Responses in italics
Creative Spirit that dances across the water
Genesis Voice, speaking from burning bush and city street
Ground of our Being—the Christ Within:
We give thanks for all that is good and life-giving
generous and refreshing
pure and joyous
in our lives and in our world.
For renewal and healing
for friendship and community
for this place and each other
we give thanks.
So may it be.
Creative Spirit
May the promises they make in public
the loving they share in private
the concern and care they pledge to one another
spill out into the world around them
to be embodied in their generosity to others
and their care for this good earth.
May the kingdom of heaven be realised in us
this day and every day
So may it be.
We give thanks for the lives of those who have gone before us
and celebrate their influence in our lives.
Optional for marriage of widow and / or widower
We give thanks for the life of [name]
for the years of marriage [name] and [name] shared
for the love that continues
and enriches the loving [name] brings to this new relationship.
We give thanks for the lives of [name] and [name]’s parents:
whose loving created these two people,
and spreads now through new and wider family ties
crafted this day through [name] and [name]’s marriage.
So may it be.
words of spirit and faith 