Examples
    of Certificate Text and Vows

     
 

     

    Here are examples of vows and texts from some of the certificate
    we have lettered. Read them over, copy and change things to make
    it your own. If you have written your own text, or your church
    or Meeting require special wording, send it in an email with
    your other information (ask for our e-brochure of information
    we need to do your certificate.) Remember, you are not limited
    by what you see here. We want you to have the text that is going
    to be special and meaningful to you.

     

    
 Below is the text on the
    Pond and Lacy certificate on our website (see above). We added
    a fictional date and deleted the names so you may copy it and
    add your own details.


    
On Saturday, the seventeenth day of September,
    two thousand twenty,


    
Name

    and

    Name


    
Took each other by the hand and exchanged this
    vow:


    


    "In the presence of the light and love of family and friends
    I take thee to be my beloved, promising to be a loving and faithful
    partner. I ask you to be none other than yourself. I promise
    to cherish and delight in your spirit and individuality, to respect
    our differences and to face life's challenges with patience,
    humor and compassion. This commitment is made in love, kept in
    faith, lived in hope, and made eternally new."


    


    In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.


    


    As members of a loving community, we set our hands in caring
    witness to this union. 

    

    
On Saturday, the seventeenth day of September,
    two thousand twenty, at Name Park in City Name, Colorado


    
Name

    and

    Name


    
joined their lives under the care of (Name) Friends
    Meeting, Denver, Colorado.


    
In the presence of the Light and their community,
    the couple took each other by the hand and made the following
    promise:


    
I promise you my full self, my love and my partnership
    for life.


    
Loving what I know of you and trusting what I do
    not yet know, I respect you as an individual, as my partner,
    my equal, my kin.


    
I promise to be tender with you when you're troubled,
    dream with you when you're inspired, follow you when you're adventurous,
    and encourage you when you're stuck. I will trust you and be
    worthy of your trust.


    
I promise to work for our relationship, even when
    the work is hard, always seeking grounding in Spirit and community.


    
I promise to be ever open to you, to communicate
    fully and fearlessly, to support you in becoming the person you
    are yet to be, and to walk beside you through all the seasons
    of our lives.


    
In joyful commitment, we set our hands


    
 


    
We, having been present at this marriage, sign
    our names in witness and support of this union.

    

    
 Below is an example of
    a very traditionally worded certificate.


    
 


    
Whereas, Name, of Place, Maryland, daughter of
    Parent Name and Parent Name


    
and Name, of Place, Maryland, son of Parent Name
    and Parent Name,

    having declared their intentions of marriage with each other
    to Place Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
    held at City, Maryland, their proposed marriage was allowed by
    that Meeting.


    


    Now this is to certify that this twenty second day of the tenth
    month two thousand twenty A.D., they, Name and Name, appeared
    in a meeting for worship of Place Friends Meeting at City, Maryland,
    and Name taking Name by the hand, did, declare that he took Name
    to be his wife promising with Divine assistance to be a loving
    and faithful husband so long as they both shall live; and then,
    Name, taking Name by the hand, did declared that she took Name
    to be her husband promising with Divine assistance to be a loving
    and faithful wife so long as they both shall live.

    And in further confirmation of their commitment, and in the presence
    of all in attendance,

    Name and Name signed their names below.


    
And we, having been present at the occasion of
    this marriage, have signed our names as witness and commit ourselves
    to celebrate and support this union.

    

    
Want to keep it simple? Here
    is a good one.


    
On this, the fourth day of September in the year
    two thousand twenty


    
Name


    
and


    
Name


    
Took each other by the hand and declaring their
    love were joined in marriage, promising to be loving and faithful
    partners to each other as long as they both shall live.


    
In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.


    
 


    
And as loving friends and family, we set our hands
    in caring witness to this union.

    
 On the twenty-eighth day of June

    in the year two thousand twelve 

    under the care of (Place) Friends


    
Name

    and

    Name


    
took each other by the hand and exchanged the following
    vow:


    
"In the presence of the Light of God and the
    love of family and friends, I take thee to be my wife/husband,
    promising with Divine assistance to be unto thee a loving and
    faithful wife/husband so long as we both shall live".


    
In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.


    
 


    
And as loving friends and family we set our hands
    in caring witness to this union.

    
 On the twenty-third day of June in the year

    two thousand twelve


    
Name

    and

    Name


    
Took each other by the hand and exchanged this
    vow:


    
In the presence of the Light and the love of family
    and friends, I vow for all my life to be your loving and faithful
    partner. I ask you to be none other than yourself. I promise
    to cherish and delight in your unique spirit, to respect our
    differences, and to face our challenges with patience, humor,
    and compassion. I vow to keep faith in your best self, and to
    celebrate the ways you will grow and change. I promise to support
    you as you follow your spirit's calling toward peace, joy, and
    union with the divine. I vow to work with you to make our family
    a strong and healthy part of our larger community. I will listen
    to you with an open heart, and I will love you always.


    
In celebration of this commitment we set our hands:


    
As members of a loving community, we set our hands
    in witness, celebration and support of this union

    
The old Quaker tradition of
    using the "thee" and "thou" pronouns is carried
    throughout the text below. 


    
On this, the twenty first day of the fourth month
    in the year of our Lord,

    Two Thousand Twelve

    Name

    and

    Name

    were united in marriage in the manner of Friends.


    
Name and Name took each other by hand and made
    the following promise:


    
"In the presence of the Light and love of
    family and friends I take thee to be my beloved, promising to
    be unto thee a loving and faithful partner. I ask thee to be
    none other than thyself. I promise to cherish and delight in
    thy spirit and individually, to respect our differences and to
    face life's challenges with patience, humor and compassion. This
    commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and
    made eternally new."


    
In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.


    
As confirmation, we set our hands in caring witness
    to this union.

    
On this twentieth day of the seventh month

    in the year two thousand thirteen

    Name

    and

    Name

    in celebration of their marriage were united in the manner of
    Friends.


    


    On this day Name and Name appeared in a meeting for worship and
    took each other by the hand and did declare…


    


    "In the presence of the light and love of family and friends,
    I take thee to be my beloved, to cherish and nurture the spirit
    within you, to be honest, loving and faithful, so long as we
    both shall live."

    As confirmation of this commitment we set our hands.


    
We, as loving members of their community, have,
    in joyful witness, set our hands at the 

    Place Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, held
    at

    City Name, New York.

    

    
 On the twenty-fifth day of February, two
    thousand twelve

    at the Place Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends

    in City Name, Pennsylvania 

    Name

    and

    Name

    exchanged the following wedding vows:


    


    In the presence of family and friends I take you to be my husband/wife,
    to faithfully share my life with you as we love and nurture each
    other in life's joys and challenges. I ask you to be none other
    than yourself and promise to cherish your spirit and individuality
    and to respect our differences with patience, humor and compassion.

    In celebration of this commitment, we set our hands.


    


    As members of a caring community, we set our hands as witness
    to this union.

    

    
 On the Nineteenth day of November of the
    year Two Thousand Eleven

    in the Shaker's Chosen Vale, City Name, New Hampshire


    
Name

    and

    Name


    
took each other by the hand, and before their community
    and the Divine, spoke the following vows:


    
I thank God for the gift of our love and name you
    as my beloved. I vow to meet you each day with compassion and
    heartful authenticity. I promise to be nourished by the light
    of joy, laughter and passion as I face life's challenges beside
    you. I pray for wisdom to help you follow the song of your soul
    and to honor our differences as much as I delight in our shared
    experience. I lay down my path next to yours and vow to live
    a life of integrity and sacred service in the world.


    
May we walk, hand in hand, under the luminous moon
    and beside the rolling sea, through this life and beyond.


    
This commitment is given in love, kept in faith,
    lived as hope, and made eternally new. In celebration, we exchange
    rings and set our hands below:


    
As members of a loving community, we set our hands
    as witnesses, promising to uplift Nancy and Andrew in their marriage
    through friendship, love, faith and prayer.


    
The quote below was added at
    the bottom of the page, below the witness signatures.


    
"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine."

    

    
 On the second day of June in the year two
    thousand twenty 

    At Name Episcopal Church

    City Name, Indiana


    
Name

    and 

    Name


    
made this solemn vow:


    
In the presence of God and the love of family and
    friends, I take thee to be my beloved, promising to be a loving
    and faithful partner. I ask you to be none other than yourself.
    I promise to cherish and delight in your spirit and individuality,
    to face life's challenges with patience and humor, to respect
    our differences and to nurture our growth. This commitment is
    made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope and made eternally
    new.


    
In celebration of this commitment, we set our hands


    
This marriage was performed and solemnized by the
    Reverend Name and the Reverend Name and witnessed by our family
    and friends.

    

    
 On this, the twenty first day of the fourth
    month in the year of our Lord,

    Two Thousand Twelve

    Name

    and

    Name

    were united in marriage in the manner of Friends.


    
Name and Name took each other by hand and made
    the following promise:


    
"In the presence of the light and love of
    family and friends I take thee to be my beloved, promising to
    be a loving and faithful partner. I ask you to be none other
    than yourself. I promise to cherish and delight in your spirit
    and individually, to respect our differences and to face life's
    challenges with patience, humor and compassion. This commitment
    is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope, and made eternally
    new."


    
In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.


    
As confirmation, we set our hands in caring witness
    to this union

    at the Religious Society of Friends of Washington, DC,

    


    
(Witnesses signed here and the
    quote below was lettered across the bottom of the certificate.)


    
"The right joining in marriage is the work of the
    Lord only, and not the priests' or magistrates'; for it is God's
    ordinance and not man's. We marry none; it is the Lord's work,
    and we are but witnesses."

    George Fox, 1669

    
 On this, the eighteenth day of September
    in the year two thousand twenty


    
Name

    And

    Name


    
on this joyous occasion, they took each other by
    the hand, and declared, in the presence of The Light, and the
    love of their family and friends, to be a loving and faithful
    partner to one another, to love, honor and cherish each other
    as husband and wife, for as long as they both shall live.


    
In joyful commitment, we set our hands


    
 


    
We, having been present at this marriage, sign
    our names in witness and support of this union.

    
 On this, the twelfth of January of the year
    two thousand thirteen

    Name

    and

    Name

    took each other by the hand and exchanged the following vow:


    
"In the presence of God and these our friends
    I take thee to be my partner, promising with Divine assistance
    to be loving and faithful unto thee so long as we both shall
    live."


    


    In celebration of this commitment of marriage we set our hands
    below.


    
And we, having been present at the celebration
    of this marriage, set our hands in witness and support of this
    union.

    
This text for a certificate
    is honoring Christian beleifs and Mother-Earth traditions.


    
On this, the Seventeenth day of September, Two
    Thousand Eleven 

    at The Name Club in City Name, Indiana.

    Name and Name

    exchanged marriage vows in the presence of the Divine and family
    and friends.

    God in heaven above please protect the ones we love. We honor
    all you created as we pledge 

    our hearts and lives together. We honor Mother-Earth - and ask
    for our marriage to be abundant and grow stronger through the
    seasons; We honor fire - and ask that our union be warm and glowing
    with love in our hearts; We honor wind - and ask that we sail
    though life safe and calm as in our creator's arms;

    We honor water - to clean and soothe our relationship - that
    it may never thirsts for love;

    With all the forces of the universe you created, we pray for
    harmony and true happiness as

    we forever grow young together. 

    In celebration of this commitment we set our hands.

    

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