Exchanging of Vows Please Choose One
Face one another, look into each other’s eyes and repeat after me.
Option A ~ Revised Traditional
In the Spirit of Love, I, ______, take you ______, to be my wife/husband,
To have and to hold, from this day forward,
For better for worse, for richer or poorer,
In sickness and in health,
To love and to cherish, now and forever.
This is my solemn vow.
Option B ~ Contemporary
______, as your husband/wife, I promise to care for you, trust your love, be responsive to your needs, communicate my feelings, and behave in a way that shows my love and respect. I say these things because I love you and want to live out the days of my life with you.
Option C ~ Contemporary
______, I offer you my love, my strength, and my support;
I offer you my loyalty, my faith and my hope,
In all the changing circumstances of life,
As long as we both shall live.
Option D ~ Contemporary
I, ______, promise you my love without any limits,
To accept the things you believe in,
And to always try to understand you;
To trust in your love for me and pray it will grow stronger every day,
To plan with you and dream with you,
To laugh with you in joy, to grieve with you in sorrow,
To grow with you in love,
To do my best to show you how much I love you with all my heart,
For as long as we both shall live.