We are choosing to focus on older couples wedding ceremony scripts because some may have found love later in life. Although many get married at a younger age doesn’t meant that’s the only time you can find love, it can also mean you have found love again. What happens when you’re in your 50s or 60s? Do you want to repeat the ceremony all over again? This short but sweet older couples wedding ceremony script is perfect for those who are non-traditional and would like their own special day celebrating love later in life. It can also help mid-life couples who have never been married before.
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OLDER COUPLES WEDDING CEREMONY SCRIPT – PREPARED BY AMERICAN MARRIAGE MINISTRIES (AMM)
PROCESSION
- THE AUDIENCE IS SEATED BEFORE THE CEREMONY BEGINS. PROCESSIONAL MUSIC PLAYS. THE COUPLE ENTERS FROM THE SIDE, NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. IF THE COUPLE CHOOSES, OLDER CHILDREN CAN STAND UP FRONT BESIDE THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THE WEDDING PARTY.
INVOCATION
OFFICIANT TO RECEPTION
Welcome everyone and thank you all for joining us.
We’re here today to celebrate the marriage of __________ and __________, two wonderful people who have touched hundreds of hearts over the years and have made the lives of everyone in this room infinitely more interesting, with their humor, wisdom, and take-no-shit spirits.
Today, they promise to spend the rest of their lives laughing, learning, and making life better for each other every day.
As Edward Bulwer-Lytton famously wrote, “It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.” This fact is very evident today. Although __________ and __________ have a few gray hairs between them, they’re both wonderfully young at heart.
Look at you two beaming at each other! Let’s get you two married.
DECLARATION OF INTENT
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A
Do you, __________, take __________ as your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, providing comfort, companionship, and laughter, for as long as you both shall live?
PARTNER A: I do.
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER B
Do you, __________, take __________ as your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, providing comfort, companionship, and laughter, for as long as you both shall live?
PARTNER B: I do.
WRITTEN VOWS
- IF THE COUPLE HAS PERSONAL WRITTEN VOWS, THESE SHOULD BE READ AT THIS TIME. IF NOT, THIS SECTION CAN BE OMITTED.
OFFICIANT TO COUPLE
You both have written something special for each other, that you’d like to share now.
__________, if you’re ready, go ahead.
- PARTNER A READS THEIR PERSONAL VOWS FROM A CARD
__________, if you’re ready, you can read now.
- PARTNER B READS THEIR PERSONAL VOWS FROM A CARD
RING EXCHANGE
OFFICIANT TO COUPLE
These rings are a symbol of your continued love and commitment. When you look at your ring, let it be a reminder that this bountiful love is a choice you make each day, to nurture and grow together. Let them remind you that your partner is always with you, in body and spirit.
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER A
Please place this ring on __________’s finger and repeat after me.
- PARTNER A REPEATS EACH LINE.
I give you this ring,
As a symbol of my deep and unconditional love.
I promise to devote myself to you,
To honor, and cherish you
From now until the end of life.
OFFICIANT TO PARTNER B
Please place this ring on __________’s finger and repeat after me.
- PARTNER B REPEATS EACH LINE.
I give you this ring,
As a symbol of my deep and unconditional love.
I promise to devote myself to you,
To honor, and cherish you
From now until the end of life.
PRONOUNCEMENT
With these vows and rings, you two have promised to love and cherish each other each day forward. As you know, life always has a way of surprising us, and often those surprises are more beautiful than anything we could have dreamed up ourselves, as long as we hang in for the ride.
Here’s to the two of you – sharing the rest of this wild ride together!
I now pronounce you officially married. (man and wife, wives, husbands, partners, etc.)
It’s my honor and joy to introduce to you for the first time, __________!
- USE WHATEVER INTRODUCTION THE COUPLE WOULD LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, MR AND MRS SMITH, PARTNERS IN CRIME, ETC.
You two may now kiss!
RECESSION
- THE CEREMONY IS NOW OVER. RECESSIONAL MUSIC PLAYS. GUESTS ARE INVITED TO COME UP AND CONGRATULATE THE NEWLYWEDS, AND THEY SHAKE HANDS AND HUG THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
