The Vows
The word vow is defined as "one by which a person is bound to an act, service or condition." Wedding vows are promises a couple makes to each other as lifelong partners.
Sample Vows
With all the I am...
With all that am,
I, __________, take you, __________, to be my wife/husband. I promise to be your lover, companion, and friend, your ally in conflict, your partner in peace, and your biggest supporter. I will be your companion in adventure, your comfort in disappointment, your accomplice in mischief, your strength in times of need. I will listen with understanding, and trust you completely, all the days of my life. This is my vow.
I choose you...
Today, I choose you to be my husband/wife.
I vow to love you, encourage you, trust you, and respect you. I accept you as you are, and I offer myself in return. I will care for you, and stand beside you. I will share with you all of life’s adversities, and all of its joys, from this day forward, and all the days of my life.
By your side...
__________, you are my best friend. I promise to laugh with you, cry with you, and be present to you. I will love you faithfully when we are together and when we are apart. I will love you faithfully through the easy and through the difficult. I vow to grow together, and to grow old together. I promise to support your dreams, to respect our differences, and to be by your side through all the days and nights of our lives.
Today...
Today, I take my place as your wife/husband. May our days be long, and may they be seasoned with faith, love, understanding and respect, forever and ever. Today is the beginning of the rest of our lives. I choose to be with you today, and all of my tomorrows.
Traditional
__________, do you take ________ to be your wedded (wife/husband), to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love (him/her), comfort (him/her), honour and keep (him/her), for better and worse, for richer and poorer, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, to be faithful only to (him/her), so long as you both shall live? ________: “I do”
Contemporary
I, __________, take you, __________, to be my wife/husband, my partner and friend. To join my life with yours, to share with you all that is to be, to laugh with you in joy, to comfort you in sorrow, to grow with you in love. I will honour you and be faithful to you, all the days of my life. This is my vow.
The Script
Your day will always be unique and personal to you, as a couple. We want to give you an idea of the spirit of what will be said during your ceremony.
Aloha. E komo mai & Welcome...
A L O H A
Let us remind ourselves that the word ALOHA means much more than just hello or goodbye....
....In sharing ALOHA, we express a genuine sense of both love and respect for one another.