Do you (Groom) take (Bride)..........

I'm getting really excited. All the big, expensive, annoying, expensive, hard to organise, expensive, hard to decide on, expensive things are out of the way (Did i mention expensive?.... I think so). That includes, my dress, Luke's kilt, the girls bridesmaids dresses, the cake, the rings, the ceremony location, the reception venue, the celebrant and the cars. Now i get to organise the important things, like the ceremony itself. This is the part i have been looking forward to the most [except for the dress perhaps ;) ].

There's so many exciting things to plan. The processional and recessional music, the readings, the vows, signing the register music, hyms/songs, do i include a sand or candle ceremony? What order should the bridesmaids walk down the aisle? Veil over my face, or not? If it is over my face, should my dad flip it over, or should luke?

Like is said, all the good stuff.

And, industrious as i am, i decided that i would look at vows at work today. What else am i meant to do at work? Work? Pffft! tee hee hee.

Luke and i have both decided that we want to have traditional vows. Do you know how many different types of traditional vows there are? Have a look here, it gives you an idea.

I like the sound of this one.... It's the Baptist Wedding Vows

"Will you, _______, have _____ to be your wife/husband? Will you love her/him, comfort and keep her/him, and forsaking all other remain true to him/her as long as you both shall live?"

("I will")

(Repeat) "I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wife/husband, and before God and these witnesses I promise to be a faithful and true wife/husband."

(Rings) "With this ring I thee wed, and all my worldly goods I thee endow. In sickness and in health, in poverty or in wealth, 'til death do us part."

But i'm not too sure. I really want to include the proper Questions of Intention....which look something like this.

Will you please, as an expression that your hearts are joined together in love, now please join your hands.

(Groom's Name), do you take (Bride's Name) to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage. Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to her. So long as you both shall live?

(Groom's Name): “I do”

(Bride's Name), do you take (Groom's Name) to be your wedded husband to live together in marriage Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health And forsaking all others, be faithful only to him So long as you both shall live?

(Bride's Name): “ I do”


That's when i found the Zion Wedding Vows....

"I, _____, take thee, _____, to be my wedded husband/wife.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 us part.According to God's holy ordinance, and thereto Ipledge thee my faith."

Groom:I promise you ____________, that I will be your loving and loyal husbandfrom now on.I will share with you all of life's joyand sorrow, pleasure and pain, until death parts us.

Bride:I promise you ____________, that I will be your loving and loyal wifefrom now on.I will share with you all of life's joy andsorrow, pleasure and pain, until death parts us.

So i thought i might do some tweaking, mix them together and see what i can come up with. But i might have to do that at home....i really probably should do some work......