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Sample Wedding Vows: Traditional (Alternatives)

by admin on June 3, 2011 in Uncategorized, Vows with 1 Comment

Vows capture the essence of marriage as a covenant relationship.  What I love about the traditional vows below is how marriage is put in the context of the Kingdom. It’s not simply an insulated relationship between the two of you.  Husband and wife are meant to pour into each other, yes, but they are also meant to pour out together onto the world.  Together, as a team for Christ, you will be able to share God’s heartbeat with the world.  How awesome to see marriage as more than a gift to the husband and wife, but also as a tool for Christ’s kingdom!

“I promise to be faithful to you, open and honest with you.

I will respect, trust, help and care for you.

I will share my life with you.

I will forgive you as we have been forgiven.

I will lead with you a simple, just and peaceful life as Christ has called us to live.

And with you I will work to further simplicity, justice, and peace in our world.

I will love you and be thankful for the blessing of your love until death parts us” (11.13, p63)

Vows taken from Andy Langford’s wonderful book Christian Weddings: Resources to Make Your Ceremony Unique, Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1995, p63. Alternatives by Margaret and Mark Yackel-Juleen and Donna Rose-Heim.

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