Hawaiian Wedding Vows

We have gathered here today to celebrate your marriage.
This day you have chosen to affirm your love for each other with spoken words, with prayer and with the sharing of symbols.

Verse by the Sea:
Marriage is a commitment to life. To the best that two people can find and bring out in each other.
It offers opportunities for sharing and growth no other human relationship can equal;
a physical and emothional journey that is promised for a lifetime.
Within the circle of its love, marriage encompasses all of Life's most important relationships.
A wife and husband are each other's best friend, confidant, lover, teacher, and listener.
There may come times when one partner is hearbroken or ailing, and the love of the other brings healing;
of steadfastness, that establishes the marriage covenant.
Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life. Happiness is fuller, memories are fresher, and commitment is stronger.
Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes that life is unable to avoid.
Yes, it encourages and nurtures new life, new experiences, new ways of expressing love through the seasons of life.
When two people pledge to love and care for each other, in marriage, they seem to create a spirit unique to themselves,
which binds them closer than any spoken or written word.
Marriage is a promise, made in the hearts of two people who love each other, and this will take a lifetime to fulfill.

Sharing of Leis:
For those of us who call Hawaii home, the flower lei is a symbol of love for us; it is also a symbol of things that are fragile and temporal.
For a flower lei will only last for a day or two, and then it's gone. Our lives are like the lei...within in the span of eternity.
Therefore, love with tender consideration for each other, continue to love one another, and your marriage will last.
May the leis you now offer each other, be recognized for the earnestness of your love for one another.
Groom, do you wish for Bride to be your wife? If so, please say "I do".
Bride, do you wish for Groom to be your husband? If so, please say "I do".
Bride & Groom, do you promise to let your love for each other grow, as it will, and as it must, so that in the years to come,
you will renew your acceptance, your understanding and your trust in one another?
If so, please say "We promise"

Marriage Vows:
I, Groom, take you Bride to be my wife. I promise to love you, only you, and cherish you. I will be a companion to you.
I will share my strengths and my achievements. I promise to respect you and be a friend to you.
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
I, Bride, take you Groom to be my husband. I promise to love you, only you, and cherish you. I will be a companion to you.
I will share my strengths and my achievements. I promise to respect you and be a friend to you.
For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.

Ring Ceremony:
The wedding rings are a symbol of longevity in the marriage covenant.
The circle of the ring symbolizes a never-ending circle of love and commitment that you are making.
Always see the best in each other and each day that you are together, when you look at the beauty of these rings,
remember the love that you have for each other is forever.
Bride, I give this ring to you as a sign of my love. I give myself to you to be your husband.
From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. I feel so honored to have you as my wife.
I vow to love and sustain you in the covenant of our marriage for as long as we both shall live.
Groom, I give this ring to you as a sign of my love. I give myself to you to be your wife.
From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. I feel so honored to have you as my husband.
I vow to love and sustain you in the covenant of our marriage for as long as we both shall live.

Pronouncement:
We have been witnesses to this special day. Therefore, I and those of us that are here with you
recognize that you continue to be husband and wife,
and we and all of your family and friends shall honor you as the same from this day forward.

Prayer of blessings in Hawaiian, then interpretation:  {Removed upon request)
Imau aku kaloko mai ka'i O ka haku O Iesu Cristo me kealoha O Keakua a mekaluna puana o ka'uhane hemolele me ka ko apa'u
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and Communion of His spirit be with you always.
May God bless you and keep you, may God's face shine upon you and be gracious unto you;
may God life up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Amen.