A Very Brief Elopement Ceremony
______ and ______, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth and beauty of love, as you join together in vows of marriage.
______, do you take ______ to be your [wife/husband/partner?] Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect [her/him/them,] forsaking all others and holding only unto [her/him/them?] ("I do")
______, do you take ______ to be your [husband/wife/partner?] Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect [him/her/them,] forsaking all others and holding only unto [him/her/them?] ("I do")
Partners repeat phrases after the Officiant as they exchange rings, (although rings are not required.)
I, _____________, take you, ________________, to be my [wife/husband/partner,] and pledge my love to you forever.
I, _________________, take you _______________, to be my [husband/wife/partner,] and pledge my love to you forever.
________________________ and _________________________, in so much as the two of you have agreed to live together in matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, by the authority vested in me by the state of Maryland, I now declare you to be [husband/wife/partners.]
Congratulations! Please seal this ceremony with a kiss!
______, do you take ______ to be your [wife/husband/partner?] Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect [her/him/them,] forsaking all others and holding only unto [her/him/them?] ("I do")
______, do you take ______ to be your [husband/wife/partner?] Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect [him/her/them,] forsaking all others and holding only unto [him/her/them?] ("I do")
Partners repeat phrases after the Officiant as they exchange rings, (although rings are not required.)
I, _____________, take you, ________________, to be my [wife/husband/partner,] and pledge my love to you forever.
I, _________________, take you _______________, to be my [husband/wife/partner,] and pledge my love to you forever.
________________________ and _________________________, in so much as the two of you have agreed to live together in matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, by the authority vested in me by the state of Maryland, I now declare you to be [husband/wife/partners.]
Congratulations! Please seal this ceremony with a kiss!