Sacred Insights

"How To Create Meaningful Ceremonies"

Have you overlooked the most important part of your wedding ceremony?

It is so easy to get caught up in planning the look of the ceremony (the dress, the location, the flowers, the decorations, the colors, the reception…) that it can be easy to overlook planning the FEEL of the ceremony. The feel of the ceremony is a direct result of the words you exchange with your beloved at the altar, the promises and vows you make to each other. It is these ever so important words that evoke the emotions, which give your ceremony true meaning. The truth is you will be so nervous during the exchange of your vows that you will most likely not even remember what you said to each other UNLESS you spend a few moments ahead of time planning what you are going to say.

I invite you to take some time before the day of your wedding and think about why you want to marry this person. Think about what it is about this person that makes you laugh, that makes you cry, that makes you want to spend the rest of your lives together. Then take a few more moments to write your vows, incorporating those elements that are really most important to you.
Creating a beautiful and meaningful ceremony is really pretty easy. You can say and do anything that you like, and it is still legal as long as you get the right signatures and the document gets recorded in the proper place. If you know you want something more unique than the ‘traditional’ wedding ceremony, but don’t know where to begin, then you have found the perfect webpage. Since 1999 I have been performing non traditional weddings and helping couples to create unique, meaningful ceremonies, wedding ceremonies that suited their personal needs.

I don’t have time to get to everyone who wants or needs a unique wedding ceremony, so I decided to put together this eBook with as many of the vows, readings, opening addresses, and closing prayers as I could. I tried to make it as user friendly as possible by creating a “mix and match” section and a “print and use” section. The mix and match section allows you to scroll through by category to read what types of things others have used in the past. Then you can simply copy and paste the parts you like (changing anything you wish along the way) to create the perfect wedding ceremony for you. The print and use sections contains the 3 most popular ceremonies I have ever performed, all you have to do is print it out, fill in the names, and hand it to your officiant.

Just think for less than the cost of lunch, you could be well on your way to creating a meaningful and beautiful ceremony that your friends and family will remember for years to come. (I always get compliments at the end of a ceremony about how beautiful and special they are).