked to see the good in this man, to accept him for who he is and who he shall be. In this way, God’s purpose shall be accomplished in this relationship. May this man find the kingdom of heaven through the love you share.  

And so it is with you also Kurt, that although Marscia is God’s gift to you, she is not a gift intended for you alone. You are asked by God to so love this woman, that in your love she might find herself as God has
created her, so beautiful and strong and brave and true, that the entire world might be blessed by the presence of a woman who shines so. May she relax in your arms as she has never relaxed before. May she know, from now on, that there is one on whose love she can depend on forever.

May you both create, with God, a piece of heaven on earth.

Vows

Do you, Kurt, take this woman, Marcia, to be your lawful wedded
wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live.

Kurt: “I Do”

And do you, Marcia, take this man, Kurt, to be your lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health as long as you both shall live.

Marcia “I Do”


The rings are the universal symbols of marriage.  They mean many things.  From now on you will wear these rings and they will remind you...  They will remind you of the endless circle that they are.  Like love, there is no beginning and no end.  They will remind you daily that you are married.  Sometimes they will remind you of the commitment that you have made - for better or worse.  But, may they always remind you that there is one other person in the world that has pledged to love you forever, through thick and through thin and with all that they have. 

Marcia, I give you this ring with all that I am and all that I ever will be.  Wear it and know that I love you.
As you place the ring on her finger 
With this ring, I thee wed


Kurt, I give you this ring with all that I am and all that I ever will be.  Wear it and know that I love you.
As you place the ring on his finger
With this ring, I thee wed

May the two of you be blessed by God, May you be touched by Angels, May your hearts stay full, may your spirits stay connected and may you love long, and happily in each other’s arms. 

I now pronounce you Husband and wife!

You may kiss your bride. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson!

May you live happily ever after!