“QUICKIE”
   CIVIL
   
   
   
   <--GROOM TO LEFT OF YOU
   
   
   
   BRIDE TO RIGHT OF YOU-->
   
   
   
   
   
   OR BRIDE TO SIDE WIND DOESN’T BLOW VEIL/HAIR IN FACE

(Welcome)



   
  Who gives this woman to this man?
  
  
  
  (VOWS HERE IF THEY WROTE THEM)
  
(Declaration of intent)
       
_______BRIDE_______, Do you promise _____________, that from this day onward you will stand with him in sickness and health, in joy and sorrow, and do you pledge to him your respect and your love?
 
(I do)

______GROOM_____, Do you promise _____________, that from this day onward you will stand with her in sickness and health, in joy and sorrow, and do you pledge to her your respect and your love? 

(I do)

(Ask for the rings)

Rings are made precious by our wearing them.

The rings you exchange at your wedding are the most special because they say that even in your uniqueness you have chosen to share your lives, to allow the presence of another human being to enhance who you are.  

As you wear them through time, they will reflect not only who you are, but also what you have created together. 

(Give _BRIDE_ the ring)

_BRIDE_, repeat after me.
I give you this ring as a symbol of my love…
(stop)

as a constant reminder I have chosen you above all others…
(stop)

to be the one to share my life.
(PUT RING ON FINGER)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
(Give _GROOM_ the ring)

_GROOM_, repeat after me.
I give you this ring as a symbol of my love…  (stop)

as a constant reminder I have chosen you above all others…
(stop)

to be the one to share my life.
(PUT RING ON FINGER) 
(Pronouncement of marriage)

___________ and __________,

On behalf of all those present, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and by the strength of your own love, I pronounce you married. 

You may kiss the bride 


STEP ASIDE,

PAUSE FOR KISS


I introduce to you ___________ and ________________, married. 









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