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MARRIAGE VOWS

1. I take you, ____________, to be my wife/husband from this day forward, to join with you and share all that is to come and with the help of God, I promise to be faithful to you until death parts us.
2. I, ______ take you, ______ to be my wedded wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish till death do we part, according to God's holy ordinance; I pledge to you my faithfulness. 
3. ____________, I take you to be my wife/husband from this time onward, to join with you and share all that is to come, to give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond, and in all circumstances of our life together to be loyal to you with my whole life and all my being. 
4. I take you, ____________ to be my wife/husband. I promise before God and these witnesses to be your faithful husband/wife, to share with you in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, to forgive and strengthen you and to join with you so that together we may serve God and others as long as we both shall live. 
5. I take you, ____________, to be my wife/husband and these things I promise you: I will be faithful to you and honest with you; I will respect, trust, help and care for you; I will share my life with you; I will forgive you as we have been forgiven; and I will try with you to better understand ourselves, the world, and God; through the best and the worst of what is to come as long as we live. 
6. ____________, I want to live with you just as you are. I will be honest with you and forgive you, just as God has forgiven me. I love you for what you are to me and what you are to others. With Christ as my guide, I will attempt to provide the unconditional love needed for your health and growth. I choose you above all others, and promise to be faithful to you as long as life endures.

Web  version of wedding book revised October, 2008

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