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Rose Ceremony 1
Needed: Two long stemmed Roses
Your gift to each other for your wedding today has been your wedding rings, which shall always be a outward demonstration of your vows of love and respect, and a public showing of your commitment to each other.
You now have what remains the most honorable title which may exist between a man and a woman, the title of husband and wife. For your first gift, as husband and wife, that gift will be a single rose.
In the past, the rose was considered a symbol of love and a single rose always meant one thing, it meant the words “I Love You.” So it is appropriate that for your first gift as husband and wife, that gift would be a single rose.
Please exchange your first gift as husband and wife.
In some ways it seems you have not done anything at all. Just a moment ago you were holding one small rose, and now you are holding one small rose. In some ways a marriage ceremony is like this. Tomorrow is going to seem no different than yesterday, but in fact today, just now, you both have given and received one of the most valuable and precious gifts of life, one I hope you always remember, the gift of true and abiding love within the devotion of marriage.
(Bride) and (Groom), I would ask that wherever you make your home in the future, whether it be a large and elegant home or a small and graceful one, that you both pick one very special location for roses, so that on each anniversary of this truly wonderful occasion you both may take a rose to that spot, both as a recommitment to your marriage and a recommitment that this will be a marriage based on love.
Rose Ceremony 2
Like a journey along a road, marriage has its ups and downs, its rough thorny parts and its smooth parts.
These roses have a similar message, as you examine the branch it can be seen that the outer part is smooth and shiny and that at irregular intervals, a spike or a bump appears. As we travel along the smooth surface and circumnavigate the bumps we arrive at the beautiful petals of the rose which reminds us all of the beauty, the elegance of life. (Bride and Grooms Names) as you now travel along your journey of marriage and love for each other, I ask you to remember the message of the rose. (Bride and Grooms Names) I offer you each a rose as a symbol of the journey you begin today.
(Minister gives a rose to Bride and Groom)
Give each other a rose at very regular intervals in your future life, so as to remind you and each other that the journey is truly worth it. At the end, the glory, the beauty and the elegance is well worth the bumps and the spikes along the way.
As a token of your journey and to fully experience the excitement and the spirit of giving each other a rose, I now offer you this opportunity.
(Bride and Groom, offer the roses to each other)
Rose Ceremony 3
Marriage is a coming together of two lives, and a celebration of the love of two people. But it is more. The love that you feel for one another is the flowering of a seed your mothers planted in your hearts many years ago. When you were first born, you were a bundle of diapers and tears, and your mothers lost sleep caring for you. Their love for you has brought them great happiness and great challenges, and their love did not diminish as they met these challenges. That is the great lesson you can bring into your marriage. As you embrace one another in your love, so too do you embrace the families which have been brought together on this happy occasion. As a token of your gratitude for your families, I would like to ask you to offer these symbols of eternal love, these roses, to your mothers. (Both bride and groom can hand the roses to each mother together, offering the mothers kisses if they wish.)