There’s a consistent message here. In a church, every service we perform is worship of God and thanks given to God. As such a sword would be rather out of place.

In our service, I take a ten minute break while the organist plays or a soloist sings or something like that, and I act as an agent of the province to fill out the registration papers for the marriage as well as filling in the parish register. After that, we’re back to the service as written, no major variations. I have had “sand ceremomies” and candle ceremonies before the service begins, but those are pretty tame compared to a sword ceremony, and even those I discourage unless I can bring it back to worship.