Non-Denominational VOWS

____________and_________ as you stand in the presence of God, whom the secrets of all hearts are disclosed, having duly considered the holy covenant you are about to make, I ask you to face one another and join hands, and to declare now before this company of family (and friends) your pledge of faith and commitment, each to the other with these vows:

(GROOM) please repeat after me: I, ___________ / choose you, ______________ / to be my lawful wedded wife / my friend and companion. I will be yours / in prosperity and in struggle / in sickness and in health / in failure and in triumph. / I will cherish and respect you / comfort and encourage you / as long as we shall live./ I feel so honored to call you my wife. I feel so blessed to call you mine./ I thank God./ I thank you.

(BRIDE), please repeat after me: I, ___________ / choose you, ____________ / to be my lawful wedded husband / my friend and companion. I will be yours / in prosperity and in struggle / in sickness and in health / in failure and in triumph. / I will cherish and respect you / comfort and encourage you / as long as we shall live./ I feel so honored to call you my husband. I feel so blessed to call you mine./ I thank God./ I thank you.

Civil I DO VOWS

(GROOM) do you, ________ / choose , ________ / to be your lawfully wedded wife / your friend and companion / in prosperity and in struggle / in sickness and in health / in failure and in triumph. / Will you cherish and respect her / comfort and encourage her / as long as we shall live?.

I DO
(BRIDE), do you: ________ / choose _______ / to be your lawfully wedded husband / your friend and companion / in prosperity and in struggle / in sickness and in health / in failure and in triumph. Will you cherish and respect her / comfort and encourage her / as long as we shall live?
I DO

Vows

I promise to love you always and support you in every way by:
Staying committed to you for the rest of our lives together,
Compromising with you to strengthen our lives,
Communicating my dreams, plans, and concerns with you always,
Listening to your dreams, plans, and concerns always,
Caring for your family when called on,
Being the best father possible to our future children,
And providing all the joys a husband can for his wife.
In sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, til death do us part.

TRADITIONAL Civil VOWS

(GROOM), please repeat after me: I, _________________, take thee, __________________, for my lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.

(BRIDE), please repeat after me: I, ___________________/ take thee, _____________________, for my lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.