Spring Wedding Ceremony Script

Grooms sharing first dance after garden themed wedding

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~12 Minute Ceremony

Couples planning a spring wedding may want to lean into the new life symbolism and the power of changing seasons when structuring their ceremony script. This sample script pulls in those themes, while also keeping a traditional format. As an added bonus, the weather may be just mild enough this time of year that guests can comfortably enjoy an outdoor ceremony!

Introduction/Welcome/Wedding Sermon

Officiant (to guests):

On this spring day, we bid you welcome to all the friends, family, and colleagues that have gathered to commemorate and celebrate the marriage of _______________ and _______________. Just as the flowers bloom, new life is born to the animals, and the trees bud new leaves, _______________ and _______________ will experience many new experiences as a married couple from this day forth.

Officiant (to couple):

It’s time for your marriage to blossom before you this very moment. Prepare yourselves for the moment you have been waiting for!

Reading

Officiant (to guests):

O my Luve 's like a red, red rose

That's newly sprung in June:

O my Luve 's like the Melodie

That's sweetly played in tune!

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in love am I:

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a' the seas gang dry:

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi' the sun;

I will luve thee still, my dear,

While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve,

And fare thee weel a while!

And I will come again, my Luve,

Tho' it was ten thousand miles.

- A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

Exchanging of Vows

Officiant (to couple):

Let’s go ahead and exchange the vows at this time.

_______________, you may go first.

Partner 1:

As the seasons pass and things change, what will never change is the love and appreciation I have for you. I vow to uphold and defend you during the ups and downs in our lives throughout all the seasons together.

Officiant (to couple):

_______________, it’s your turn to share your vows.

Partner 2:

Exchanging of Rings

Officiant (to couple):

Now that we have heard these beautiful vows, we will move on to the symbolic exchanging of the rings.

Officiant (to Partner 1):

_______________, place your ring on _______________’s finger and repeat this statement: “I promise to stand by you through all the seasons of our lives together”.

Partner 1:

I promise to stand by you through all the seasons of our lives together.

Officiant (to Partner 2):

____________, place your ring on _______________’s finger and repeat this statement: “I promise to stand by you through all the seasons of our lives together”.

Partner 2:

I promise to stand by you through all the seasons of our lives together.

Declaration of Intent

Officiant (to couple):

_______________ and _______________, hold one another’s hands as you declare your love to one another.

_______________, do you take _______________ to be your always in-season wedded partner?

Partner 1:

I do take _______________ to be my always in-season wedded partner.

Officiant (to Partner 2):

_______________, do you take _______________ to be your always in season wedded partner?

Partner 2:

I do take _______________ to be my always in-season wedded partner.

Pronouncement

Officiant (to couple):

_______________ and _______________, you have come before everyone here on this spring day to show and pronounce your love to one another.

Thanks to the power vested in me by the Universal Life Church Ministries, I now pronounce you wed! You may share a kiss now!