This is my standard ceremony which can be changed to your needs and requirements but gives you an idea of how my  ceremony flows. ( I can not say anything religious)

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During a civil ceremony, each person getting married is required to declare the following 2 legislated statements in front of their intended spouse, both witnesses and the marriage commissioner:

• I do solemnly declare that I do not know of any lawful impediment why I, (name) may not be joined in matrimony to (name).

• I call on those persons present to witness that I, (name), do take you, (name) to be my lawful wedded (wife/husband/spouse).

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Ceremony

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We are gathered here today to witness the formal joining of

Names

In the legal state of matrimony. You are to be married according to the

orders, customs, and authority by the Government of Alberta.

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Marriage is the promise between two people who love each other, and

who trust in that love, who honour each other as individuals and who

choose to spend the rest of their lives together.

This ceremony will not create a relationship that doesn’t already exist

between you both. It’s the symbol of the promises you will make to each

other to continue growing stronger as individuals and as partners.

No matter what challenges you face, you now face them together, and

no matter how much you succeed you now succeed together. The love

between you joins you now as one.

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I DO SOLEMNLY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY LAWFUL

IMPEDIMENT WHY I, name MAY NOT BE JOINED IN MATRIMONY TO I

name

Do you Bride/Groom promise to give Bride/Groom the love of your

person, the comfort of your companionship, and the patience of your

understanding? - I DO

 

I CALL UPON THOSE PERSONS PRESENT TO WITNESS THAT I, name

DO TAKE YOU name TO BE MY LAWFUL WEDDED wife/husband

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Personal vows - yes no

The ring exchange - yes no

Groom /Bride I GIVE YOU THIS RING THAT YOU MAY WEAR IT AS

A LASTING REMINDER OF OUR MARRIAGE VOWS AND AS A

SYMBOL OF MY LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO YOU.

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Sign license

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You came here today to affirm your love for one another and formally

acknowledge what your hearts already knew.

That your lives are meant to be shared as one, that you are stronger together

than you are apart, and that, for all your days yet to come, you wish to share

together all life's joys and challenges, committed one to the other.

You have consented in marriage, and have declared your solemn intention in this

company, before these witnesses and in my presence. Now upon the authority

vested in me by the Province of Alberta, I pronounce you Husband & Wife

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