Entrance Processional

Husband escorts his wife down the aile and faces the minister.

The minister opens the service with a prayer. Let us pray, Dear Lord in the new testament you say that weherever two or more of us are joined in your Name that you would be there also. We humblely pray that would join us now as ________ & ________ stand before you today to renew and reaffirm their vows of love and marriage. Please be with them, bless them, and let this union continue to endure and progress in the love they have dor each other. Amen.

The minister continues -- Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to reaffirm the vows of love asnd marriage that exists between ________ and ________. Marriage is a most honorable estate created by our Lord signifying unto us the mystical union between a man and a woman, this union also exists between Christ and His Church. So to may this marriage be adourned also by a true and everlasting love that we pray shall continue through eternity.

When Christ performed His miracle at a wedding of Cana in Galilee by turning water into wine, he showed the world His respect for this Holy Sacrament. The Biblke commends marriage to honored by all people.

Bible Reading from Corinthians

Love endures and is kind.
Love is not envious or jealous.
Love wants not for itself.
Love is not puffed up, nor does it behave wrongly.
Love seeks not for it's own.
Love is not easily provoked.
Love is not rude.
Love thinks No evil.
Love does not rejoice in wrong, but dweels in the truth.
Love bears all things, beleives all things, endures all things, and love never fails.

The minister continues -- The Union of husband and wife is one of the heart, mind, and body and is intended by the Lord for their mutual joy, for the help and comfort given to one another in the times of prosperity and adversity. The union grows as the couple become one in more and more ways on a growing basis as their love for one another expands.

________ & ________, life is given to us as individuals and the first lesson we must learn is how to live together with each other as a married couple. Love is given to us by our family and friends, We learn to love by being loved. Learning to love and learning to live together is one of life's greatest challenges. This is the goal of a married life.

But the husband and wife should not confuse the love of worldly measures, for even if worldly sucess is fiund, Only love can hold a marriage together. Mankind did not creat love, God created love and teaches it to us. The measure of a true love is one given freely and a love that is freely accepted,just as God's love for us is given freely and unconditional. Today is a glorius day that God has made as you reaffirm your love and vows for each other. Both of you are blessed with God's greatest gift of all, an abidding and true love of each other, and the reward of a life long companionship that entered your life through the love in your lives. As yoy travel through this life together remember it was love that got you here, it is love that will continue in your lives, and it is love that will cause this union to endure. I ask that you guard your heart and your love for one another, and hold it tightly in your hearts.

Vows

The minister asks the couple to join hands and continues with the vows.

________, will you continue to have ________ as your husband and continue to live in this marriage. Do you reaffirm your love for him, and will you love him, keep him, and honor him in sickness and in health, and foresaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you shall live?

________, will you continue to have ________ as your wife and continue to live in this marriage. Do you reaffirm your love for her, and will you love her, keep her, and honor her in sickness and in health, and foresaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you shall live?

Exchange of Rings

The Minister then asks for the rings. The minister then prays a prayer of blessing over the givers and receivers of each of the rings.

The minister then hands the rings to each. The minister then ask the husband to place the ring on her finger and repeat the following.

I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, with all that I am and all that I have I honor you, and with this ring I thee wed.

The minister then ask the wife to place the ring on his finger and repeat the following.

I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, with all that I am and all that I have I honor you, and with this ring I thee wed.

The minister then gives the charge:

________ & ________, as the two of you both now reaffirm you love for each other and the vows you made to each other many years ago, I charge that you each remember to cherish each other as special and unique individuals and that you each respect the thoughts and ideas of one another. And most all be able to forgive each other, and not hold grudges against one another, and I charge that you live each day in love with each other, always being there to give love, comfort, and refudge to each in good times and bad. Amen.

Pronouncement & Announcement

Since ________ & ________ have now exchanged wos and rings, and pledged their love and faith for each other, it is my pleasure and honor to pronounce you man & wife. You may kiss the bride.

I am please to annouce Mr. & Mrs. ________.

The Recessional

The bride and groom exit.

The minister makes announcements as to thanking those in attendence, and gives instructions for the reception.