What does The LDS Wedding Ceramony Vows Say?

Question

I am a LDS member, I have been since I was a toddler. My husband and I had a church wedding and now we want to renew our vows. I know our religion dont really believe in that. but we feel it would be a fresh start. We have a regular minister to perform the ceramony and she is 100% willing to read the LDS vows that was spoken at our 1st wedding. The only problem is I forget what our vows was and we want our original LDS vows to be at the ceramony. Does anyone know what they are? I am trying to contact the bishop but he hasnt got back to us yet. So if anyon knows what they are can they email me or write them so I can copy them down or direct me to someone who does?

Additional Details

I am a regular church goer still. we were married at the LDS Church not the temple and we're looking for the church vows not the temple vows.

Answer 1

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Officiator: Brother ______, [naming groom] and Sister ______, [naming bride] please join hands in the Patriarchal Grip or Sure Sign of the Nail.

Marriage Couple: Joins hands in the "Patriarchal Grip, or Sure Sign of the Nail." This token is given by clasping the right hands, interlocking the little fingers and placing the tip of the forefinger upon the center of the wrist. No clothing should interfere with the contact of the forefinger upon the wrist.

Officiator: Brother ______, do you take Sister ______ by the right hand and receive her unto yourself to be your lawful and wedded wife for time and all eternity, with a covenant and promise that you will observe and keep all the laws, rites, and ordinances pertaining to this Holy Order of Matrimony in the New and Everlasting Covenant, and this you do in the presence of God, angels, and these witnesses of your own free will and choice?

Groom: Yes.

Officiator: Sister ______ do you take brother ______ by the right hand and give yourself to him to be his lawful and wedded wife, and for him to be your lawful and wedded husband, for time and all eternity, with a covenant and promise that you will observe and keep all the laws, rites and ordinances pertaining to this Holy Order of Matrimony in the New and Everlasting Covenant, and this you do in the presence of God, angels, and these witnesses of your own free will and choice?

Bride: Yes.

Officiator: By virtue of the Holy Priesthood and the authority vested in me, I pronounce you ______, and ______, legally and lawfully husband and wife for time and all eternity, and I seal upon you the blessings of the holy resurrection with power to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection clothed in glory, immortality and eternal lives, and I seal upon you the blessings of kingdoms, thrones, principalities, powers, dominions and exaltations, with all the blessings of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and say unto you: be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth that you may have joy and rejoicing in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. All these blessings, together with all the blessings appertaining unto the New and Everlasting Covenant, I seal upon you by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, through your faithfulness, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

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soon-to-be-former Mormon

Answer 2

I'm not sure that he will give you the exact temple vows. Try doing a sealing, they are virtually the same.

Answer 3

Shelley you seem confused... There is no LDS woman that can preform a marriage ceremony. And if you are having someone outside the LDS faith preform a ceremony for you, you should just use the normal, everyday ceremony.

Answer 4

If your wedding was done by the bishop, he only had to follow the state regulations regarding wording - anything else he may have said came from his own personality and perspective.
The vows made in the temple are different, would not have been said by your bishop outside of the temple and would be inappropriate in any other setting.
My recommendation? Contact your ward or stake missionaries, start going to church again, become temple worthy and be sealed to your sweetheart for time and eternity.
Best wishes

Answer 5

There are no 'cookie cutter' vows in LDS faith. Other than the regular ole "to have & to hold yada yada ya, I now pronouce you husband & wife for the duration of this mortal life" sorta idea - nothing is written in any manual that a bishop has to follow verbatim. I was married iniitally by my stake president and he did a lovely ceremony where he spoke to us both about marriage & devotion and all that kind of rigimaroll and then we hada music & poems read and then we exchanged vows and were married - nothing specific just because it's an LDS wedding. In the temple it is different but a civil ceremony can be as different as each person getting married other than the LEGALITIES that are required.

Answer 6

The vows used in a church wedding are the standard - dearly beloved vows http://www.weddingplanninglinks.com/plan…
anything else, would have been inserted by your Bishop or the one performing the wedding ceremony. A church wedding is a civil ceremony and so is bound by and uses those guidleines for legality. Often they use corinthians - love is patient.....

Answer 7

You should contact whoever performed the ceremony and see if they can help you out.

This is not something that's recorded for civil weddings, however, he may be able to give you some insight into what was said.

Sorry, but that's the truth. Did someone video tape it?