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    • Order of Service
    • Prelude
    • Processional
    • Wedding March
    • Call to Worship
    • Invocation
    • Giving the Bride Away
    • First Music Selection
    • Charge to Bride & Groom
    • Betrothal
    • Readings
    • Sermon
    • Vows
    • Exchange of Rings
    • Unity Candle
    • Pronouncement
    • Lord's Prayer
    • Closing Prayer
    • Presentation
    • Recessional
  • Secular Ceremonies
    • Order of Service
    • Greeting
    • Giving the Bride Away
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Vows
    • Exchange of Rings
    • Unity Ceremony
    • Pronouncement
    • Presentation
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Statement of Purpose
Officiants often provide a quick statement to the bride and groom about how they arrived to exactly where they are - standing before him, ready to be married.

Standard Statement of Purpose
Every experience you have ever had, everything you have ever done, everything you have ever learned has brought you to this moment as you now stand before these witnesses to take each other as husband and wife. New experiences lie before you with opportunities to grow deeper in love with each other. As you walk hand in hand into the future, cherish each moment as a gift; a gift given to strengthen the bond between you.

[BRIDE] and [GROOM], do you come here of your own free will, accompanied by your family’s blessings, to be united as husband and wife forevermore?