Find Wedding Ceremony Advice from Top Wedding Officiants
Practice Your Vows
If you're thinking of writing your own vows, read them outloud ahead of time. What "sounds" lovely on paper often sounds silly when spoken!
Catherine Flanagan Stover, CMC, CMMC - Nantucket, MA
An Officiant Who Listens
It is important that couples select a wedding officiant who will honor their beliefs and values. †Even when getting married in a traditional church or religious setting, it is important that your wedding officiant listens to your concerns and works with you to create the wedding ceremony that is exactly right for you.
—Marguerite Sexton, Founder and President - Journeys of the Heart- Hollywood, PA
Make It Personal
Be sure to include elements that will personalize your ceremony, and make this very special day uniquely yours. Here are some suggestions: Have a friend or relative read a†poem or short passage about love, marriage or family. Include a piece of music with special meaning to you.† Include a meaningful ritual such as lighting a unity candle, giving flowers to the mothers of the bride and groom or giving a piece of simple jewelry to children who will become part of a newly blended family.
—Rev. Alice Lesak - New Braintree Congregation Church - Ware, MA
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