Universal Life Church

The Wedding of Taylor and Heath Bramblett

Welcome Statement
Minister: Thank you to the friends and family that are here today to celebrate the union of Taylor
and Heath .
This occasion not only marks the beginning of their marriage commitment together, but it is a
commemoration of the love nurtured and shared between these two. Together, they embark today
on a new life together, built on the foundations of trust, compassion, and mutual respect.

Family Blessing
Minister: Who gives this bride today?
Bridal Companion: I do.

Declaration of Intent
Minister: Taylor and Heath please join hands.
Taylor , do you take Heath as your cherished husband, in front of these witnesses, and promise to
stay by him side through sickness and health, joy and sorrow, so long as you both shall live?
Taylor : I do.
Minister: Heath , will you take Taylor as your cherished wife, in front of these witnesses, and
promise to stay by her side through sickness and health, joy and sorrow, so long as you both shall
live?
Heath : I do.

Hand-Fasting
Taylor and Heath , while the words you have spoken have sealed your legal union, it is the fasting
of your hands that seals your spiritual commitment to one another. Please join your hands together,
interlacing them.
At this time Taylor and Heath should join their hands, traditionally joining right-hand to right-hand

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and left-hand to left-hand in an interlocking fashion. Feel free to help the couple adjust their hand
positioning here if they struggle.
As your hands meet your partner's, look into their eyes. Recall the joys and sorrows you have
celebrated and endured together. Take note of the support you are feeling, and know that this
support will exist for you always.
In the tradition of our forefathers, we will now fasten your hands together.
At this time the Ociant should wrap the hand-fasting ribbon around the couple's interlocked hands
a number of times.
As we bind your bodies, so too do we bind your spirits. Your lives, as your hands, are now bound.
While the ribbon binding your hands will eventually be removed, know that the union binding your
hearts is permanent knot, a gift that will bless you for the rest of your days.

Pronouncement
Minister: Taylor and Heath , by the power vested in me by the Universal Life Church and the
state of Georgia, I am pleased to pronounce you wife and husband, sealed together today both in
law and in love .

Kiss
Minister: Heath , you may kiss the bride!

Presentation
Minister: Ladies and gentlemen, I now have the privilege of presenting (for the rst time) Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor and Heath Bramblett!