Ceremony Vows

EXCHANGE OF RINGS
Darlene I give you this ring as a token of my endless love
There is no Ending or Beginning to the circle on this ring
And that's why I have chosen this ring to be a pledge to you that my love will last through all Eternity
May all the Love and Happiness I have found with you go on and on forever and ever.

Colin I give you this ring as a token of my endless love
There is no Ending or Beginning to the circle on this ring
And that's why I have chosen this ring to be a pledge to you that my love will last through all Eternity
May all the Love and Happiness I have found with you go on and on forever and ever

CELEBRANTS OPENING STATEMENT
Ladies and Gentlemen we are gathered here today to bring together in marriage Colin and Darlene.
They have formed a close bond of love and wish to formalise their marriage with this legal ceremony.

Colin and Darlene know there will be wonderful times ahead as well as challenges and their combined love and strength will help them achieve a happy and successful life together.

Both Colin and Darlene feel they are now committed to being formally, spiritually and legally married as husband and wife.
The experience of their love touches us all and it is fitting we should celebrate their happiness with them.
This wedding gives public recognition to the private experience of their love.
At a different level we share it, we rejoice for them and we support them

MONITUM FROM THE MARRIAGE ACT
I, (Celebrants name), a civil celebrant am duly authorised to solomnise this, your marriage, according to the laws of Australia.

Before you are joined together in marriage in my presence, and in the presence of these your family and friends, I am bound to remind you publicly of the solemn, serious and binding nature of the relationship into which you are about to enter.

Marriage, as most of us understand it, is the voluntary and full commitment of a man and woman to each other. It is made in the deepest sense to the exclusion of all others, and it is entered into with the desire, the hope and the firm intention that it will last for life.

God in heaven above please protect the ones we love.
We honour all you created as we pledge our hearts and lives together.
We honour mother-earth - and ask for our marriage to be abundant and grow stronger through the seasons.
We honour fire - and ask that our union be warm and glowing with love in our hearts.
We honour wind - and ask we sail though life safe and calm as in our father's arms.
We honour water - to clean and soothe our relationship - that it may never thirsts for love.
With all the forces of the universe you created, we pray for harmony and true happiness, as we forever grow young together
Amen

THE ASKING
Colin, you have come here today to celebrate the love you have for Darlene. Do you promise to take Darlene as your wife in the special bond of matrimony, to care for her and love her through whatever may come, in your lives together as husband and wife ? (I Do)

Darlene, you have come here today to celebrate the love you have for Colin. Do you promise to take Colin as your husband in the special bond of matrimony, to care for him and love him through whatever may come, in your lives together as husband and wife ? (I Do)

BRIDES READING

    My Dearest Colin,
                  I never dreamed that one could love so deep and true 'til the day I met you.
                  Your smile warmed and lit up my heart, even though we were seas apart.
                  My heart knew I loved you then, and I will love you now until forever ends.
                  I never thought that love could be so endless deep and true,
                  Until the day I gave my heart and all my love to you.
                                            I love you Forever
                                                                           Darlene, your FeatherStar

MARRIAGE VOWS
I Colin, take you Darlene to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and I will love you forever
I will trust you and honour 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
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hand to hold so do I give you my life to keep

I Darlene, take you Colin to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and I will love you forever
I will trust you and honour 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
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hand to hold so do I give you my life to keep

DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE
Colin and Darlene, in the presence of your family and friends, you have made special promises to each other that have been symbolised by joining of hands and the giving of rings.
Therefore on your behalf, on the behalf of family and friends and according to the authority invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may now both seal your marriage with a kiss