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The Celebration

& Blessingof a

Marriage

(Non-Eucharist)

All highlighted places indicate choices to make.

Music is not a required element.

<bride> & <groom><date>



Welcome to the Church of the Redeemer. This church is a place ofChristian worship in the Anglican tradition and therefore, may havecustoms with which you are unfamiliar. Anglicans believe that awedding is first and foremost an act of worship. Parishioners, friends,

and family gather together in witness and support of the bride andbridegroom as they have their covenant blessed by God. In keepingwith the dignity of the wedding as an act of worship, it is requestedthat you not take pictures during the service or throw rice, confetti, orany other material within or around the church. However, you areencouraged to participate in the service in other ways. Throughout the

liturgy there are opportunities to respond, through both word andsong, to this blessed event. All spoken responses are printed in bold

and lyrics are provided when the appropriate response is sung. We arepleased that you were able to come and witness the beginning of

<bride> and <groom>'s Christian journey as husband and wife.

Participants Groom’s Witness ...............................................................................

Ushers ...............................................................................................Bride’s Witness ..................................................................................Bridesmaids .......................................................................................Celebrant ..........................................................................................Ring Bearer .......................................................................................

Flower Girl .......................................................................................Readers .............................................................................................Prayers of the People ........................................................................

Bell Ringer ........................................................................................Organist ............................................................................................



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The Gathering Of The Community

The people stand; the wedding party advances down the aisle.

Processional Anthem: <name> ..........................................<composer>

The bride is escorted down the aisle, joining the wedding party. The priest greets the community saying,

Priest The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,and the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,be with you all.

People And also with you.

Priest Dear friends, we have come together in the presence of Godto witness the blessing of the marriage of <bride> and

<groom>, and to rejoice with them.

Marriage is a gift of God and a means of his grace, in which

two people become one flesh. It is God's purpose that as eachperson gives their love to the other; they shall grow togetherand be united in that love, as Christ is united with his church.

The union of two people in heart, body, and mind isintended for their mutual comfort and help, that they mayknow each other with delight and tenderness in acts of love

and that they may be blessed in the procreation, care, andupbringing of children.

In marriage, two people give themselves to each other, to

care for each other in good times and in bad. They are linkedto each other's families, and they begin a new life together in

the community. It is a way of life that all should reverence,and none should lightly undertake.



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If anyone present knows a reason why <bride> and<groom> may not lawfully marry, they must declare it now.

<Bride> and <groom>, if either of you knows a reason why

you may not lawfully marry, you must declare it now.<Bride> and <groom> have come to enter this holy state. Theyhave complied with Civil and Canon Law and have been dulyprepared to enter into marriage. They will each give their consentto the other; they will exchange solemn vows, and in token of this,they will each give and receive a ring.

We pray with them that by God's help they may fulfil his

purpose for the whole of their earthly life together.

Priest Let us pray.

God our Father,you have taught us through your Sonthat love is the fulfilling of the law.Grant to these your servantsthat loving one another

they may continue in your love

until their lives' end;through Jesus Christ our Lord,

All Amen.

The Proclamation Of The Word

Please be seated.

Reader A Reading from <reading>.<text> The Word of the Lord. (reading)

All Thanks be to God.



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Psalm 67 ..............................................................................................[Other psalms may be chosen; psalm may be read or sung]

May God be merciful to us and bless us,show us the light of his countenance and come to us.*

Let your ways be known upon earth,

your saving health among all nations.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;

let all the peoples praise you.Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,

for you judge the peoples with equityand guide all the nations upon earth.

Let the peoples praise you, O God;let all the peoples praise you.The earth has brought forth her increase;

may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

May God give us his blessing,and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

Reader A reading from <reading>.

<text>The Word of the Lord. (reading)

All Thanks be to God.

Please stand.

Gradual Hymn ......................................................................... <tune>

[Gradual Hymn is optional]

Priest The Lord be with you.

All And also with you. Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to ??.All Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Priest <text>



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The Gospel of Christ. (reading) All Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Homily .................................................................................. <name>

The Marriage Covenant

The bride and groom approach the chancel step.

Priest <groom>, will you give yourself to <bride> to be herhusband: to love her, comfort her, honour and protect her;

and forsaking all others, to be faithful to her so long as youboth shall live?

Groom I will.

Priest <bride>, will you give yourself to <groom> to be his wife:to love him, comfort him, honour and protect him; andforsaking all others, to be faithful to him so long as you both

shall live?Bride I will.

The priest addresses the families of the bride and groom saying,

Priest Do you, the families of <bride> and <groom>, give yourblessing to this marriage?

Families We do.

The priest addresses all present saying,

Priest You are the witnesses to these vows now being made.

Will you do all in your power to support and uphold thismarriage?

All We will.

The bride and groom face each other and join hands.

Groom I, <groom>, take you, <bride>, to be my wife,to have and to holdfrom this day forward;



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for better, for worse,for richer, for poorer,in sickness and in health,to love and to cherish

for the rest of our lives,according to God's holy law.This is my solemn vow.

Bride I, <bride>, take you, <groom>, to be my husband,to have and to holdfrom this day forward;for better, for worse,

for richer, for poorer,in sickness and in health,to love and to cherishfor the rest of our lives,according to God's holy law.

This is my solemn vow.

They loose hands. The priest receives the rings saying,

Priest Dear friends in Christ,

let us ask God to bless these rings,that they may be a symbol of the vow and covenant<bride> and <groom> have made this day.

The community prays silently.

Priest Blessed are you,

God of steadfast love,source of our joy and end of our hope.

Bless these rings, given and receivedthat they may be a symbol of the vow and covenant

<bride> and <groom> have made this day,through Jesus Christ our Lord.

People Amen.



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The groom, and the bride in her turn, places the ring on the ring- finger of the other's hand and says,

(<bride>, <groom>), I give you this ring, as a symbol of my

vow. With all that I am, and all that I have, I honour you inthe name of God.

The bride and groom join right hands .

Priest <bride> and <groom> have joined themselves to eachother by solemn vows, signified by the joining of hands andthe giving and receiving of rings. I declare that they arehusband and wife, in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

Those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder.People Amen.

The Prayers of the People ....................................................................

Leader Let us pray.

After a moment of silence the litany begins with the leader saying,

Almighty God, in whom we live and move and have ourbeing, look graciously upon the world which you have madeand for which your Son gave his life, and especially on allwhom you make to be one flesh in holy marriage. May their

lives together be a sacrament of your love to this brokenworld, so that unity may overcome estrangement, forgivenessheal guilt, and joy overcome despair.Lord, in your mercy,

People Hear our prayer.

Leader May <bride> and <groom> so live together that thestrength of their love may enrich our common life and

become a sign of your faithfulness.Lord, in your mercy,




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Leader May <bride> and <groom> receive the gift and heritage ofchildren and the grace to bring them up to know and love you.Lord, in your mercy,


Leader May their home be a place of truth, security, and love;and their lives an example of concern for others.Lord, in your mercy,


Leader May those who have witnessed these vows find their lives

strengthened and their loyalties confirmed.Lord, in your mercy,


The Lord's Prayer .................................................................................

Priest Let us say together,All Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power, and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

or

Priest Let us say together,People Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,



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on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial,and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours,

now and for ever. Amen.

The Blessing of the Marriage ...............................................................

Priest Most gracious God, we give you thanks for your tender lovein sending Jesus Christ to come among us, to be born of ahuman mother, and to make the way of the cross to be theway of life. We thank you, also, for consecrating the union ofman and woman in his name. By the power of your Holy

Spirit, pour out the abundance of your blessing upon this manand this woman. Defend them from every enemy. Lead theminto all peace. Let their love for each other be a seal upontheir hearts, a mantle about their shoulders, and a crown

upon their foreheads. Bless them in their work and in theircompanionship; in their sleeping and in their waking; in their

joys and in their sorrows; in their life and in their death.Finally, in your mercy, bring them to that table where yoursaints feast for ever in your heavenly home; through JesusChrist our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and

reigns, one God, for ever and ever.People Amen.

or

Priest O God, you have so consecrated the covenant of marriagethat in it is represented the spiritual unity between Christ andhis Church. Send therefore your blessing upon these your

servants, that they may so love, honour, and cherish each



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other in faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and truegodliness, that their home may be a haven of blessing andpeace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reignswith you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

People Amen.

Priest God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, bless,preserve and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favour

look upon you, and fill you with all spiritual benediction andgrace; that you may faithfully live together in this life, and inthe age to come have life everlasting.

People Amen.

The Peace ...........................................................................................

Priest The peace of the Lord be always with you.People And also with you.

The Signing of the Register .....................................................................Anthem: <name> ..........................................................<composer>

The priest presents the newlyweds to the congregation.

The Dismissal .......................................................................................Priest Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.People Thanks be to God.

Recessional Postlude: <name> ........................................<composer>

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