12 Minute Custom Script Example

Reverend Margaret-Ann Simonetta

Custom Maui Weddings

Non-Denominational 12 Minute Custom Wedding Script

Trademarked Content by Margaret-Ann Simonetta

Introduction:

Aloha!

We are gathered here today on the picturesque island of Maui, Hawai’i, as __ and __ enter into a lifelong union of love, trust, and commitment. For today, we celebrate the individual journeys that brought __ and __ together, as we observe them taking the first step toward their forever fate as husband/wife, husband/husband, wife/wife.

Invocation:

An everlasting marriage requires friendship, devotion, and an unyielding respect for one another from this day forward. Equally, a marriage flourishes when each partner values the other for everything they are, everything they are not, and everything they will grow to be. Today commences a new destiny as one; a loyalty rooted in laughter, compassion, and affection.    

As __ and __ declare their abiding love for one another, let us be reminded that the Hawaiian spirit of aloha will always encompass your love and guide you through life’s jubilations and adversities. For here in Hawai’i, the Aloha Spirit is the bond between the mind and heart within each person; an essence you have chosen to share with one another and with those who are here to witness your union of togetherness.

Reading:

(Continue reading if the couple chooses to have a ceremony reading. If not, skip to the next section.)

Example:

"At night, there was the feeling that we had come home, feeling no longer alone, waking in the night to find the other one there, and not gone away; all other things were unreal. We slept when we were tired and if we woke the other one woke too so one was not alone. Often a man wishes to be alone and a woman wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. We were never lonely and never afraid when we were together."

                        - Ernest Hemingway

Declaration of Intent:

(Continue reading for Declaration of Intent and Standard Wedding Vows. This section will differ if the couple chooses to present their own personal wedding vows.)

I now ask __ and __ to officially make their commitment to their marriage.

Officiant to First Partner:

Do you take __ to be your eternal partner, to live together in blissful matrimony, to love, honor, and comfort them in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for the rest of your days, as long as you both shall live?

First Partner: “I do.”

Officiant to Second Partner:

Do you take __ to be your eternal partner, to live together in blissful matrimony, to love, honor, and comfort them in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for the rest of your days, as long as you both shall live?

Second Partner: “I do.”

Ring Exchange and Standard Wedding Vows:

(Rings are handed to the couple either by one of the two partners or a trusted family member or friend in the audience.)

Example:

Officiant asks each partner to repeat after them as they place the ring on their partner’s

finger.

Officiant to First Partner:

I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love and faithfulness to you.

First Partner: “I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love and faithfulness to you.”

Officiant to Second Partner:

I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love and faithfulness to you.

Second Partner: “I give you this ring as a symbol of my everlasting love and faithfulness to you.”

Closing Statement:

Marriage is a devoted commitment you make to one another as you fully entrust your heart in your partners hands. From this day forward, remember to make your partner feel loved and cherished, with a renewed sense of appreciation each day of your union. Happily reminisce upon today’s feeling of joy, and allow this element to guide you through the rest of your lives as you evolve into every stage your future selves.

Pronouncement and Recessional:

By virtue of the authority endowed to me, under the laws of the state of Hawai’i, I now pronounce you husband/wife, husband/husband, wife/wife!

You may now kiss!

It is my esteemed privilege to announce for the first time as newlyweds, __ and __!