Contemporary

Opening words
Dear family and friends - we are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage of Bride and Groom.
Ever since the beginning of time, people have performed ceremonies to mark a transition, a change of status.
Today we gather for the happiest of ceremonies - the change of status from single individuals to a married couple.
Traditionally, that change is indicated by passing the Brides hand from her family to her husband-to-be.
Giving of the Bride:
Who brings this Bride to be married today?

Charge
Today is the day that Bride and Groom will formally and publicly make their promises to one another. Although this is indeed a high point, marriage is a journey not a destination. Marriage is more than any one
single event or promise. It is a series of decisions that have been made, and will continue to be made over and over again, every day, that shows each of their care and concern for the one whom they each love most in the world.
Marriage is a promise that is renewed daily through a couples actions and a responsibility taken on in the spirit of faith, and hope, and love, that brings comfort in times of sadness and heightens our greatest joy.
Bride and Groom may the promises you make this day live always in your hearts and in your home so that all, which you share, now deepens and grows through the years, leading you through a lifetime of happiness.

Vows
Bride and Groom, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you join together in vows of marriage.
Groom - Groom take Bride 's right hand and repeat after me.
Bride, I choose you to be my wife.
I promise freely from this day forward
To be worthy of your trust and deserving of your confidence;
To be generous with my time, my energy and my love;
To be patient with you and with myself,
To trust you;
To be devoted to you, our family, and our life together.
These things I pledge before you, our friends, and our family

Bride - Repeat vows for Groom
I choose you to be my husband.
I promise freely from this day forward
To be worthy of your trust and deserving of your confidence;
To be generous with my time, my energy and my love;
To be patient with you and with myself,
To trust you;
To be devoted to you, our family, and our life together.
These things I pledge before you, our friends, and our family

Ring Ceremony
May I have the rings please
Traditionally, the passage to the status of husband and wife is marked by the exchange of rings. These rings are a symbol of the unbroken circle of love. Love freely given has no beginning and no end, no giver and no receiver for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May these rings always remind you of the vows you have taken.

Groom
"Groom - do you take Bride to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you vow to love her and care for her for as long as you both shall live? Do you promise to be a faithful and loving companion and to always put the promises you make this day above all else?"
(Answer) : "I do."
"Will you now place the ring on your Bride's finger and repeat after me?"
"I, Groom take you Bride to be my wife. I will love and honor you, respect and cherish you all the days of my life."

Bride
" Bride , do you take Groom to be your lawfully wedded husband? Do you vow to love him and care for him for as long as you both shall live? Do you promise to be a faithful and loving companion and to always put the promises you make this day above all else?"
(Answer): "I do."
"Will you now place the ring on your Groom's finger and repeat after me?"
"I Bride take you Groom to be my husband I will love and honor you, respect and cherish you all the days of my life."

Reflection Time:
Declaration of Marriage
Groom and Bride, you have declared before all of us that you will live together in marriage. You have made special promises to each other, which have been symbolized by the joining of hands, taking of vows and the giving and receiving of two rings.
By the authority vested in me, by the State of Florida, I now pronounce you to be husband and wife.
With abiding confidence and affection, we send you forth on your journey of life together. May you be filled with thanks and wonder, humor and fun, hope and perseverance so that you may grow in wisdom and grace. Be loving, patient and kind. And above all, forgive one another.

Pronouncement
You may now kiss the Bride!
Ladies and gentlemen, friends, family, loved ones;
it is with great pleasure that I now introduce to you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Groom.