Japanese Ceremony
Rev. Penei Aller

Welcome and Greeting 

Dearly Beloved, we are assembled here in the presence of God  to  join

                                    GROOM AND BRIDE
 

in Holy Matrimony.  Marriage is instituted of God, regulated by His commandments and blessed by our Lord Jesus Christ.  Marriage is to be held in honor among all.  Let us reverently remember that God has established and sanctified marriage for the welfare and for the happiness of all mankind.  Our Savior has declared that a man shall give first priority to his wife.  By his apostles he has instructed that those who enter into this relationship are to cherish a mutual esteem of love, to bear with each other’s infirmities and weaknesses, and to comfort each other in sickness, trouble and sorrow.  In honesty and industry you are to provide for each other and for your household in all temporal things. You are to pray for and encourage each other in the matters which pertain to the Spirit and live together as heirs of the grace of life.

Prayer - INORIMASHO
 

Almighty and ever blessed God, whose presence is the happiness of every condition, and whose favor sweetens every relationship, we pray for you to be present and favorable unto these your servants that they may truly be joined together in the honorable estate of marriage.  As you have brought them together by your providence, sanctify them by your Spirit, giving them a new frame of heart for their new estate.  And grant unto them now in the hour of their unity and throughout their wedded life, your heavenly guidance through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Consent

  GROOM, will you have BRIDE to be your wife and will you pledge your faith to her, in all love and honor, in duty and service, in all faith and tenderness, to live with her and cherish her according to the ordinance of God in the holy bond of marriage?  If you so pledge, say “Yes, I will.”
          

BRIDE, will you have GROOM to be your husband and will you pledge your faith to him, in all love and honor, in duty and service, in all faith and tenderness, to live with him and cherish him according to the ordinance of God in the holy bond of marriage?  If you so pledge, say “Yes, I will.”

Who gives BRIDE to be married to GROOM?   I do.

The Covenant

Watakushi  GROOM  wa ima

BRIDE  anata no

Otto to narimasu

Yutaka na toki mo

Mazushii toki mo

Kenkoh na toki mo

Yamai no toki mo

Watakushitachi ga

Ikiru kagiri

Anata no Otto de

Arukoto o

Chichaimasu

Watakushi  BRIDE wa ima

GROOM   anata no

Tsuma to narimasu

Yutaka na toki mo

Mazushii toki mo

Kenkoh na toki mo

Yamai no toki mo

Watakushitachi ga

Ikiru kagiri

Anata no Tsuma de

Arukoto o

Chichaimasu

If in English

I, GROOM ,  take you, BRIDE ,  to be my wedded wife, and I do promise before God and these witnesses, to be your loving and faithful husband,  in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.

I, BRIDE,  take you,   GROOM,  to be my wedded husband, and I do promise before God and these witnesses, to be your loving and faithful wife,  in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.

The Rings

The rings you are about to exchange are symbols of the eternal and unbroken covenant of your love.  They are outer and visible reminders of that inner heart commintment and Aloha.

Kami sama Kono yubiwa, o Shukufuku shite kudasai.  O futari ni, KAMI no, Heiwa ga arimasu-yo-ni

If in Japanese:

Kono Yubiwa wa

Anata o eien ni

Aisuru shirushi desu

If in English:

This ring I give you, in token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love.

Music
 

Closing Prayer

Most merciful and gracious God of whom the whole family of heaven and earth is named, bestow upon these your servants the seal of your approval as well as your heavenly benediction; granting unto them grace to fulfill with a steadfast and pure affection the vows and the promises between them here made.  Guide them together we pray in the happy way of righteousness and of peace, that loving and serving you with one heart and one mind all the days of their life, they may be abundantly enriched with the token of your everlasting grace, through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen
 

Pronunciation:

I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.

Presentation:

It is my privilege to introduce to you GROOM AND BRIDE, husband and wife.

Ressession