The wedding officiant's guide How to write & conduct a perfect ceremony
Book - 2014
As more of today's weddings are officiated by a friend or family member, novice officiants need a resource to guide them. Francesca breaks down the entire officiating process, from becoming an ordained officiant and interviewing the couple to drafting and performing a moving ceremony. She offers empowering advice, suggested readings, stories and lessons learned from new officiants, and practical tips from wedding planners.
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- Published
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San Francisco :
Chronicle Books
[2014]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 136 pages ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781452119014
- Preface: For the Bride or Groom Scanning This Book
- Introduction
- Part 1. How to Perform a Wedding
- Chapter 1. Your Role
- How Legal Officiating Works
- Deputy or Ordained Minister?
- Learn the Local Requirement for Officiants
- When Online Ordination Is Not Accepted
- Marrying Outside the United States
- Types of Wedding Ceremonies
- Research Wedding Ceremonies, Rituals, and Reading
- The Amateur Who Acts Like a Professional
- Chapter 2. Interviewing the Wedding Couple
- The Essence of a Wedding
- Chocklist: Questions that Yield the Best Information
- Marriage Licenses and Changing Names
- Chapter 3. Drafting the Ceremony
- Milestones of the Wedding Ceremony
- Create your Draft
- Tell Coordinators and Florists about the Props
- Conducting a Same-Sex Wedding
- Conducting a Private Ceremony or an Elopement
- Chapter 4. Countdown to Rehearsal
- The Couple Applies for the Wedding License
- A Week Before the Wedding
- One Day Before Rehearsal
- Prepare for the Rehearsal
- Chapter 5. Managing the Rehearsal
- On Arrival at the Rehearsal Site
- How to Seize the Reins
- Why to Rehearse Starting in the Middle
- Chapter 6. The Wedding Day
- Did You Ski the Rehearsal?
- Wedding-Day Checklist
- Settling in at the Wedding
- Three... Two... One... You're On!
- Chapter 7. After the Ceremony
- Witnessing the License
- Fellow Up: Monday Morning's Hot Potato
- Congratulations, You've Done It!
- Part 2. Wedding Rituals, Readings, and Resources
- Chapter 8. Wedding-Ceremony Rituals
- Rituals that Signify the Union
- Cultural and Religious Elements
- Chapter 9. Selected Prose and Poetry for Reading
- Romantic and Philosophical Readings
- Culture-Specific Readings
- Chapter 10. Resources
- Further
- Props
- Notes
- Permissions/Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Index