Basic Non Religious Wedding Ceremony
This basic non-religious wedding ceremony script was written by our Professional Officiants at The Officiant Directory to serve as a starting point for your ceremony.
Our Professional Officiants will personalize just for you, creating a unique and memorable ceremony that you and your guests will always remember!
We are all inclusive! We welcome all couples including LGBTQA+
All pronouns are interchangeable.
WELCOME
OFFICIANT TO THE CROWD
Thank you all for coming today to share in this wonderful occasion. Today we are here together to unite {PARTNER A} and {PARTNER B} in marriage. Today they will join their lives together forever.
DECLARATION OF INTENT
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A:
Do you {PARTNER A}, take {PARTNER B} to be your lawfully wedded wife/husband/partner, to live together in matrimony, to love them, comfort them, honor and keep them, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?
PARTNER A
“I do.”
REPEAT FOR PARTNER B
PERSONAL VOW EXCHANGE (If the couple chooses to share them)
RINGS EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT TO THE CROWD
{PARTNER A} and {PARTNER B} have chosen rings to exchange with each other as a symbol of their unending love.
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A
“{PARTNER A}, as you place this ring on {PARTNER B}’s finger, please repeat after me. With this ring, I marry you and pledge you my love, now and forever.
REPEAT FOR PARTNER B
PRONOUNCEMENT
OFFICIANT TO THE CROWD
By the authority vested in me by the State of {STATE}, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife/Partners for LIfe (or alternate ending)
You may now kiss the bride! OR You may now seal your vows with a kiss!
Ceremony ends
