Elopement Ceremony

A Very Brief Elopement Ceremony – Example 1 (less than 5 minutes)

___________ & __________, today you celebrate one of life's greatest moments and give recognition to the worth
and beauty of love, as you join together in vows of marriage.

(Groom) ___________________, do you take ________________ to be your Wife? Do you promise to love, honor,
cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only unto her?
("I do")
(Bride_____________________ , do you take __________________ to be your Husband? Do you promise to love,
honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only unto him?
("I do")

Repeated Ring Vows... although rings are not required
(Groom),I _____________, take you, ________________ to be my Wife, and pledge my love to your forever.
(Bride), I _________________ , take you _______________, to be my husband, and pledge my love to you forever.

________________________ and _________________________, in so much as the two of you have agreed to
live together in Matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, by the authority vested in me by
the State of ________ I now declare you to be Husband and Wife. Congratulations, you may kiss your bride.

(Officiant and witnesses sign the state marriage license).