Overview

Are you looking for a way to make your wedding ceremony completely unique? Do you want to have a personal and memorable experience that will stay with you forever? Have you considered writing your own ceremony but don't know where to start? Regardless of your religion, orientation or beliefs, this book is for you. It will guide you through the entire process of creating your own personalised wedding ceremony and explain how to incorporate the elements that are most important to you. This book also includes examples and photographs from real life couples that have used this process to create their own exceptional ceremonies. It will help you to construct a ceremony that will be completely personal to your story, leave your guests truly touched and, most importantly, give you a beautiful experience which will become the perfect first chapter of your lives together. If you want your day your way, We Do! is for you!

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Author:   Tim Maguire
Publisher:   Luath Press Ltd
Imprint:   Luath Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781912147748

ISBN 10:   1912147742
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 11 Will This Type of Ceremony Work for Us? 12 Congratulations: You're Engaged! 14 A Short History of Marriage 15 How to Have the Best Wedding Ever! 16 2 The Scary Bit 19 How to Write Your Homework 24 How to Write Your Ceremony 28 How to Deliver Your Ceremony 32 3 The Exciting Bit 39 The Ceremony Structure 39 Before We Start 42 Pick a Seat, Not a Side 43 Introductions and Welcomes 44 Where Do We Stand? 46 The Arrival of the Wedding Party 48 What to Do with Dad (or Mum) 52 The Role of the Bridal Party 54 The Role of the Groom's Men 57 Pageboys, Flower Girls and Man's Best Friend 60 How to Involve Your Guests 64 Readings and Poetry 66 If Music be the Food of Love... 68 Time for Reflection 70 Blessings and Well Wishing 71 4 The Big Questions 73 Why Are We Here? 73 Where Are We Going? 76 What Are We Promising? 77 5 Promises, Promises 79 Writing Your Vows Together 79 One Line At A Time 84 Personal Vows 85 Speaking your Vows Directly 90 Secret Vows 92 Secret Vows - One-Liners 96 Vows in Foreign Languages 98 Guest Vows 99 6 Love in Real Life 103 Childhood Sweethearts 103 We Met at Uni... 106 We Met at Work... 108 We Met Online... 110 We Met Running 112 Reversing into Marriage 116 Marriage with Baggage 118 Marriage in Later Life 122 Why I Love You 126 Love is Love 128 7 Symbolic gestures 131 The Exchange of Rings 131 Ring Warming 134 Making Your Own Ring 136 Handfasting 138 The Quaich Ritual 142 Other Symbolic Gestures 144 8 Making it Legal 147 9 Marriage a La Mode 149 Legal Weddings 149 Non-legal Weddings 150 Same Sex Marriage 152 Multi-lingual Weddings 156 Renewing Your Vows 158 10 The Philosophy Section 161 What is Humanism? 161 Spiritual but not Religious 166 Religious Content 168 11 Last but not Least 171 The Order of Ceremony 171 The Rules on Photography 172 Rehearsals - Who Needs 'Em? 176 Rehearsals Without a Celebrant 177 How to Lead Your Own Ceremony 178 Weddings for Boys... 180 The Politeness of Kings 181 How to Choose a Celebrant 182 Conclusion 185 Acknowledgements and Dedication 187 Photography Credits 189

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In a former life, Tim Maguire was an award-winning producer and director. Since training as a celebrant in 2005, he has conducted thousands of ceremonies of all kinds, including more than a thousand legal weddings. He is now the Honorary Humanist Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh.

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