FAMILY VOWS #35 Family vows Bride, in the presence of God and these witnesses, Groom has taken you to be his wife. He has promised to love you, to hold you and to honor you, in good times and in bad, to enjoy you, console you, to delight you and astound you when he can. He will give thanks for you always, and cherish you with all my heart until the end of our days. Groom having promised to be a good and faithful husband to Bride, do you also promise to be a patient, loving father to Child and Child, caring for them and providing for them as you own? Groom: I do. Do you further promise to be their strength and their emotional support, loving them with all your heart until the end of your days. Groom: I do. #36 Family vows Groom and Bride are blessed with this child, Child, as fruit of their love and life together. Groom and Bride do you commit to love and care for Child, and to teach him/her of love through your examples? Do you pledge to treat Child with honesty and dignity, respecting him/her as a person, listening to him/her, teaching him/her and helping him/her to grow. Bride and Groom: We do. #37 Family vows Not only are Groom and Bride creating a marriage today, but they also are forming a family with Child/Children's names. Just as it is appropriate for Groom and Bride to begin their marriage by affirming their love for each other by exchanging Rings and Roses), they also wish to show their love for Child/Children’s names with a gift of a Rose. The Bride and Groom then hand the child or each of the children a rose, give a hug and whisper "I love you". #38 Family vows And now, Child/Children's names do you promise to love your parent's new husband/wife? Do you promise to support their marriage and their new family? Do you promise to accept the responsibility of being their children, and to encourage them and support them in your new life together? Child/Children: I do. #39 Family vows Child/Children's names, if you would join us, Groom and Bride would like to exchange a gift with you, not only to symbolize that you are a part of this marriage, but also to include you, in the bond of this ceremony. It is their way of sharing with you the celebration of the creation of a new family, which begins here today. Child/Children's names, Bride and Groom are giving you this token today to show you they are proud to have you in their new family. Bride and Groom repeating after the Officiant: We promise to be a family, all of us together.
