My name is Jeff Oates and I am very pleased to officiate that is very joyous occasion here today. On behalf of ______________ and ____________ I would like to welcome you all and ask that you join with us in the spirit of love and joy while we join these two people in marriage.

I am duly authorised by law to solemnize marriages according to law.

Before you are joined in marriage, in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter.

Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of a man and a women to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.

____________ and ____________, in presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you perform an act of faith. This faith can grow and develop and last, but only if you both decide to make it so. A lasting and growing love is not guaranteed by any ritual. If you would have the foundation of your marriage be the devotion you have for one another, not just at this moment, but for all the days to come, then treasure the hopes and dreams that you bring here today. Establish that your love will never be blotted out by the common nor obscured by the ordinary in life. Faults will surface where now you find comfort, and admiration can be shattered by the routine of daily life.

Dedication, love, and joy can grow only when you nourish them together. Stand fast in that hope and confidence, having faith in your shared destiny just as strongly as you have faith in yourselves and in one another today. Only with this spirit can you forge a union that will strengthen and endure all the days of your lives.

Do you ____________, knowing this woman's love for you and returning it, realizing her strengths and learning form them, recognizing her weaknesses and helping her to overcome them, take ____________ to be your lawfully wedded wife?

I do.

Do you ____________, knowing this man's love for you and returning it, realizing his strengths and learning from them, recognizing his weaknesses and helping him to overcome them, take ____________ to be your lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

I ask all the people here present today to witness that I __________ take you __________ to be my lawful wedded wife.  I ask that you be my friend and love, be beside me and apart from me, join with me in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquillity, I ask that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us.

____________, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honour you and pledge my faithfulness.

I ask all the people here present today to witness that I __________ take you __________ to be my lawful wedded husband.  I ask that you be my friend and love, be beside me and apart from me, join with me in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquillity, I ask that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us.

____________, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honour you and pledge my faithfulness.

With this statement made of love and trust, which we have just heard, I now wish you to greet ____________ and ____________ as husband and wife. May this day shine eternally in their lives and may it add brilliance to every achievement and cast a light over any misfortune.

(The groom greets his bride with a kiss)

The Celebrant invites the bride and groom with the bridal party and the parents to retire to sign the register and certificates.

Ladies and gentlemen please be up-standing and welcome for the first time Mr and Mrs _____________________.