Sample / Maui Ceremonies and Weddings by Two Mermaids on Maui Rev. Juddee

 
Aloha friends, welcome. Well...now that you've made the commitment to come to Maui
and get married...and you have told (or not) your family, friends and co-workers...
what's next? 

If you are planning a large wedding and reception, you are welcome to call me to 
perform your ceremony and I can also refer you to the most professional
wedding coordinators, photographers and videographers on island. You have probably 
noticed by now that there are so many choices, which one will you pick?
Is one better than the other? Well, that is hard to determine, I can however,
share my experiences with you and refer you to those that I often work with. 

If you want a simple ceremony on a beautiful beach on Maui with just you two or 
maybe with a few members of your family and friends, a Minister, we can do that. 
No worries. I will assist you in getting you through one of the biggest days of 
your life with ease and grace. I am happy to speak with you both and advise you
in preparing and personalizing your ceremony. I truly believe each ceremony is a 
blessing, it is an honor to be your Minister, allowing me to participate is a gift.

I will help you to focus and identify what is personally important for you to say
and have said as individuals and as a couple in your ceremony. I will be happy to
send you some sample ceremonies to assist you in getting started. Please read the
sample I have included below to give you an idea of what your ceremony could be
like. Use this sample as a place to start. One word of advice if I may, this is 
your ceremony and you can include any and everything you want. Remember, these are
the words, your vows, that you can later refer to in both times of joy and struggle.

Welcome and Introduction Aloha and welcome. We are here to recognize and celebrate the spiritual union that has already taken place between ____ and ____ . It is the Love they have for each other that unites them. This commitment of love to one another is an act of faith and a personal commitment as well as a spiritual and physical union. No words can really unite two individuals, so the words we impart celebrate this loving couple. I invite all of us to open our hearts to joy. This miracle of love, which we are here to witness today, shall evermore inspire us to trust in Love.

Lei Blessing and Exchange (Optional) I have created a loving lei exchange that the couple exchanges as part of their ceremony. I also include a symbolic lei ceremony for family and friends who can not attend.

To the Couple Your marriage will be a great adventure, because it is an outward expression of the great love you have for one another. Such love is characterized by compassion, passion and courage. This type of love is totally supportive of each others‚ goals, purpose and well-being. It is one of life’s treasures to find a person who accepts you for who you are and gives you the opportunity to feel good about yourself. Allow the gratitude in your heart for each other to become the foundation for your marriage vows. Thank each other for helping you find the best part of who you are and for letting each other share it. Appreciate your love, your wisdom and your understanding. Commit to cherish the wonderful unique person that each of you embodies. Work with each other and continue to build your life together. Let your relationship grow and your lives forever entwine so that you might be brought closer each moment. ____ and ____, you both now have the opportunity to acknowledge all the experiences that have brought each of you to this day and release them all into the past. Today is the time to be totally present in mind body and spirit to set new goals and horizons.

Vows ____ and ____, will you now join both hands? When two people join together in a commitment of love to one another, knowing deep in their hearts that they belong together, and realizing that God has brought them together, what comes next? In a true relationship, life becomes a process of helping each other to fulfill God's purpose for each of you upon

the earth: To strengthen, guide and compliment one another. ____, will you accept and honor this woman, ____, whose hands you hold, choosing her alone to be your wife? (answer, "I will") ____, will you accept and honor this man, ____, whose hands you hold, choosing him alone to be your husband? (answer, "I will") ____, please repeat after me, ____, I accept and honor you as my wife. I pledge to share my life openly with you...to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honor and tenderly care for you...to cherish and encourage...your fulfillment as an individual... through all the changes of our lives. ____, please repeat after me, ____, I accept and honor you as my husband. I pledge to share my life openly with you...to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honor and tenderly care for you...to cherish and encourage...your fulfillment as an individual... through all the changes of our lives.

Blessing and Exchange of Rings May I have the rings, please. These rings, by their shapes, are symbols of Eternity, without beginning or end, and are true emblems of the endless spiritual love that links you now, spirit to spirit and soul to soul. A ring also signifies Completeness. Each of you was complete in yourselves before your partner came into your life. These rings, then signify a further level of completeness in your lives together. ________ , placing the ring on _____’s finger, please repeat after me. ________ , I give this ring from my heart to your hand. ________ , placing the ring on _____’s finger, please repeat after me. ________ , I give this ring from my heart to your hand. Let these rings, which you have exchanged be ever a token of the unbroken unity of truth and love in your life together.

God, for whom all blessings flow, grant that the love of ____ and ____ may have its full nobility. May their joys and sorrows, their pleasures and duties, be met in a spirit of understanding, fortitude and wisdom. May their home be a place of rich affections and kindly actions. May it be a shelter from life’s storms and the enduring abode of life's deepest happiness. By the authority vested in me by God and the State of Hawaii, it is my honor and delight to pronounce you forever joined in Marriage. Amen. You may seal your covenant with a kiss!