Mitch The Minister * New Jersey Wedding Officiant * 201-410-6834 or 732-703-6634
Your wedding vows are the perfect time to personalize your wedding ceremony. You can include almost anything you want. Look into the eyes of the person you love the most in the world can be the sweetest moment or a moment of true panic!
Let’s get creative, be traditional, be romantic After presiding as wedding minister for over 3000 weddings, I am proud to say I am the expert wedding officiant: Other ministers from across the country call me for advice and guidance. I have expertise in the following areas:
· non-religious ceremonies
· non-denominational ceremonies
· inter-faith weddings
· same-sex marriages
· traditional weddings
· and much more!
There are basically 3 types of vows:
Repeat after me, broken up into short phrases. No pressure. The easiest way to go
You can repeat a few lines after me, and then read a few things to each other (usually one index card in length), OR:
You can write and read your own vows to each other. I recommend that a good measure for your written vows would fit on 3 index cards.
Feel free to create your own. Remember: There is no rule that you have to say the same vows.
Here are a few examples you can borrow, plagiarize or use some pieces as examples. If you need help, I can walk you through the creative process.
I (Groom/Bride)_______, take you, (Bride/Groom)_______, to be my wedded (wife/husband) to have and to hold. from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part. This is my solemn vow.
I, (Groom/Bride)_______, take you (Bride/Groom), to be my partner in life. I promise to walk by your side forever. and to love, help, and encourage you in all that you do. I will take time to talk with you, to listen to you, and to care for you. I will share your laughter and your tears as your partner, lover, and best friend. Everything I am and everything I have is yours now and forever.
I, (Groom/Bride) _______, take you (Bride/Groom)_______, to be my wife, my partner in life, and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship, and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and honor you; I will laugh with you and cry with you; I will love you faithfully, through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. Whatever may come, I will always be there for you.
Today I have given you my hands to hold, Today I give you my life to keep.
I, (Groom/Bride) _______, take you (Bride/Groom)_______, to be my wedding wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part. This is my solemn vow.
I, (Groom/Bride) _______, take you (Bride/Groom)_______, to be my partner in life. I promise to walk by your side forever, and to love, help and encourage you in all that you do. I will take time to talk with you, to listen to you and to care for you. I will share your laughter and your tears as your partner, lover, and best friend. Everything I am and everything I have is yours now and forever.
(Groom/Bride) _______, my promise to you is but a simple one. I will love you today, tomorrow and everyday that follows until the end of time. With the passing of every minute, my love grows stronger and my devotion grows deeper. I will love and cherish you until m eyes can no longer see your beauty, my ears can no longer hear your loving words, and my hands can no longer feel your tender touch. From this moment until my dying breath, you are my love – you are my life.
______I thank God for bringing you into my life. I choose you this day as my wife/husband, my love and my best friend. I commit myself to you openly, exclusively, and eternally. I promise you my unconditional love, I give you my unwavering trust, and I share with you all the days of my life.
Bride/Groom, I accept you as my wife/husband and life companion from this day forward. I will share what I have and who I am. I will be true to you in all things. I will love you enough to risk being hurt, and trust you when I misunderstand. I will weep with you in heartache, celebrate life with you in joy, and cherish you as my partner today, tomorrow and always.
I, (Groom/Bride)_______, take you (BrideGroom), to be my partner in life. I promise to walk by your side forever. and to love, help, and encourage you in all that you do. I will take time to talk with you, to listen to you, and to care for you. I will share your laughter and your tears as your partner, lover, and best friend. Everything I am and everything I have is yours now and forever.
