
[MINSTER]: INVOCATION AND LORD'S PRAYER

O LORD OF LIFE AND LOVE, OF LIGHT AND FAITH, WHO IN JESUS CHRIST
OUR LORD GAVE YOUR BLESSING AT THE WEDDING IN CANA OF GALILEE,
BE PRESENT HERE THIS DAY AS THESE TWO COME TO BE JOINED AS WIFE
AND HUSBAND. EVEN AS THEY HAVE BEEN DRAWN TOGETHER IN LOVE FOR 
EACH OTHER, NOW JOIN THEM IN A LOVE BORN OUT OF THEIR DESIRE TO
WALK IN YOUR PATH. THROUGH HIM WHO TAUGHT US TO PRAY, SAYING,

"OUR FATHER ..."

[MINISTER]: READING OF SCRIPTURE - 1ST CORINTHIANS 13
IF I SPEAK WITH THE LANGUAGES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS, BUT DON`T HAVE
LOVE, I HAVE BECOME SOUNDING BRASS, OR A CLANGING CYMBAL.
IF I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY, AND KNOW ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE;
AND IF I HAVE ALL FAITH, SO AS TO REMOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT DON`T HAVE LOVE,
I AM NOTHING. 
IF I BESTOW ALL MY GOODS TO FEED THE POOR, AND IF I GIVE MY BODY TO BE BURNED,
BUT DON`T HAVE LOVE, IT PROFITS ME NOTHING. 
LOVE IS PATIENT AND IS KIND; LOVE DOESN`T ENVY. LOVE DOESN`T BRAG, AND IS NOT PROUD, 
IT DOESN`T BEHAVE ITSELF INAPPROPRIATELY, DOESN`T SEEK ITS OWN WAY, IS NOT PROVOKED, AND TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF EVIL; 
IT DOESN`T REJOICE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH; 
IT BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS. 
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
BUT WHERE THERE ARE PROPHECIES, THEY WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH.
WHERE THERE ARE VARIOUS LANGUAGES, THEY WILL CEASE.
WHERE THERE IS KNOWLEDGE, IT WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH. 
FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART;  BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS COMPLETE
HAS COME, THEN THAT WHICH IS PARTIAL WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH. 
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPOKE AS A CHILD, I FELT AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD.
NOW THAT I HAVE BECOME A MAN, I HAVE PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS. 
FOR NOW WE SEE IN A MIRROR, DIMLY, BUT THEN FACE TO FACE.
NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN I WILL KNOW FULLY, EVEN AS I WAS ALSO FULLY KNOWN. 
BUT NOW REMAIN FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE: OF THESE, THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. 

[THE SERVICE OF MATRIMONY]
[MINISTER]: DEAR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, WE ARE GATHERED HERE
TODAY, BELIEVING THAT GOD IS PRESENT WITH US AS WE CELEBRATE
THE COMING TOGETHER IN LOVE OF THIS WOMAN AND THIS MAN.
WE REMEMBER THAT MARRIAGE IS A TIME WHEN A GROWING LOVE
IS MADE PUBLIC, WHEN TWO PEOPLE SHARE MUTUAL PROMISES
BEFORE GOD AND BEFORE US. WE JOIN IN OUR PRAYERFUL SUPPORT
OF THEM AS THEY OFFER THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR JOY, THEIR LOVE, AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
WE PRAY FOR THEM THE BLESSED PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST, THAT
WHATEVER HUMAN WEAKNESSES EXIST WILL BE OVERCOME BY HIS
FORGIVENESS AND HIS STYLE OF RELATIONSHIPS.

[ DECLARATION OF INTENT]
[MINISTER TO GROOM]

%%CUSTOMER1A%%, WILL YOU HAVE %%CUSTOMER2A%% TO BE YOUR
WIFE,  TO LIVE WITH HER, RESPECT HER, AND LOVE HER AS GOD INTENDS WITH THE PROMISE OF FAITHFULNESS, TENDERNESS, 
AND HELPFULNESS, AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE?

[GROOM]: "I WILL, GOD BEING MY HELPER"

[MINISTER TO BRIDE]
%%CUSTOMER2A%%, WILL YOU HAVE %%CUSTOMER1A%% TO BE YOUR
HUSBAND, TO LIVE WITH HIM, RESPECT HIM, AND LOVE HIM AS GOD
INTENDS WITH THE PROMISE OF FAITHFULNESS, TENDERNESS, AND
HELPFULNESS, AS LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE?

[BRIDE]: "I WILL, GOD BEING MY HELPER"

[MINISTER]: "WHO PRESENTS THIS BRIDE TO US?"

[FATHER OF THE BRIDE]: "HER FAMILY PRESENTS HER
WITH PRAYERFUL LOVE"
	(THE BRIDE'S HAND IS GIVEN OVER TO THE GROOM.)

[THE VOWS]

[MINISTER TO BRIDE]: "REPEAT AFTER ME:
	I, %%CUSTOMER2A%%,
	TAKE YOU,%%CUSTOMER1A%%,
	TO BE MY HUSBAND.
	TO LIVE WITH YOU AND TO LOVE
	FROM THIS TIME FORWARD
	UNTIL DEATH SEPARATES US.
	I PROMISE TO BE UNDERSTANDING, FORGIVING,
	AND SEEKING OF YOUR HAPPINESS
	AS WE GROW TOGETHER IN GOD'S GRACE".

[MINISTER TO GROOM] "REPEAT AFTER ME:
	I %%CUSTOMER1A%%, TAKE YOU, %%CUSTOMER2A%%,
	TO BE MY WIFE,
	TO LIVE WITH YOU AND TO LOVE
	FROM THIS TIME FORWARD
	UNTIL DEATH SEPARATES US.
	I PROMISE TO BE UNDERSTANDING, FORGIVING,
	AND SEEKING OF YOUR HAPPINESS
	AS WE GROW TOGETHER IN GOD'S GRACE".

[PRESENTATION OF THE RINGS]

[MINISTER TO BOTH]: THIS (THESE) RING(S) IS (ARE) A CIRCLE,
A SYMBOL OF THE NEVER-ENDING LOVE THAT YOU HAVE
PROMISED TO EACH OTHER. MAY I REMIND YOU BOTH THAT
THE LOVE ONLY ENDURES AS WE GROW TOGETHER IN CHRIST'S
LOVE.

[THE RING VOW SPOKEN BY EACH PARTNER IN TURN]:
[MINISTER TO GROOM AND BRIDE IN TURN]: "TAKE IT, PLACE IT ON
(HER/HIS) FINGER, AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
	"I GIVE YOU THIS RING TO WEAR AS A SIGN OF MY PROMISE
	TO LOVE AND GROW WITH YOU".

[PRAYER]
[MINISTER]: "ETERNAL GOD, AS THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE AND PEACE,
WE PRAY THAT %%CUSTOMER1A%% AND %%CUSTOMER2A MAY NOW
BE UNITED IN A RELATIONSHIP BLESSED BY YOUR HOLY PRESENCE.
WHEN THEY MAKE MISTAKES, HELP THEM TO CORRECT THOSE MISTAKES WITH SELF-GIVING LOVE; WHEN CHILDISHNESS CREEPS
IN, HELP THEM TO OVERCOME IT WITH MATURING FORGIVENESS; WHEN MISUNDERSTANDING ENTERS, HELP THEM TO SEEK OUT YOUR
WISDOM AND BE UNITED IN A TRUSTING BOND THAT WILL ENDURE
FOR ALL TIME, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN".

[PRONOUNCEMENT]

[MINSTER]: "SINCE %%CUSTOMER1A%% AND %%CUSTOMER2A%%
 HAVE EXCHANGED PROMISES OF MUTUAL LOVE AND HAVE PROFESSED
BEFORE THOSE OF US GATHERED HERE, THAT THEY WILL LIVE
TOGETHER AS UNDERSTANDING, MATURE PERSONS IN GOD S SIGHT,
I NOW DECLARE THAT THEY ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE IN THE NAME
OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN".

[BENDICTION (IF ANY)]

[ORGAN RECESSIONAL]
