Even if you’ve officiated five hundred wedding ceremonies, the very first time a same-sex couple asks you to officiate their wedding ceremony, it can feel like your first time all over again. I hear it from experienced officiants all the time: “What’s different about a same-sex couple’s wedding ceremony? What do I need to know? I’m so worried I’ll mess this up or inadvertently offend my couple. Help!” The good news is, no one will be more understanding than your same-sex couple. Chances are,...
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How to Choose the Best Songs for The Wedding Ceremony
The right music is crucial for setting the tone in your wedding ceremony. There are lots of feels in a wedding ceremony, and the right songs complement the emotions of the moment. The wrong songs? Well… the opposite. If you don’t believe me, just go watch those YouTube videos where someone swapped out John Williams’ score when Darth Vader enters. Or the other one that completely removed the music for the final Star Wars medal-awards scene. Music really does make all the difference. It can be...
The 5 Essential Questions to Ask Your First-Time Wedding Officiant
You asked your friend or relative to officiate your wedding ceremony! They’ve never done it before, but they said yes! You’re so excited! You walk away feeling great. But how does your first-time officiant feel - that person you love so much and hand-picked for this assignment? I’m here to tell you: they have a different emotion. First of all: they feel honoured. No worries there. And they probably told you that when they agreed to officiate your wedding! But they also feel scared. And lost....
How To Officiate a Wedding Ceremony For the First Time
You've been asked to officiate a wedding ceremony for the first time. Your first reaction? You feel honoured! Now that you're sitting down to actually figure it out, it's overwhelming. Maybe you feel pretty good in front of a crowd. But a wedding? It's all too much. I got you. There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to a wedding ceremony! The key is to understand the parts of a the ceremony itself. First, you need to know how to format a wedding ceremony script. But that's just the...
How (And Why!) to End the Wedding Ceremony with a Grand Finale
The very best ending to a wedding ceremony is a grand finale. Everyone is on their feet. The officiant presents the couple. The music starts. The couple head up the aisle to a symphony of overjoyed laughter and raucous cheers from their guests! But that's not just going to happen on its own. There's a perfect formula for lining up the moving parts to ensure the wedding ceremony ends with a grand finale. The officiant needs to order things in a specific way to make it happen. And if you don't...
The 3 Times to Get Out of the Way in a Wedding Ceremony
There are three crucial moments when the wedding officiant needs to step aside in the wedding ceremony. As officiants, we're literally the centre of attention for almost the entire ceremony. I mean, there's no need to hog the spotlight the entire time! Hopefully, we keep our self-into in our opening comments down to a single sentence or two, and then our officiant speech is entirely about our couple. With our words, we're doing our best to deflect everyone's attention to who the whole day is...
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