Including readings in your wedding Ceremony is a great way to help tell a story about you as a couple or to illustrate things you value. It’s also a great way to enable family members or friends to be engaged. Of course the choice of whether or not to have readings is entirely up to you. Here are some special examples:
A beautiful wedding ceremony reading that can be tailored to you….
Maybe – Author Unknown
Maybe…We are supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift
Maybe…it is true that we don’t know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives
Maybe…the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way
Maybe…the best kind of love is the kind you can sit on a sofa together and never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had
Maybe…you shouldn’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Maybe…you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy
Maybe… Love is not about finding the perfect person, it’s about learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.’
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Live Music Helps Create a Wonderful Background to a Wedding Ceremony
in Ceremony, Wedding MusicSeventeen gems of advice on marriage
in MarriageHere are seventeen gems of advice on marriage
1. Manage your Expectations
“My parents always say relationships are all about communication and expectations.”
2. Never Assume, Ask
“My dad told me, ‘never assume.’ You will never really know what your partner wants unless you communicate”
3. Remember To Always Say “I Love You” and “Thank You”
“I’ve been married 21 years and we got married young — at 19 and 20. A couple things I think have helped us. Anytime we say goodbye, we always say, ‘I love you’; and we make sure to thank the other for all the things we do. Like if he takes out the trash, I say ‘thank you.’ If I wash the dishes, he says ‘thank you.’ It just makes sure you never take the other for granted and they know it.”
4. Continually fall in love with your partner.
“Marriage is falling in and out of love with someone over a lifetime. You can’t expect to be head over heels in love with someone all the time. You learn and grow with each other and find new things to love.”
5. Don’t be so quick to judge.
“If I had to whittle it down to one piece of advice, it’s never to accuse, but to inquire. Gain your partner’s perspective before rushing to anger. Judging too quickly or too harshly is an avoidable cause for many, many fights.”
6. Don’t give 50 percent, give 100 percent.
“[A relationship] isn’t 50/50, it’s 100/100. Otherwise it won’t work. It also takes a lot of trust and respect. People get angry, but then you make up. Remember that your relationship is YOURS. Not anyone else’s, so don’t compare it to your friends’ relationships. And if something is bothering you, say so. Don’t sit on it, that only fosters resentment and makes things worse.”
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Wedding Music Ideas
in CeremonyThere are so things to consider when planning a wedding! As a Marriage Celebrant, I find most couples like to have music at the beginning, when the signing is taking place and at the end (recessional). I provide recorded music and a separate sound system with copyright protection as part of my service. Here are a wide range of ideas.
General
All of Me by John Legend
Amazed by Lonestar
Annie’s Song by John Denver
At Last by Etta James
A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
Best Part of Me by Busby Marou
Better Together by Jack Johnson
Can’t Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley
Come Away with Me by Norah Jones
Dog Days are Over by Florence and the Machine
Everything by Michael Buble
Everything is Awesome by Tegan and Sarah
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Wedding Ceremony Readings
in CeremonyIncluding readings in your wedding Ceremony is a great way to help tell a story about you as a couple or to illustrate things you value. It’s also a great way to enable family members or friends to be engaged. Of course the choice of whether or not to have readings is entirely up to you. Here are some special examples:
A beautiful wedding ceremony reading that can be tailored to you….
Maybe – Author Unknown
Maybe…We are supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift
Maybe…it is true that we don’t know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives
Maybe…the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way
Maybe…the best kind of love is the kind you can sit on a sofa together and never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had
Maybe…you shouldn’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Maybe…you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy
Maybe… Love is not about finding the perfect person, it’s about learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.’
Read more