Super Simple Wedding Ceremony Script for Your Officiant
- Jessica Levey
- May 16
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 3
This is it - the super simple wedding ceremony script of your dreams!
This wedding officiant script includes all the required wording for a legal wedding ceremony, plus a heartwarming welcome to guests and warm wishes for a happy future. It's an easy-breezy, no-muss no-fuss, sweetly simple way make your marriage official!
Your chosen wedding officiant can use this simple wedding script "as is" to lead your ceremony, or help them personalize it with your favorite wedding poem, inside jokes, "meet cute" love story, moment of silence, or creative unity ceremony.
Then seal it with a kiss, sign that marriage license, and hit the dance floor or head out for a slice of pie. That's it -- your wedding ceremony just got a whole lot simpler!
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Super Simple Wedding Ceremony Script for Your Wedding Officiant
HOUSEKEEPING ANNOUNCEMENTS (OPTIONAL)
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“As you get settled in, please remember to silence your phones...”
[Etc. Make any etiquette announcements / requests.]
WEDDING PROCESSIONAL: THE COUPLE ENTERS
[The wedding party and couple make their entrance.]
WELCOME / OPENING WORDS
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“Friends, family, and loved ones — welcome! We’re gathered here to celebrate one of life’s greatest blessings, as we witness the union of (NAME) and (NAME).
Marriage is a promise made between two people, to love, honor, and cherish each other for all of their lives. To comfort each other in times of hardship, and laugh together in times of joy and plenty. To walk side by side through all of life’s adventures, as friends, lovers, and equals. Today, (NAME) and (NAME) make this commitment together.”
DECLARATION OF INTENT: THE ‘I DO’S
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“(NAME) do you take (NAME) to be your [spouse / wife / husband], and your partner in life from this day forward?”
[NAME / PARTNER 1]:
“I do!”
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“(NAME) do you take (NAME) to be your [spouse / wife / husband], and your partner in life from this day forward?”
[NAME / PARTNER 2]:
“I do!”
EXCHANGE OF WEDDING RINGS (OPTIONAL)
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“(NAME) and (NAME), you will now exchange rings as a symbol of this promise. Wear them as a reminder of the love you will nurture and protect each day.
(Exchange those rings!)
CLOSING WORDS: THE OFFICIANT’S FINAL WORDS
WEDDING OFFICIANT:
“Let the love you share be a blessing! Although your love began as a spark, this commitment is a choice. As you renew your decision each day to walk this path together, never forget the gift you’ve found in each other.”
PRONOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE & INTRODUCTION OF NEWLYWEDS
WEDDING OFFICIANT TO COUPLE:
“And now, it is my great honor to pronounce you married. You may [kiss / embrace]!”
WEDDING OFFICIANT TO GUESTS:
“I introduce to you for the first time as a married couple, [Name and Name / the Newlyweds / Couple’s Preferred Intro]”
WEDDING RECESSIONAL: END OF THE CEREMONY
[This is the part of the ceremony when the newlyweds make their exit! Walk, roll, or dance your way back down the aisle! ]
AFTER THE WEDDING ENDS (FOR THE OFFICIANT)
*Don’t forget to sign the marriage license before you head to the reception!
For tips on how to fill out a marriage license, we recommend visiting American Marriage Ministries: How To Fill Out A Marriage License As An Officiant. American Marriage Ministries is a nonprofit church that offers free online ordination to officiate weddings and they have a lot of great resources for having a friend officiate your wedding.
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