Colorado Wedding Ministers

We Do I Do For YOU!

Princess Bride

Welcome

Welcome friends, family, and honored guests, you may be seated.

Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us together, today. Mawage, that bwessed

awangement, that dweam within a dweam…

All of you are here today because you, in one way or another, have been a special part of Name and Name lives. It is overwhelming to see how many loving faces surround my friends today, to show your support and bear witness to this marriage. This marriage begins today on the foundation of a long relationship that has been built with trust, and love, and boxes of macaroni and cheese. What began several years ago with a friendship, and a simple meals together will begin a new chapter today, with all of you, Name and Name’s loved ones, family, and friends, and another simple meal.

Name and Name, your marriage today is the public and legal joining of your souls that have already been united as one in your hearts. Marriage will allow you a new environment to share your lives together, to break bread as husband and wife, partners in life and in crime, standing together to face life and the world, hand-in-hand. Marriage is going to expand you as individuals, define you as a couple, and deepen your love for one another. In your lives together, we know you will continue to overcome life’s obstacles with good food and honest friendship. So, let your marriage be a time forever, of waking each morning and falling in love all over again.

~Declaration of Intent~

Name and Name, you have known each other for years, through the first glance of acquaintance to this moment of commitment. At some moment, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way.

All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks – all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – those late-night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. Just two people working out what they want, what they believe, what they hope for each other.

All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.

Vows

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment, you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. You have learned that good company and friendship count for more than wealth, good looks or position. And you’ve learned that marriage is a maze into which we wander – a maze that is best got through with a great companion. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, Name is my husband/wife, partner in life, Name is my wife/husband, partner in life.

Do you Name, take Name, to be your lawfully wedded wife/husband knowing in your heart that you will protect her/him, and give her/him your deepest considerations of her/his feelings, desires and needs? Do you love Name willingly and completely, withholding nothing, and promise to always be with her/him, to dance with her/him, and care for her/him, to make her/him laugh, and let her/him cry? Do you vow to support her/him, in times of sickness, and of health, in times of joy, and in times of sorrow, for as long as you both shall live?

Name

I do

Please repeat after me-

I, Name, take you, Name, to be my beloved wife/husband, to have and to hold you, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, in the good times, and in the bad, and to love and cherish you always. I promise you this from my heart, for all the days of my life.

Do you Name, take Name, to be your lawfully wedded wife/husband knowing in your heart that you will protect her/him, and give her/him your deepest considerations of her/his feelings, desires and needs? Do you love Name willingly and completely, withholding nothing, and promise to always be with her/him, to dance with her/him, and care for her/him, to make her/him laugh, and let her/him cry? Do you vow to support her/him, in times of sickness, and of health, in times of joy, and in times of sorrow, for as long as you both shall live?

Name

I do

Please repeat after me-

I, Name, take you, Name, to be my beloved wife/hsuband, to have and to hold you, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, in the good times, and in the bad, and to love and cherish you always. I promise you this from my heart, for all the days of my life.

Do you mutually promise you will love, cherish and respect one another throughout the years?

Name and Name

We do.

Rings

Name and Name will you each now each give and receive a ring?

Name and Name:

We will.

These rings of precious metal are justly regarded as a fitting emblem of the purity and perpetuity of the Marriage State. The ancients were reminded by the circle of eternity, as it is so fashioned as to have neither beginning nor end; while gold is so incorruptible that it cannot be tarnished by use or time, so may this union, at this time be solemnized, and be incorruptible in its purity and more lasting than time itself.

(Optional)

Name(s), could you please step forward honor this couple before you with their rings of marriage?

Thank you.

Name please repeat after me and place the ring on Name’s finger-

Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal. Just as it is made of incorruptible substance, my commitment to you will never fail. With this ring, I thee wed.

Name, please repeat after me and place the ring on Name’s finger-

Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal. Just as it is made of incorruptible substance, my commitment to you will never fail. With this ring, I thee wed.

The ring, by its shape, is a symbol of the bond that exists between the two of you, continuous and never ending. By placing these rings on your fingers, you seal the vows that you have made to each other here today. May you live together in unity, happiness and true love.

Pronouncement

Throughout this ceremony, Name and Name have vowed, in our presence, to be loyal and loving towards each other. They have formalized the existence of the bond between them with words spoken and with the giving and receiving of rings. Therefore, I am happy to say, that by the power vested in me by the state of Colorado, I now pronounce you now married!

You may kiss!

A Union Between Bootleggers

Welcome

Hello and Welcome!

Thank you for being here with us today as Name and Name have brought us together here for an occasion of great joy and a cause for great celebration. Having found each other, they have built the kind of relationship that will serve them well as the foundation for their marriage. They have chosen each one of you to be here with them to witness their wedding vows as they join together as husband and wife.

(Optional)

Al Capone once said that-

You can get much father with kind words and gun than by kind words alone.

Therefore, does anyone have any object to why these two people should not be joined in marriage?

Speak now, and forever rest in peace.

(Honored person stands up and shows tommy gun)

Declaration of Intent

Marriage is a bold step into an unknown future. It is risking who we are for the sake of who we can be. In marriage, two lives are intimately shared; and the blending of the two must not diminish either one. Rather, it should enhance the individuality of each partner.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said that there are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.

Because we have come here today to honor two people who love each other, it feels fitting to take a few moments to talk about love. We realize that when you love someone, you do not love them all the time in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love and of relationships. We leap at the flow of the tide and resist in the terror of the ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity, when the only continuity possible, in life as in love, is in growth, in fluidity, in freedom. The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now. This is not a giving up or loss of oneself, but rather a giving over of oneself to something greater–a transformation of self in which each partner can say, “I am no longer only I, but also we.”

(Optional)

As F. Burton Howard also said-

Marriage: If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don't expose it to the elements. You don't make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.

Vows

Marriage is not a legal document.

No pastor or priest or justice of the peace can create a marriage because a marriage, truly, is nothing except the promises made and kept by two individuals.

Today Name and Name, is your wedding day, but it is just one brief day in time, and although your vows are spoken in a matter of minutes, they are promises that will last a lifetime. This is moment that anchors and holds your past and your future together. Today you are beginning a journey together that will last the rest of your lives.

And like any journey, there will be amazing experiences on mountaintops, today hopefully being one such experience. Sometimes you will walk through valleys and have trouble finding your way. But no matter where you go, and no matter how long the journey is or how difficult, the person beside you will make your journey worthwhile.

Do you Name with the love that resides within you, take you Name to your heart, mind, and spirit, to be your wife/husband? Do you promise to love Name wholly and completely without restraint, in sickness and in health, in plenty and in poverty, in life and beyond, where you shall meet, remember, and love again?

Name

I will

Will you hide her/ him when Elliot Ness comes knocking at your door looking for hootch?

Will you bring her/him a Brandy Alexander after a long hard day running gin? Will you be the Bonnie to her/his Clyde?

Name

I will

Please repeat after me-

I Name, take you, Name to be my beloved wife/husband. I promise to love you and be your faithful partner, for better for worse, running gin and whiskey with you, dancing the waltz and the tango with you, and keeping you from the coppers for as long as we live and throughout time. And when I go to the slammer you can have my cherry ‘shine recipe.

Name

I will

Will you bring her/him chocolates and beer for hiding you from the coppers?

Will you be and bring her a Bee’s Knees, after a long hard day of brewing your gin?

Will you forever be the Clyde to her/his Bonnie?

Name

I will

Please repeat after me-

Rings

Wedding rings are made precious by our wearing them. Your rings say that even in your uniqueness you have chosen to be bound together. Let these rings also be a sign that love has substance as well as soul, a present as well as a past, and that, despite its occasional sorrows, love is a circle of happiness, wonder, and delight. The promises which you have spoken to each other today are inscribed forever in your minds, in your hearts. But words are fleeting so let these rings serve as a reminder of the feelings you have in your hearts at this very moment.

Name, please repeat after me:

Name, with this ring I am giving you my promise, to always love you, to cherish you to honor you and comfort you. I promise that I will love you and keep my heart open to you for all the days of my life.

Name, please repeat after me:

Closing

Name and Name, no one but you can declare yourselves married. You have begun it here today in speaking your vows before your family and friends and you will do it again in the days and years to come, standing by each other, sharing all that is sweet and bitter in life. Each tender act, each loving word will be the declaration of what was made here today.

Everyone here, including me, have nothing but the very best wishes for you. So I have a blessing for you and everyone gathered here today.

May you have many long years to delight in each other’s company,

and to love and be loved by the friends and family who have come here today to support you.

May you make a home together that is at once sheltering and welcoming.

May you each do meaningful, productive work at home and in the world, learning from your failures and growing in your accomplishments.

May life’s challenges be met together with courage and optimism, and may your days be filled with laughter, imagination, trust, friendship, and love.

Therefore, it is great joy and happiness that I now pronounce you now married, husband and wife, partners in life.

A Wedding for Halloween Lovers

Welcome

Be welcome my friends.

We have come together here in celebration of the joining together of your lives. There are many things to say about marriage and sooner or later we begin to understand that love is more than verses on valentines, romance in movies, or even protecting one another from Walker Hordes. We know that love is here and now, real and true, and it’s the most important thing in our lives. For love is the creator of our favorite memories and the foundation of our fondest dreams. Without love, we merely exist. Love is that promise that is always kept, a fortune that can never be spent, a seed that can flourish in even the most unlikely place. We live in a world of joy and fear, and we search for meaning and strength in the seeming disorder, a lot like the house in Evil Dead, but maybe without the swirling vortex, and the lady who lives in the basement. We discover the truest guideline to our quest when we realize love in all its magnitudes. Love is the eternal force of life. Love is the force that allows us to overcome all obstacles. May you always remember to give love freely and unconditionally from your heart. Preserve always yourself, your integrity, and your individuality; yet give of yourselves freely to each other.

Remember when Brad told Janet, that there’s a light in the darkness, of everyone’s life” and that light is love.

Introduction

We are here to celebrate your marriage, but you don't have to have a ceremony to have a marriage. And when you think about it, the whole thing is kind of weird, right? You're standing here, looking fancy, holding flowers, and being stared at by strangers. So why do we do this? It’s because the marriage ceremony has been an important feature across nearly every culture, religion, generation, and society. We have thousands of important moments that happen throughout our lives, but this one is regarded as one so critical, we acknowledge its special status by sharing it with others. Again, why this moment?

Because despite all of our differences, love is what we all share. It's the great unifier — our one universal truth. That no matter who we are, where we've come from, what we believe, we know this one thing: love is what we're doing right. And we all have our own love stories. Some are short, others long. Some are yet unwritten, while others are just getting to the good part. There are chapters in all of our stories that are sad or disappointing — and others that are exciting and full of adventure. The Universe decided in in its infinite wisdom you were meant for one another.

The famous Dr. Frankenfurter said

"It was strange the way it happened. One of those quirks of fate. One of those moments when the chips are down, you're trapped, there's no way out and even if there was it would probably be a one-way ticket to the bottom of the bay. Then you get a break! All of the pieces seem to fit into place. It took a small accident to make it happen.

You happened."

Charge to the Couple

I want to remind you that love isn't happily ever after, love is the experience of writing your story. It’s knowing the horror movie rules, like don’t leave the group, or don’t run, you’ll trip and fall. Its knowing that this person standing in front of you will make Jason or Michael run after them so you can get away.

It's all these moments in your lives that add up to today, such as saying "I love you," moving in together, getting engaged — but mostly a million little ones that come in between the big moments. Falling asleep next to one another, making dinner together, spending holidays with your families and surviving them, binge-watching Netflix Zombie shows, people watching at Wal-Mart. These everyday moments fuse together into one big experience. And even though this experience is so incredible, words fail us when we try and explain it. That's just the way it is with love — it's meant to be felt, not described. One, who loves us, gives us a unique gift: a piece of ourselves, but a piece that only they could give us. It gives us the chance to lift that hockey mask and see the beauty inside. Or the knife inside of you, your choice.

Vows

Name, do you take Name to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, protect him from chainsaw welding maniacs, and keep him away from the Necronomicon until death do you part?

Name

I do

Name please repeat after me-

I promise to watch not only scary moves with you but action flicks too. I promise to watch the stars with you, play video games with you, kiss you in the rain, and laugh until it hurts with you. I promise to love you, endlessly.

Name, do you take Name to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health and if she trips and falls while running protect her from Freddy, Jason, and Michael, travel the world to visit haunted houses, cosplay and channel Brad to her Janet, until (a hum)death do you part?

Name

Damn it Janet, I do

Name, please repeat after me-

I promise to watch not only scary moves with you but chick flicks too. I promise to watch the stars with you, play video games with you, kiss you in the rain, and laugh until it hurts with you. I promise to love you, endlessly.

Rings

Then it is time to exchange rings. Wedding rings are a tangible symbol of the vows that you have just made to each other. Wear them every day to remind yourselves of the promises that you have made. In addition, realize that when you place the wedding rings on each other’s fingers, you are releasing the past, bringing only those memories, desires and hopes which will belong to each other into your future life together.

These rings you take are not to bind but to show that you are of same like mind

To have and hold from this night on In madness and in raging fun.

Take these now and show the living, the dead, and the undead how love of each other has made you strong.

Name will you take this ring and place it upon the left bone of Name’s hand, and as you do, repeat after me, these words:

Name, I give you this ring, as a symbol of our linked hearts and the covenant of undying faithfulness, which we make today and seal with our vows.

Name will you take this ring and place it upon the left bone of Name’s hand, and as you do, repeat after me, these words:

Name, I give you this ring, as a symbol of our linked hearts and the covenant of undying faithfulness, which we make today and seal with our vows.

Closing

As, Jack said to Sally,

“My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars ... And sit together, now and forever. For it is plain, as anyone can see. We're simply meant to be."

The final sealing with a kiss ,in death as well as in this life,

I now declare you husband and wife

You may now kiss!

A Colorado 420 Wedding

Welcome

We have gathered here today, surrounded by the beauty of creation, and nurtured by the sights and sounds of nature to celebrate the wedding of Name and Name.

To find someone with whom to love and grow and share your life is a rare and precious thing.

We are together as friends, relatives and family to mark the end of one beginning and to recognize officially a new beginning which for them and serves as a public affirmation of their friendship and their love. It was once said: The most wonderful of all things in life, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It's a Divine destiny."

Declaration of Love

So, we have set aside this time, here in this beautiful setting, to make your relationship permanent and official, with the highest promises of love and devotion two people can make to each other. As we are here in the beautiful mountains we should look to the forests as they always hold our secrets, for that’s what forests are for. To protect, to comfort, to hold, to envelop, to demonstrate, to slow down, to hold, to teach. Just like that person standing before you, or even sitting next to you. You call them your friend, your wife, your husband or even your soulmate. It’s that one person who has locks that fit your keys, and keys to fit your locks. Because 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 someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. It’s like you are two balloons, and together your direction is up. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

Vows

Name and Name today we are recognizing your special connection. You have similarities in your values, passions, and personalities. This creates a rich foundation for your marriage; one based on genuine friendship, loyalty, humor, and the sense of wellbeing and acceptance you have when you’re together. It’s not only your similarities, but your differences that you find attractive in each other. There may be features and qualities you each lack, but are supplied by the other, making your relationship whole and balanced, opening up new possibilities for a richer future together than either of you could have separately. The sharing of values, humor and affection, strengthen a marriage, and create an atmosphere, where unique personality traits are combined into a perfect balance, where collectively two people can achieve more fullness in their lives, because the joys are intensified by being shared, and sorrows are diminished because of the support of the other. In human history, we have not yet discovered a better way of life than sharing it together in a love that is lasting and responsible. A shared and secure commitment meets our deepest human needs for love and companionship, for someone with whom we can share in an intimate and trusting way all the hopes, joys, and dreams of life.

The promises made here today will mingle with the gentle breeze, to be carried by the wind, to echo in the mountains, become absorbed into the earth, sea and sky, so that your marriage vows will follow you, wherever you go in life, as a constant sweet whisper of comfort and security.

Name, will you take Name to be your lawfully wedded wife/ husband and lifetime partner? Will you travel the rest of life’s road with her/him?

Name

I do

Will you be the bud to her/his bowl and the slide to her/his bong? The toke to her/his high? And the Cheech to her/his Chong?

Name

I will

Please repeat after me-

Today I take you Name to be my wife/husband, and my partner in life. I will laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I today I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

Name, will you take Name to be your lawfully wedded wife/ husband and lifetime partner? Will you travel the rest of life’s road with her/him?

Name

I do

Will you be the bud to her/his bowl and the slide to her/his bong? The toke to her/his high? And the Chong to her/his Cheech?

Name

I will

Please repeat after me-

Today I take you Name to be my wife/husband, and my partner in life. I will laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. I today I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live.

Rings

Name and Name, in a moment you will exchange rings sealing those promises you have just made to each other. These rings you exchange are just a symbol of your marriage. The wedding ring has a circular shape, which is symbolic of wholeness, sacredness, and peace. A circle begins nowhere in particular, but never ends, always returning to itself, like life and true love. When you slide your fingers inside these rings, you are taking responsibility for the happiness and success of your marriage, acknowledging that the health of your marriage is in your hands, your hearts and your souls, determined by your integrity in upholding the vows you have just made to each other.

(Optional)

Name you please come forward?

Could you please give your rings to Name and Name? Thank you, if you would please return.

My friends, I want you to hold those rings, and warm them in your hands. As you warm them, I am requesting from everyone gathered here today; to think on the blessings, and warm wishes, for not only this couple standing here before us, but also for the family that they are creating.

Name, please repeat after me, while placing the ring on Name’s finger

Name, this ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be as your wife/husband. With this ring, I gladly marry you and join my life to yours. Wear it and think of me and know that I love you.

Name, please repeat after me, while placing the ring on Name’s finger:

Name, this ring I give to you as a token of my love and devotion to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all that I will ever be as your wife/husband. With this ring, I gladly marry you and join my life to yours. Wear it and think of me and know that I love you.

Again, those rings are not locks, but the keys to your freedom.

Puff, Puff, Pass

It is a well-known phrase that actions speak louder than words. They show that you are committed to taking action with regard to your promises. Fire is believed by many to represent passion and purity. It is also associated with the security of home and family, as the warmth of the hearth and the home fires. Imagine how you might describe fire to someone who had never experienced it before. It would be difficult to explain, because it is both substance and energy at the same time. The best you might do is to say that there is always plain evidence of it when it exists, and that you can feel its warmth. Love similarly would be hard to describe to someone who had never experienced it before, except to say there is always visible evidence of it when it exists…and you can feel its warmth. It has been said that marijuana enhances our mind in a way that enables us to take a different perspective from ‘high up’, to see and evaluate our own lives and the lives of others in a privileged way.

Before you on this table we have a pipe, it has been said that the pipe symbolizes the joining together of women and men. The bowl of the pipe, with its hole for accepting the pipe stem, represents the woman; the stem, then, represents the man. Joining the pipe symbolizes a union and a balance between male and female aspects of the world. Please pick up your pipe and light it, inhaling the smoke, then releasing it, sending out in to the Universe all the love, wishes, and hope you have for not only everyone here, today but also for those who were unable to be with us today.

Closing

Name and Name, the words and feelings expressed here today are not just spoken this once and then forgotten but must be carried out with your actions every day you share together. Never forget the feelings you had when you first recognized the love between you and the respect you have for each other, despite your differences.

(Optional)

I do think these words by Bob Marley, truly sums up what has been accomplished here today.

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are.. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.”

Pronouncement and Kiss

Truly look at this person before you. That person has made amazing promises today and has re-joined their life with yours. Name and Name prior to this moment you each walked a separate path. Now you are embarking together on a shared path.

As we close this ceremony today, we will ask a blessing of the Universe on everyone gathered here today.

Before these witnesses, you have joined yourselves in solemn matrimony. May you strive all your lives to meet this commitment with the same love and devotion you now possess. For love is truly the greatest gift we are given to share. Delight in each other's company and never take each other for granted.

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