What is a commitment ceremony – why have one and how do you go about choosing the right ceremony for you? Are you considering celebrating your commitment to someone you love, someone you want to share the rest of your life with?
Ceremonies, ritual enactments and celebrations are an important part of our lives. They mark [...]
Gay commitment ceremonies
Divorce ceremonies
Life’s milestones in western culture are usually signified or observed by a celebration, a ritual or ceremony of some kind with family and friends………births, deaths, marriages etc.
Why do we do this? Apart from sharing happiness or or being supported in grief, human needs have to be fulfilled. Ceremonies and rituals add meaning and purpose to [...]
Divorce ceremony
If we commemorate most of life’s important events with ceremonies or celebrations why not include a divorce?
On the scale of stressful events in our lives divorce is up there with the most stressful. Divorce has the ability to change lives like no other event…..for better or for worse. It is recognized that divorce has the [...]
Words for simple wedding ceremonies
When choosing words for simple wedding ceremonies, consider values or notions that are highly important to you, for example friendship, love, tolerance, patience, understanding, respect, sense of humor, generosity etc.
Words can embrace and speak of your personal journey, your relationship, what marriage means to you, your hopes and dreams for the future, what you love [...]
Second wedding ceremonies
A second wedding ceremony is an ideal occasion to include family…..children, grandchildren and friends. It is here that blending of families can occur, formally or informally. It is an important milestone in the life of many couples in today’s society and should be celebrated. By celebrating in a meaningful way we help to prepare the [...]
Civil wedding ceremonies
Where to start? No matter how simple or elaborate your wedding is shaping up to be if you stick to a basic wedding ceremony plan you can’t go wrong, its the words that matter….by that I mean, in your own words just say what’s important to you both.
In civil wedding ceremonies an introduction can tell [...]
Elopement
A whole page in a recent national paper, was devoted to the rising popularity of elopements and the practicalities and the realities of elopement weddings as understood by the bride and groom A couple who were planning a traditional wedding in the new year have decided to elope! A planned holiday in May is being [...]
Wedding theme ideas
A couple who met while out on a walking trail in a bushland reserve had their ceremony in the same reserve. Symbolically, it was their wish to capture and re-create the origins of their journey together in their marriage ceremony. They wanted to start their journey of married life together right at the beginning of [...]
Renewal of wedding vows.
How special is your marriage? As a couple, what do you mean to one another? Do you remember what your marriage vows promised to your partner? These are questions that those of us who are married must ask ourselves from time to time, especially when someone close to you loses a partner.
Renewing wedding vows is [...]
Second marriage vows
“We want our ceremony to be warm, sincere and inclusive. We want to speak of our journey together and our love for one another to all the important people in our lives, our families and special friends.” This is the vision of a second marriage ceremony that many couples have and it can be a [...]