Seven Reasons to Focus on your Wedding Ceremony
Planning your wedding is a very exciting time in your life. Most of the guidelines and “how to” information is geared to planning the entire day. The ceremony is briefly mentioned as a small part of the overall day. Without a wedding ceremony, your day is a very expensive party!
It is important to remember that your wedding ceremony is the central part of your wedding day.
It is what sets the mood and tone for the rest of your wedding day.
Your guests are coming to see you make your vows and promises to one another and that is what your ceremony is about.
It is the cornerstone on which the rest of your marriage is based.
Your wedding ceremony reflects your personal beliefs and values.
Your guests should come away from your ceremony knowing even more about your relationship, what is important to you and what you promise to one another.
Your guests want to know that the person they love is in a loving and healthy relationship and will be well cared for.
Your wedding ceremony is the legally binding event of the day which allows the state to recognize you as married.
A well done personalized ceremony will accomplish all of these things. How do you decide what type of ceremony is right for you? Consider these things:
Religious
Do you want a ceremony which reflects your strong religious beliefs?
Is your relationship founded on a shared faith and religious background?
Do you want your ceremony to include important scriptures and prayers.
There may also be other liturgical elements you want included in the ceremony. Your officiant can help you be sure to have those properly included.
Spiritual
Are you a part of the growing portion of the population describing themselves as “spiritual but not religious”?
You have very personal beliefs but don’t subscribe to any one faith tradition or organized church.
You want to have a very spiritual service which reflects your beliefs without the scriptures or other liturgical pieces.
Your beliefs will be the ones your wedding is based upon.
Secular
Is your wedding one based solely on your relationship with one another?
You want a romantic wedding focused on the love you share with each other.
Each element in your wedding can be dedicated to the commitment you make to share your lives without including any religious or spiritual background.
Multi-cultural
Do you come from different faith/religious or cultural backgrounds?
You can include aspects of each faith or culture into the ceremony in loving and respectful ways.
Consider what is important to you and discuss it with your officiant.
Theme
Is there a common interest you want to include as a theme in the ceremony?
You are both movie buffs and want to include love quotes from your favorite movie.
Maybe you are having a rustic country theme and want that included in the ceremony, including how the officiant dresses.
Perhaps a Dr. Who based ceremony, including the vows spoken at the wedding is more what you want.
Let your officiant know and work with them to have your ceremony exactly as you want. Contact us to learn how to put the focus on your wedding ceremony.
