Wedding Script Samples- Barb and James's Micro-Elopement

Thank you guests and witnesses for joining us on this momentous day, that while impromptu seemed to be aligned with unforeseen but unmistakable forces. We are here to celebrate the journey of Barbra and James and to cement their union with the covenant of marriage.

Corinthians 13 1

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.

Vows

Barbara Mabe Macon

Do you promise this: that you will laugh in times of joy, and provide comfort in times of sorrow?

Will you share in your dreams and support one another as you achieve your goals?

Will you listen to one another with compassion and understanding and speak to each other with encouragement?

Together, will you build a home filled with learning, laughter, and light?

Do you vow to be partners, friends and lovers, today and all of the days that follow?

If so, say I do? I Do.

James Marvin Herron

Do you promise this: that you will laugh in times of joy, and provide comfort in times of sorrow?

Will you share in your dreams and support one another as you achieve your goals?

Will you listen to one another with compassion and understanding and speak to each other with encouragement?

Together, will you build a home filled with learning, laughter, and light?

Do you vow to be partners, friends and lovers, today and all of the days that follow?

If so, say I do? I Do.

Reading

Love Sonnet 17" by Pablo Neruda

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,

I love you simply, without problems or pride:

I love you in this way because I don’t know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,

so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,

so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

Pronouncement

Barbara and James because you two came here today intending to commit yourselves to one another, because you joined hands and made solemn vows and exchanged rings to remind you of those vows of this commitment, and you are now joined once more as partners in mutual love and respect,

So according to the powers vested in me and the highest power of the land and the sea.

I now pronounce you husband and wife, James please kiss your beautiful wife!

Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to announce for the very first time Mr. and Mrs James Marvin Herren-!!