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Marissa
Expert October 2020

Declaration of Intent and repeated vows?

Marissa, on September 28, 2020 at 1:36 PM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 5

So my wedding is less than 2 weeks away, and this week I'm working on writing our ceremony script!

Our officiant is my FH's grandfather, who has only officiated one other wedding. He gave us a couple scripts that we could work off of, and I have also been researching online for other various scripts to piece together. Both my FH and I are not writing our own vows and are fine with doing the "repeat after me" type vows. So when looking online, I've noticed that some sites say that the Declaration the Intent (the I do's) can also be used as the vows, and then others say that it is a separate thing. So this has made me a bit confused and hoping I'm doing it right? Is it okay if we say the Declaration of Intent and then our repeated vows right after, or would that be weird?


Here's what I have:

Welcome

Charge to the Couple

Declaration of Intent (I do's)

The Vows (lines repeated after the officiant)

Exchange of Rings (more lines repeated after the officiant)

Marriage Pronouncement

Recessional

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Latest activity by Marissa, on September 28, 2020 at 2:09 PM
  • Margaret
    Master October 2020
    Margaret ·
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    That looks about right, we picked pieces from our officiant's examples and totally recreated everything to meet our needs.

    Opening / Welcome Prayer

    Intent (I Do's)

    Vows / Rings

    Pronouncement

    Marriage Blessing Prayer

    Presentation

    Recessional

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  • A
    Devoted October 2021
    Adrienne ·
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    I think what you have is fine. Ours was basically determined by the church, which is fine with me, one less thing for me to organize lol. Here is mine, for reference:

    Opening & Welcome Prayer

    Declaration of Consent (I Do's)

    Readings

    Vows

    Blessing Prayer

    You're Now Husband and Wife!

    Recessional

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  • Marissa
    Expert October 2020
    Marissa ·
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    Oh good! I know there are tons of different ways of writing this, so just wanted to be sure. Thank you!!

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  • Margaret
    Master October 2020
    Margaret ·
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    Oh yeah, tons and tons of ways. LOL...

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  • Marissa
    Expert October 2020
    Marissa ·
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    Okay good! Thank you for sharing! 😊

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