Christian Wedding Ceremony: Scripts, Sermons, Prayers, and Bible Readings
What This Christian Wedding Ceremony
Guide Provides
Planning a Christian wedding involves weaving together Scripture, prayer, and moments of blessing that honor the love two people share before God. This guide brings together everything needed for a Christian wedding ceremony — pastoral scripts for officiants, wedding sermons and homilies, prayers for the couple, Bible readings about love and covenant, and sample vows that reflect the beauty of Christian marriage. Whether preparing months in advance or shaping a service in the days before the wedding, these resources offer clarity, simplicity, and warmth for your ceremony
It’s always great to see two people come together. It’s the perfect occassion to give thanks to God.
All my best to you,
Rev. Jason Elder
Resources for Your Christian Wedding Ceremony
A complete Christian unity candle ceremony script with meaningful wording, symbolism, and a prayer to include in any wedding service.
A complete Christian wedding ceremony order and outline that includes prayers, Scripture readings, vows, unity rituals, and a step by step service structure. Ideal for pastors, officiants, and couples planning their ceremony.
A complete Christian wedding ceremony script for officiants — with prayers, readings, vows, rings, blessing, and pronouncement. Clear, pastoral, and ready to use.
A complete Christian wedding ceremony script with prayers, readings, vows, declaration of intent, rings, blessing, and pronouncement — pastoral, clear, and ready to use.
Five Christian declaration-of-intent options for wedding ceremonies, offering traditional, Christ-centered, and contemporary wording for couples to affirm their commitment.
Seven Christian wedding vow options written specifically for a ceremony — traditional, Scripture-based, Christ-centered, and contemporary vow sets for couples.
Seven Christian wedding vow options — traditional, Scripture-based, and contemporary — offering couples meaningful language for a Christ-centered ceremony.
A Christian wedding sermon on Genesis 2, celebrating companionship, shared purpose, and God’s gift of covenant love that forms the foundation of marriage.
Seven beautiful Bible readings about love, perfect for wedding ceremonies. Full NRSV passages highlighting covenant, devotion, and Christ-centered love.
Seven beautiful wedding readings from the Bible, featuring full NRSV text—poetic, meaningful passages perfect for ceremonies, programs, or premarital preparation.
Discover ten meaningful Scripture readings for a wedding ceremony, complete with full NRSV text and links, offering couples a beautiful foundation for their vows and celebration.
Twelve meaningful Bible verses for a Christian wedding ceremony, with full NRSV text and links, highlighting love, covenant, and God’s blessing on marriage.
Three heartfelt prayers for the groom, honoring the family and friends who shaped him and asking God for strength, wisdom, and steadiness as he begins married life.
Three beautiful prayers for the bride, offering blessing, gratitude, and God’s grace for her family, friendships, marriage, and the journey ahead.
Four closing prayers for a Christian wedding ceremony, offering blessings, guidance, and God’s presence as the couple begins their new life together.
Five beautiful opening prayers for a Christian wedding ceremony, inviting God’s presence, blessing, and love as a couple begins their lifelong covenant.
Six beautiful wedding ceremony prayers for Christian weddings, offering blessing, hope, and Christ-centered love for couples beginning their life together.
A Christian wedding sermon on Ruth 1:16–17, celebrating loyalty, shared journeys, and the covenantal love that strengthens a marriage through every season.
A Christian wedding sermon on 1 Corinthians 13, reflecting on patient, kind, and enduring love that forms the heart of a lifelong marriage covenant.
A warm Christian wedding homily on God’s steadfast love, highlighting encouragement, tenderness, and the grace that strengthens a lifelong marriage covenant.
A warm Christian wedding homily on Colossians 3, reflecting on compassion, humility, and love that binds two lives together in the covenant of marriage.
A short Christian wedding sermon based on Ecclesiastes 4, offering a warm message on companionship, shared strength, and God’s grace in the covenant of marriage.
A Christian wedding sermon based on Paul’s call to mutual love, humility, and help, reflecting Christ’s tender care for the church and shaping a life of shared devotion.
A pastoral Christian wedding sermon centered on covenant, grace, and enduring love. A simple message for ceremonies of any size, tradition, or setting.
Christian wedding blessings to speak over a couple at the end of their ceremony, offering words of faith, hope, and God’s grace for their married life.