by Mark Allan Groleau | Jan 10, 2019 | General Wedding Ceremony Elements
You’re a wedding officiant or a couple looking for sample readings for your upcoming wedding ceremony. And you just want this part to be easy. In fact, I’m surprised you haven’t just scrolled right down to look for sample readings already! (Spoiler...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Mar 6, 2018 | General Wedding Ceremony Elements, Officiating Best Practices
As iPads and Surface Pros become more common, it’s a question that’s more pervasive among wedding officiants: “Should I keep reading the ceremony out of a binder in the wedding, or should I get with the times and use a tablet?” I’ve tried...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Feb 24, 2018 | Ceremony Rituals, Closing Remarks, General Wedding Ceremony Elements, Wedding Ceremony Logistics
A toast to the happy newlyweds isn’t just for the wedding reception. Often, couples ask if they can include a wedding toast in the ceremony. I love it! But what to say in the wedding toast? What should be the order of the toast in the wedding ceremony? What...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Jan 5, 2018 | General Wedding Ceremony Elements, Officiating Business
In 2017, I launched my own wedding officiating company Unboring!Wedding. For the first time in my life, I was officiating weddings almost every weekend for months at a time. This was no side-hustle. This was it. I learned a lot about weddings, couples, and what...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Nov 7, 2017 | General Wedding Ceremony Elements, Wedding Ceremony Logistics
As the wedding officiant, you need to check five last details before you walk down the aisle and kick off the ceremony. The moment you walk out and take the front, the train has left the station. The horse has left the barn. The ball is in play. In a nutshell,...
by Mark Allan Groleau | Oct 16, 2017 | General Wedding Ceremony Elements
So you need to write a wedding ceremony script and officiate a wedding. Instead of grabbing a canned pre-written sample from one of the 695,691 webpages out there, start with the traditional 10-part wedding ceremony script outline I use every weekend instead. A canned...