Pastor to Bride and Groom ______And ______, No Other Human Ties Are More Tender, No Other

I WILLS…I DOS, WE DOS:THE WEDDING PLEDGE, a declaration of intent. You declare to the congregation witnessing your wedding that your intent to marry is a matter of your own free will. Next, in your wedding vows you make promises directly to each other. You may vary this in several ways. 1) You may reword these vows so that both of you answer "we do" in unison. 2) You may completely omit these vows. 3) You may omit the other set of vows (listed under "wedding vows")

I WILL

Pastor to Bride and Groom -- ______and ______, no other human ties are more tender, no other vows are more sacred than these you are about to assume. You are entering into that holy estate which is the deepest mystery of experience, and which is the very sacrament of divine love.

Pastor to Groom: ______, will you have ______, to be your wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only for her so long as you both shall live? Groom -- "I will."

Pastor to Bride -- ______, will you have ______to be your wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only for him so long as you both shall live? Bride -- "I will."

I DO (Traditional)

“ (Groom)” Do you take “ (Bride)” to be your lawful wedded wife? Do you promise to love and comfort her, to honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her, as long as you both shall live? Groom: I do.

“ (Bride)” Do you take “ (Groom)” to be your lawful wedded wife? Do you promise to love and comfort him, to honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity, and forsaking all others, be faithful to Him, as long as you both shall live? Bride: I do...

I DO (Contemporary)

(Name), do you pledge to love (name) and throughout your years together to be honest, faithful, and kind to her/him? Do you pledge to give to her/him the same happiness she/he gives to you, and to respect her for who she is, not who you want her to be? (each responds, "I do.")

WE DOYou can both say the same vows, or you can say completely different ones. You can also ask your friends and family to participate in your wedding vows:
(Name) do you take (name) to be your lawful wedded wife/husband? (each responds, "I do.") Do you promise to love and cherish her/him, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, for better for worse, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her/him, for so long as you both shall live? (each responds, "I do.") Do you together promise in the presence of your friends and family that you will at all times and in all circumstances, conduct yourselves toward one another as becomes Husband and Wife? (Together they respond, "We do.") Do you together promise you will love, cherish and respect one another throughout the years? (Together they respond, "We do.")