CIVIL CEREMONY #24
ESL BRIEF CIVIL CEREMONY – simplified language
PRESENTATION OF THE BRIDE
Is there one of her family who is prepared to present _(Bride)_ to _(Groom)_?
I do. / Her Mom and I do.
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the marriage of _(Bride)_ and _(Groom)_ .
You have been asked to gather here to witness and share in the joy of this union.
DECLARATION
If anyone can show any just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now declare it, or else forever hold his peace.
Please face each other and join hands.
VOWS
_(Groom)_, please repeat after me your vows to your bride?
I take you to be my wife;
To laugh with you in joy,
To grieve with you in sorrow,
To grow with you in love,
To be faithful to you alone,
As long as we both shall live.
_(Bride)_, please repeat after me your vows to your groom?
I take you to be my husband;
To laugh with you in joy,
To grieve with you in sorrow,
To grow with you in love,
To be faithful to you alone,
As long as we both shall live.
RINGS
May I have the rings please?
_(Groom)_, as you place your ring on _(Bride)_’s finger please repeat after me your pledge to your bride?
I, _(Groom)_ ,
give you this ring
as proof of my love,
and as a sign of
the vow I have made.
_(Bride)_ , as you place your ring on _(Groom)_ ‘s finger please repeat after me your pledge to your groom?
I, _(Bride)_,
give you this ring
as proof of my love,
and as a sign of
the vow I have made.
DECLARATION
Since you have consented together in this ceremony to live in wedlock and have sealed your vows in the presence of this company and by the giving of these rings, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Province of Ontario,it gives me great pleasure to pronounce that you are Husband and Wife.
You make kiss the bride!
SIGN DOCUMENTS
PRESENTATION OF THE COUPLE
It gives me great delight to introduce the newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. ————.
RECESSIONAL
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