Ministe:We are gathere here today in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together (Groom's Name) and (Bride's Name) in holy matrimony; which is an honorabel estate, instituted of God ,since the first man and the first woman walked on the earth,Therefore; it is not to be entred into unadvisedly or reverently and soberly. Into this holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. Who gives this woman to be married to this man?
Father:My wife and I do
(Then the bride is given away)
Minister:I require and charge you both that if either of you know any impediment why you may not be lawfully joined together in matrimory,you confess it now.Be assured that if any of persons are joined together otherwise than as God's word allows, their marriage is not lawful.
minister(addressing the groom):
(Groom's Name),do you take (Bride's Name) for your lawful wedded wife,to live together after God's ordinance,in the holy estate of matrimony?will you love,honor ,comfort,and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?
Groom:I do
minister(addressing the bride):
(Bride's Name ), do you take(Groom's Name ) for your lawful wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love ,honor,comfort,and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?
Bride: I do
(At this point the couple may improvise by playing a favorite song,reading a scripture,etc suggested scriptures might be genesis 2:21-25,mark 10:6-8 and 1 cor 13:4-70)
reader1: A reading from the book of Genesis, chapter2, versus 21 through 25:
So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep: and while he was sleeping ,he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.Then the Lord God mand a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.The man said,"this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman' ,for she was taken out of man." For this reason a wan will leave his father and mother and be untied to his wife,and they will become one flesh. The man an his wife were both naked ,and they felt no shame.
Reader2: A reading from the gospel of Mark ,chaper10, versus 6 through8:
But at the beginning of creation God made them male and female.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two become one flesh.So they are no longer two,butone.
Reader3; A reading frm the Apostle Paul, the first letter to the Corinthians , chaper 13,verses 4 through 7:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,. it does not boast,it is not proud. It is not rude,it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈;爱是不嫉妒;爱是不自夸,不张狂,不做害羞的事,不求自己的益处,不轻易发怒,不计算人的恶,不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理;凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事忍耐.
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