RENEWAL OF WEDDING VOWS
Wedding Vow
Praise the Lord
Litanies, Prayers, And Occasional Services
Object:
GATHERING
Friends, we have come together to celebrate with ______________ and ______________ their life together as partners in Christian marriage. ________ years ago, they were brought together by God's grace, and covenanted to share their lives, each with the other, within the bonds of Christian love.
Even as we celebrate the blessings their union has brought, we join with them as they ask God's continued blessings. And in the presence of God, we come to witness their affirmations of love as they renew their marriage vows.
PRAYER
Leader: God be with you.
People: And also with you. Leader: Let us pray.
God of life and love, we praise you for ______________ and ______________, and for the years they have shared together as husband and wife.
Thank you for the blessings of the years, for your presence in good times and bad, for your loving care in sickness and health, for the riches of your love in times of prosperity and of need.
As you have sheltered them in days past, so protect, guide, and defend them in the days to come. May the joy they find in each other and in you continue to the end of their days. And may they at the last come to your everlasting rest.
In the name of our Savior Christ, we pray. Amen.
RENEWAL OF VOWS
Husband
______________, I renew the vows that I once made to take and keep you, in good times and in bad, to care for you whether you are sick or well, to honor and support you in prosperity or adversity, and to love and cherish you with all my being as long as we both live, in the name of God our Creator, Christ our redeemer and the Holy Spirit our sustainer.
Wife
______________, I renew the vows that I once made to take and keep you, in good times and bad, to care for you whether you are sick or well, to honor and support you in prosperity or adversity, and to love and cherish you with all my being as long as we both live, in the name of God our creator, Christ our redeemer, and the Holy Spirit our sustainer.
(If the couple choose to exchange new rings, these vows may be used.)
BLESSING OF THE RINGS
Bless, O Lord, the giving and receiving of these rings, that as they are worn they may be a reminder of the unbroken cords of your love, that bind these two persons together. Amen.
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
______________, I give you this ring as a sign of my love and my vow.
______________, I give you this ring as a sign of my love and my vow.
PRAYER OF BLESSING
Eternal and everlasting God, we praise you for _________________ and _______________ who this day have renewed their promises of love. We thank you for the life they have lived together, for the blessings of their home (and family), and for the joy they have shared with friends and neighbors.
May the love they share grow stronger, and their life together grow richer by your grace. May their union give praise to you, and may they honor and serve you always. Amen.
BLESSING OF THE MARRIAGE
God of life, bless the union of ______________ and ______________. Help them to take their example from the love that Christ has given to his church. Keep them in unity and in the bonds of peace that they might be a blessing to all through the love they share, in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior.
BENEDICTION
May the eternal, our God, bless, preserve, and keep you, and the peace and the love of God be with you always. Amen.
Friends, we have come together to celebrate with ______________ and ______________ their life together as partners in Christian marriage. ________ years ago, they were brought together by God's grace, and covenanted to share their lives, each with the other, within the bonds of Christian love.
Even as we celebrate the blessings their union has brought, we join with them as they ask God's continued blessings. And in the presence of God, we come to witness their affirmations of love as they renew their marriage vows.
PRAYER
Leader: God be with you.
People: And also with you. Leader: Let us pray.
God of life and love, we praise you for ______________ and ______________, and for the years they have shared together as husband and wife.
Thank you for the blessings of the years, for your presence in good times and bad, for your loving care in sickness and health, for the riches of your love in times of prosperity and of need.
As you have sheltered them in days past, so protect, guide, and defend them in the days to come. May the joy they find in each other and in you continue to the end of their days. And may they at the last come to your everlasting rest.
In the name of our Savior Christ, we pray. Amen.
RENEWAL OF VOWS
Husband
______________, I renew the vows that I once made to take and keep you, in good times and in bad, to care for you whether you are sick or well, to honor and support you in prosperity or adversity, and to love and cherish you with all my being as long as we both live, in the name of God our Creator, Christ our redeemer and the Holy Spirit our sustainer.
Wife
______________, I renew the vows that I once made to take and keep you, in good times and bad, to care for you whether you are sick or well, to honor and support you in prosperity or adversity, and to love and cherish you with all my being as long as we both live, in the name of God our creator, Christ our redeemer, and the Holy Spirit our sustainer.
(If the couple choose to exchange new rings, these vows may be used.)
BLESSING OF THE RINGS
Bless, O Lord, the giving and receiving of these rings, that as they are worn they may be a reminder of the unbroken cords of your love, that bind these two persons together. Amen.
EXCHANGE OF RINGS
______________, I give you this ring as a sign of my love and my vow.
______________, I give you this ring as a sign of my love and my vow.
PRAYER OF BLESSING
Eternal and everlasting God, we praise you for _________________ and _______________ who this day have renewed their promises of love. We thank you for the life they have lived together, for the blessings of their home (and family), and for the joy they have shared with friends and neighbors.
May the love they share grow stronger, and their life together grow richer by your grace. May their union give praise to you, and may they honor and serve you always. Amen.
BLESSING OF THE MARRIAGE
God of life, bless the union of ______________ and ______________. Help them to take their example from the love that Christ has given to his church. Keep them in unity and in the bonds of peace that they might be a blessing to all through the love they share, in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior.
BENEDICTION
May the eternal, our God, bless, preserve, and keep you, and the peace and the love of God be with you always. Amen.
