Here is a wonderful list of wedding ceremony scripts that you can download and take for your personal use.
At the base of your entire wedding day is the ceremony, where you take the vow to spend the rest of your life with the one that you love. Somehow throughout all of the planning, this doesn’t seem to draw the attention that all the other details due like the color scheme, hair, nails, venue etc. etc. The fact that you are here shows that you’re planning your wedding the right way by putting effort into one of the things that truly
Traditional Christian Wedding Ceremony Script
Traditional Jewish Wedding Ceremony Script
Non-Religious Wedding Ceremony Script
Buddhist Wedding Ceremony Script
Muslim Wedding Ceremony Script
Wiccan / Pagan Wedding Ceremony Script
The Basics Of A Wedding Ceremony Script
Your wedding will be one of the biggest days of your life. Everyone celebrates based on their own traditions and views. On the day of the wedding, the ceremony script is the heart of the wedding ceremony. Wedding ceremony scripts can be one of a kind or general. Wedding scripts can be long or short, they are sometimes given to the bride and the prep or simply ran through during the rehearsal so they will have an opportunity to practice.
On the day of the wedding, in the midst of your friends and relatives, first, the groom will walk down with his mother then stand alone at the altar with the Minister/Celebrant. Then the rest of the wedding party will come down and stand on the side of either the bride or the groom. Lastly, the bride accompanied by her father or loved one will step out. A new song of her choice will begin, all of the guests will stand and she will walk down the aisle.
At that point, the Minister/Celebrant will welcome everyone to the wedding and thank them for coming to join you. They will then ask the question “who gives this bride?” The father or loved one will say “I do” and give the bride to the groom.
The wedding ceremony script usually starts with a bit of scripture from the bible about marriage, a large quote, or a short reading from a book that relates to marriage.
The Consecration
The Minister/Celebrant will announce that they will be beginning the part of the ceremony where the couple will vow to spend the rest of their lives together. They will often talk about what it means to take these vows and how serious sacred of a vow that it is.
The Vows
From here you have a couple of options. You can choose to say your own vows to each other or you can have your Minister/Celebrant read vows for you and simply say “I Do”. From my experience, there is something very special about writing your own vows. I have seen many wedding ceremonies and personally been part of them. My wife and I still say we wish that we would have written our own vows.
The Declaration of Intent
The declaration of intent is the point at which the Minister/Celebrant will have you take one another’s hands. They will ask you if you promise to take your partner for the rest of
The Ring Exchange
After your I do’s it will be time to exchange your rings. The Minister/Celebrant will often talk about the meaning behind the wedding ring and what it symbolizes. They will tell the groom to place the ring on the ring finger of the left hand and repeat after them. The words you will be asked to repeat are generally along the lines of the following. This ring as a symbol of my love, commitment, and the eternal vows we have made today to each other. With this ring, I thee wed.
The Pronouncement
The pronouncement is where the Minister/Celebrant will pronounce that you are husband and wife.
The Kiss
Once you are pronounced husband and wife the Minister/Celebrant will tell the groom that they may now kiss the bride. As you kiss you will hear the cheer of all of your friends and family!
The Presentation
Now that you are officially husband and wife the Minister/Celebrant will say something like the following. “Ladies and gentlemen it is with great honor that I now present to you Mr & Mrs. Last Name
The Exit
The crowd will continue to cheer and your exit music will play. You will then walk back down the aisle followed by your wedding party. It is custom but not a must for the bride and groom to stand at the entrance of the reception venue and thank all of the guests for coming as they enter the reception venue.
Conclusion
There are a ton of things to think about when planning your wedding ceremony. The wedding ceremony script is fundamentally the heart of the service itself. It educates you regarding everything that will be said in the tradition. Whoever is performing the ceremony will fill in the things that should be stated, however, you can put in whatever else you need. I hope that I have given you if not every minor detail, at least a really nice overview of the things that will most likely take place in your wedding ceremony script.
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