'20 Complete Wedding
Ceremonies'
If you are a newly appointed celebrant,
or an applicant waiting to be appointed, this book is a good beginning
for getting together your resources as a Civil Marriage Celebrant. It
will show you how to arrange your ceremony with such material as:-
-
symbolic rituals
-
vows
-
ring ceremonies
-
readings
-
introductions
-
conclusions
Also among these twenty ceremonies, there are many
ceremonies involving visual symbols such as:-
- handfasting
- rose ceremony
- candle lighting
- sharing a drink
There are those ceremonies which assume that as the celebrant
you will do most of the speaking, and there are those where there is
plenty of involvement from other people. You will find a number of:-
- readings for the couple and guests
- blessings and litanies to be lead by the celebrant or a
friend
In the matter of vows, there are promises which are:-
- traditional
- contemporary, including pagan
- vows made by parents to children
- children promising acceptance of a new parent
If you are a busy celebrant, you can offer the
ceremonies to your couples just as they are, and allow them to add their
own personal favourites should they want to.
