Aloha
Adventure Ceremony // Doug
Binzak
______and_______, and all family and friends here today
I welcome you with ALOHA
spirit in the timeless presence of SEA, SAND, and SUN.
We are gathered in JOY as you
two pledge your VOWS of commitment to each other, just as our ancestors and
others who have walked this “Aina have done since BEGINNING-less time.
In Hawaii, we BEGIN ceremony
with an exchange of Leis as a symbol of our love. The BEAUTIFULLY crafted lei is the
coming together of hand picked flowers and twine, carefully BONDED together
with loving attention.
As you
exchange THESE leis, you will begin to weave YOUR lei together in life, as husband and wife. So please place your LEI over your
beloved’s head with ALOHA.
{COUPLE
EXCHANGES THE LEIS)
ALOHA is translated in many
ways, but I invite you today to understand it through the virtues that it
communicates, virtues that are essential to a long and satisfying marriage:
·
A kahai, or kindness expressed with
tenderness;
·
L okahi, or unity, expressed with harmony;
·
O lu’olu, or agreeableness, expressed with
pleasantness;
·
H a’aha’a, or humility, expressed with
modesty; and
·
A honui, or patience, expressed with
perseverance.
Now for those of us gathered
as witnesses AND participants,
_________and________ declare
publicly their choice to LIVE and PARTNER and GROW together. They do so OUT-LOUD and in YOUR presence,
out of the desire that we will all come to feel a very REAL and INTIMATE part
of their decision, thus making it even MORE powerful.
So let us JOIN in love and
support of _______and_______, and BLESS this couple with OUR hopes for their
everlasting happiness:
May they find GRACE in their
journey,; May they DRAW UPON each other’s strengths, SUPPORT each other in
weakness, and may their HOME TOGETHER be a place for growing a place for sharing, a place for MUSIC, laughter, peace, harmony,
and contentment.
___________ and ________ In
the circle of its love, marriage encompasses ALL of life’s most important
relationships, not as requiring of obligations, but rather as providing
OPPORTUNTIES:
To be each other’s best
friend, confidante, lover, teacher, and listener; to make happiness FULLER, memories FRESHER; and for lifting your lives to their HIGHEST
potential, which sometimes will include
greater understanding and the
FORGIVENESS of mistakes that life cannot avoid.
When you PLEDGE to love one
another in marriage, you create a SPIRIT that is unique to yourselves. It is in YOUR spirit that we are here today,
as you vow to each other.
THE WEDDING VOWS
And No vows are as tender as
those that you are about to assume.
Please join hands and face each other and repeat after me.
GROOM“I ____, take you,
______, to be my wife. // I promise to love you// cherish you//respect you//
and honor you. // I will share my strengths and achievements, with you //and be
your friend and companion //for as long as we both shall live.
BRIDE “I ____, take you,
______, to be my husband // I promise to love you// cherish you//respect you//
and honor you. // I will share my strengths and achievements, with you //and be
your friend and companion //for as long as we both shall live.
EXCHANGE OF THE RINGS
The wedding ring is an
UNBROKEN circle, a symbol of the SUN, the EARTH, of the WHOLE universe. It is also a symbol of WHOLENESS, holiness, and perfection. From this day forward, whenever you see
your wedding rings, may they remind you of the NEVER-ENDING love that the two
of you pledge here today.
Please, then, both of you,
take hold in your HANDS of the rings you give each other, take hold of what
they symbolize in your HEARTS, and repeat after me:
“With this ring….I thee
wed….”
(place the rings on each
others fingers and hold ringed hands, raising them into the air)
“…that all may see and know
of my love for you”.
________ and _________ TRUE
LOVE is boundless like the OCEAN before us.
As you have announced the TRUE LOVE that is written in your hearts,
under the AUTHORITY vested in
me by the State of Hawaii, it is my PRIVILEDGE and honor to NOW PRONOUNCE you
Husband and Wife.
________ You may now kiss the
bride!
And to all PRESENT and
GATHERED here today, I am now PLEASED to present, for the first time, and
in joy,
Mr. And Mrs ______________