The actual ceremony is only 10 minutes long.
If you are having a professional photographer add another 45 minutes for photos afterwards.
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Unless otherwise specified this will be the ceremony used at your wedding:

Today is a day of celebration. We are here, surrounded by incredible beauty to celebrate life, love, and the beauty of relationships.
But more importantly we are here to celebrate the relationship of two people who have come here to embark on an incredible journey
and set sail for a wonderful life together.

It is such a blessing that the two of you have found each other in this world.
Your hearts met and through your relationship unfolded vulnerable honesty, gentle caring,
and that amazing thing we call love, which has bonded you for life.

The beauty of this marriage is that you will always continue to learn together and teach each other, to open each other to explore new ideas,
to share life and bring out the very best in one another.
The two of you will never lose your freedom by being married because you will become freer by being together.
Your world will become larger and your options more abundant than what would have been alone.
What could be more beautiful? What could be more fun?

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The Exchange of Vows

Do you (groom) promise (bride) to be forever faithful and honest,
to share with her your dreams and your fears, to cherish her for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health and to be forever close in your souls?
groom :" I Do"

Do you (bride) promise (groom) to be forever faithful and honest,
to share with him your dreams and your fears, to cherish him for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health and to be forever close in your souls?
bride : " I Do"

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If you wish you can write personalized additional vows on a card and read them to each other at this point.

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The exchange of rings

Let these rings, which you are about to exchange, serve to remind us that a circle is a symbol of the sun, the earth, and the universe.
A circle has no beginning and no ending. It is a symbol of wholeness, peace and completeness.
These rings are very special because they remind us that we are individuals yet we are not alone.
Wear them to tell each other and the whole world that you are in love with the very special person wearing the other one.

( groom ) , place this ring on ( bride ) 's finger and while holding her hand repeat after me.

I, ( groom ) , give you this ring as a symbol of how happy you make me
and as a sign to all that you are the one that I wish to share life's journey with.
May you feel surrounded by my love each time you look at your ring.

( bride ) , place this ring on ( groom ) 's finger and while holding his hand repeat after me.

I, ( bride ) , give you this ring as a symbol of how happy you make me
and as a sign to all that you are the one that I wish to share life's journey with.
May you feel surrounded by my love each time you look at your ring.

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Wedding Blessing

( bride ) & ( groom ) , live your lives with passion, compassion and
excitement … play… dance … make footprints in the sand… sail in the gentleness of the winds…
climb mountains together… laugh together…cry together…smile often ... make life magical and extraordinary …
be happy…. be silly… rejoice in the beauty of life … and from now on and into all of your tomorrows you will be partners in love for life..
remembering while sailing on the great sea of marriage to always be each other's best friends.

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Pronouncement of Marriage
Having witnessed the vows you have just made to each other,
surrounded by your love, the sun, the tropical sea of the Caribbean, by the loving grace of God,
and by the authority vested in me, upheld by the laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands,
I now pronounce you co-captains in life, best friends forever, and most of all husband and wife.

( groom ) , you may kiss your bride.
xxxoooxxxooo

Originally we were going to write our own ceremony -
then we read yours. The ceremony was as if it was written for us
personally. It captured our hearts, souls, spirit and love for eachother in
such a perfect way.
Jeannette & Roger Bradly