Ceremony Ideas

When using a Justice of the Peace to officiate your wedding, you are open to create a wedding ceremony almost any way that you can imagine. While that is very liberating, it can also be confusing as to how to start. I have many sample ceremonies for you to look at and use for inspiration. Many couples will end up cutting and pasting pieces of ceremonies that they like together and then adding their own special touches. Feel free to do what you like, ask me for assistance or just ask me to write a whole ceremony for you. I am here to provide as much or as little assistance as you need.

Most ceremonies have five major components:

  • Introduction or greeting to the assembled guests
  • Intentions, where the bride and groom acknowledge that they are about to enter into a marriage
  • Vows, where the bride and groom state their feelings/promises toward each other
  • Ring Ceremony, where the bride and groom exchange rings
  • Pronouncement, where the officiant pronounces them married

You can also add or delete anything that you want. Consider readings performed by friends or relatives, a hand-fasting ceremony, candle lighting ceremony,  religious passages or anything else that you'd like to add.