Commitment Ceremony

Commitment ceremonies are offered for those who either do not wish, or are not currently allowed  the formal legal bond of marriage.

Celebrate your love and dedication to each other with a lovely ceremony at the location of your choice. 

Below is a commitment ceremony to use as a guide, with this as a start we can create a ceremony uniquely yours.  Let your dreams come true.   Ceremony, consultation and decorative wedding certificate. $200.00

Sample Commitment Ceremony:
We are joyfully gathered today to witness and to celebrate the joining of two lives in marriage. ________and ________ have invited you to be with them and rejoice with them as they make this most important commitment.

A wedding ceremony is an outward expression of something inner and real; a marriage is a sacred personal union which nature might mirror, or a state declare legal, but truly it is a joining of lives which only love can create and mutual loyalty fulfill.

Let us take a moment to focus on the beauty of this moment, when two of our friends make this sacred promise to each other.

There are so many words written on the nature of marriage, on how to make a marriage succeed, on what makes a good marriage. Today we will talk about _________ and __________, and how the one of the most wonderful things about their relationship is that that they both come into it fully whole, as separate individuals and that both of them recognize the value of that individuality.

READING

A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his/her solitude. Each realizes and accepts that even between the closest of human beings, infinite distances continue to exist. In such a loving and accepting atmosphere, a wonderful living side by side is born and can grow up.

When the partners succeed in loving the distance between them, they see each other whole against the wide sky. And each becomes the treasure beyond measure at the end of the others rainbow

PROMISES
(any promises and vows can be used, singly or in combination)

________ and _______ please face each other while you make your promises.

______, do you take _______ to be no other than himself...

Loving what you know of him/her, Trusting what you may not know...
With respect for his/her integrity, And faith in his/her abiding love for you...
Through all your years, and in all that life may bring you, do you embrace him/her as your life’s companion?

“I Do”

VOWS

I ___________ take you _______________
to be my partner in life, and my true love
You have taught me how to trust,
How to love, And how to be loved
Today I promise to honor the happiness we have found together
I promise to love you, To respect you
And to grow with you
Throughout our lives together

RING EXCHANGE

The exchanging of rings is an ancient custom. The rings circular shape is a reminder of the eternal, of the cycles of life, of love without beginning or end. They symbolize your commitment to each other and remind you always of the joy you have found in having a partner to share your life with.

As you place the ring on _______ finger, please say to her/him

As a symbol of how endlessly happy you make me
and of how crazy I am about you,
I give you this ring, so you and the whole world
will know how much and how always I love you.

May these rings always remind you, of this day and of the love you feel for each other at this moment. And may the love that you give to one another always come back around again, in a perfect and endless circle.

READING (any reading can be chosen)

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

________and _________, you have shown your desire to unite your lives by the giving of promises and the exchange of rings. At this time I am very happy to pronounce you partners for life!

LET THE KISSING BEGIN!!

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