Foothills Wedding Chapel
1950 Ford St.
Golden, CO
80401
(303) 279-2152
Foothills
Wedding Chapel & Banquet Facilities
Metro Denver - Golden Colorado
To the Children
If either the bride or groom already has a child or children from a former marriage or of their own, they may include the children in the wedding ceremony. This is usually done after the ring ceremony. If an ex-spouse has custody, or if the children are grown, the words below may be changed to fit the circumstances; these words are applicable when the children will be living at least part of the time with the wedding couple:
____________ and ___________, the rings you have given to one another are symbols of your commitment to one another, but they are also more. For today you are also making a commitment to the children, __________ and ___________. Today you are pledging your love to them as well, committing to them that you will create a family together. Let the perfect circle of the wedding ring embrace ________ and _________, as well as the two of you. For our children are gifts entrusted to us.
Consider these words from The Prophet: You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for they dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, in their innocence, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
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