"By the power vested in me": pronouncement and closing lines for officiants

The traditional pronouncement 20 seconds

By the power vested in me by the State of [state], and by the far greater power of the love you have shown each other today, I now pronounce you married.

[[Pause. Look at the couple, not the room.]]

You may kiss.

The traditional pronouncement, husband and wife 20 seconds

By the authority vested in me by the State of [state], I now pronounce you husband and wife.

[[Pause.]]

You may kiss the bride.

The secular pronouncement 20 seconds

[Name] and [Name], you have declared your love and your intent before the people who matter most to you. By the authority of those promises and the laws of this state, I pronounce you married.

[[Pause.]]

Go ahead and kiss.

The plain-register pronouncement 15 seconds

Having heard your vows and witnessed your rings, I now pronounce you married. You may kiss.

The interfaith pronouncement 25 seconds

In the presence of your families, your friends and the faiths that raised you, and by the authority granted to me, I pronounce you married. May the blessing you each brought here today go with you both.

[[Pause.]]

You may kiss.

The pronouncement for a couple keeping their names 20 seconds

[Name] and [Name], by the authority vested in me and by the promises you have just made to each other, I pronounce you married.

[[Pause.]]

You may kiss each other.

The pronouncement with the guests as witnesses 25 seconds

Before all of you who have come to stand with them, and by the authority vested in me, I declare that [Name] and [Name] are married.

[[Turn back to the couple.]]

Kiss, please.

The pronouncement for an elopement 15 seconds

There is nobody here but us, and that is exactly enough. By the authority vested in me, I pronounce you married. Kiss.

The pronouncement for a second marriage 25 seconds

You both know what a promise costs and what it is worth, and you have made one anyway, with your whole hearts. By the authority vested in me, I pronounce you married.

[[Pause.]]

You may kiss.

The pronouncement for a bilingual room 30 seconds

By the authority vested in me, I pronounce you married.

Por la autoridad que me ha sido conferida, los declaro casados.

[[Pause.]]

You may kiss.

The pronouncement after a handfasting 25 seconds

Your hands are bound as your lives now are. By the authority vested in me, I pronounce you married. When the cord is lifted, the knot remains.

[[Lift the cord. Pause.]]

You may kiss.

The pronouncement for a vow renewal 20 seconds

You were married then and you are married now. Before everyone who has watched you keep your word, I bless the years behind you and the years ahead.

Kiss, as you did the first time.

The kiss, said three ways 5 seconds

You may kiss.

You may now kiss each other.

Go on, then.

The presentation 15 seconds

Friends and family, it is my honor to present to you, for the first time as a married couple, [Name] and [Name].

The presentation, shorter 10 seconds

Please stand and welcome [Name] and [Name], married.

A closing line for a secular room 15 seconds

Go out and be good to each other, and let the rest of us be good to you. Congratulations.

A closing line for a traditional room 15 seconds

May the years ahead be kind, may your home be full, and may you always find your way back to each other. Congratulations.

A closing line for an interfaith room 15 seconds

Two families stood up today and became one more. Go with every blessing in this room. Congratulations.