1.

The Processional

First off, the processional. This is when members of your immediate family and
wedding party head down the aisle and either find a seat or take their places on
either side of the altar. The processional begins with the grandparents, flows
through the parents, groom, officiant, wedding party, flower girl, and ring
bearer, and ends with the bride making her entrance.

2. Words of Welcome
Officiant: Welcome, family, friends and loved ones. We gather here today to
celebrate the wedding of NAME and NAME. You have come here to share in
this formal commitment they make to one another, to offer your love and
support to this union, and to allow NAME and NAME to start their married life
together surrounded by the people dearest and most important
to them.So welcome to one and all, who have traveled from near and far.
NAME and NAME thank you for your presence here today and now ask for
your blessing, encouragement, and lifelong support, for their decision to be
married.

3. Opening Remarks and Introduction

Officiant: Marriage is perhaps the greatest and most challenging adventure of
human relationships. No ceremony can create your marriage; only you can do
that—through love and patience; through dedication and perseverance; through
talking and listening, helping and supporting and believing in each other;
through tenderness and laughter; through learning to forgive, learning to
appreciate your differences, and by learning to make the important things
matter, and to let go of the rest. What this ceremony can do is to witness and
affirm the choice you make to stand together as lifemates and partners.

5. Exchange Vows
Officiant: Dearly beloved and honored guests:
We are gathered together here to join NAME and NAME in the union of
marriage.
Officiant: And now:
NAME, do you take NAME to be your husband/wife?
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish, and protect him/her, forsaking all
others, and holding only unto him/her forevermore?
[“I do.”] (repeat)
6. The Ring Exchange
Officiant: NAME and NAME will now exchange rings as a symbol of love and
commitment to each other. Rings are a precious metal; they are also made
precious by you wearing them. Your wedding rings are special; they enhance
who you are. They mark the beginning of your long journey together. Your
wedding ring is a circle—a symbol of love never ending. It is the seal of the
vows you have just taken to love each other without end.
NAME, please place the ring on NAME’s left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love
That I have chosen you
Above all else
With this ring, I thee wed.

And NAME, please place the ring on NAME’s left hand and repeat after me:
As a sign of my love
That I have chosen you
Above all else
With this ring, I thee wed.
7. The Kiss
Officiant: And now by the power vested in me, it is my honor and delight to
declare you married. Go forth and live each day to the fullest. You may seal this
declaration with a kiss.
[Kiss]
I am so pleased to present the newlyweds, NAMES.

Final Blessings
Officiant: To make your relationship work will take love. Continue to date each
other. Take time to show each other that your love and marriage grows stronger
with time. It will take trust to know that in your hearts, you truly want what is
best for each other. It will take dedication to stay open to one another—and to
learn and grow together. It will take loyalty to go forward together, without
knowing exactly what the future brings.
And it will take commitment to hold true to the journey you have both pledged
today. Congratulations to the newly wed Mr. and Mrs. Fanclen Lotrago. May
God bless and guide your new journey as couple.
(Contract signing)

9. The Recessional

The officiant introduces the married couple for the first time. Then, the bride
and groom lead the recessional back up the aisle as guests shower you with rice!