Aloha and welcome. (groom) and (bride), we are here to celebrate your marriage on this very special day. This is the day that you have chosen to formalize your love for one another with your vows to each other. Today we join together in the spirit of aloha, the spirit of love, that has joined you together. This is a joyful and yet solemn time. You have chosen to wed here in Hawaii where we are blessed by many natural gifts. We have rainbows, beautiful flowers and spectacular sunsets. But perhaps the most powerful and beautiful force is the ocean. The ocean is deep and constantly changing, much like the love that you share. May your love be as deep and constant as the ocean, surviving all the changes that will come to you in your lives.
If anyone present can show just cause as to why this couple may not be legally joined together, you should speak now, or hereafter hold your peace.
Who gives this woman to be joined in Holy Matrimony?
{Giver} I Do
(groom), do your take this woman to be your wife; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, be faithful to her as long as you both shall live?
{Groom} I Do
(bride), do your take this man to be your husband; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live?
{Bride} I Do
(groom) and (bride) may you pledge to be loving friends and partners in marriage. To talk and to listen, to trust and appreciate one another; to respect and cherish each other's uniqueness, and to support, comfort, and strengthen each other through life's joys and sorrows. May you promise to share hopes, thoughts, and dreams as you build your lives together. May your lives be ever intertwined, your love keeping you together. May you build a home that is compassionate to all, full of respect and honor for others as well as each other. May your home be forever filled with peace, happiness, and love.
(groom) and (bride), please face each other and hold hands.
(groom), look into (bride)’s eyes and repeat these words after me:
{groom} I (groom), take you (bride), to be my wife, to have and to hold, from this day forth, to love, honor, and cherish, to comfort and respect, in joy or in sorrow, in plenty or in want, so long as we both shall live.
(bride), look in to (groom)’s eyes and repeat these words after me:
{bride} I (bride), take you (groom), to be my husband, to have and to hold, from this day forth, to love, honor, and cherish, to comfort and respect, in joy or in sorrow, in plenty or in want, so long as we both shall live.
May we have the rings please?
The ring is a symbol of unity into which your two lives are now joined in an unbroken circle; in which,
wherever you go, you will always return to one another.
(groom), please place the ring on (bride)’s ring finger on her left hand and repeat after me.
{groom} (bride), I offer this ring as a symbol of my love and devotion. Let it always be a reminder of my vows to you.
(bride), please place the ring on (groom)’s ring finger on his left hand and repeat after me.
{bride} (groom), I offer this ring as a symbol of my love and devotion. Let it always be a reminder of my vows to you.
(Lei Exchange Optional)
In Hawaii, in the memory of the islands and their wedding ceremonies, the lei has been a traditional makana, a gift, exchanged between bride and groom. Lei aloha, necklaces of love, are offered and accepted as open heartedly as they give of their beauty. And, as your aloha for one another, these lei's embrace your thoughts, your senses, and your hearts.
(groom), Please repeat these words after me...
{groom} Lei no, au ko, aloha. Please wear my love like a beautiful lei
Now place (bride)'s lei around her neck and give her a kiss on both cheeks.
(bride), Please repeat these words after me...
{bride} Lei no, au ko, aloha. Please wear my love like a beautiful lei.
Now place (groom)'s lei around her neck and give him a kiss on both cheeks.
(Hawaiian Prayer Optional For Religious Services)
Let us offer a blessing...
Ka malamalama o ke Akua e ho’opuni mai oukou.
(The light of God surrounds you.)
Ka mana o ke Akua e ho’opakele mai oukou
(The love of God en-folds you,)
Ke alo o ke Akua e malama mai oukou
(The power of God protects you,)
Mai kahi oukou e hele aku ai he Akua no.
(The presence of the God watches over you. Wherever you are, God is!)
Amen
(Amen.)
(groom) and (bride), now that you have given yourselves to each other by solemn vows, with the joining of hands, the giving and receiving of rings, and the giving and receiving of leis by the power vested in me by God and The State of Hawaii, I pronounce you husband and wife. What God has brought together, let no man separate.
You may kiss your bride.