Writing your own ceremony?

[Csara]

For anyone who wrote or is writing their own wedding ceremony, where did you get your ideas? I'm looking for a non-denominational vow renewal ceremony (for my parents). Any websites or tips you can share would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. :D

[monkeygirl38]

I half-wrote mine (mixed a couple of different ceremonies together) 3 years ago. I bought a wedding planner by Beverly Clark at a wedding store here in town and got the ceremonies out of it. Try www.beverlyclark.com (http://www.beverlyclark.com) ......I don't know how much info they will have from the planner but it is well worth the 15 or 20 bucks it costs me! It has ideas for showers, ceremonies, receptions, EVERYTHING!!

Good Luck!

[Ellyanne777]

I found the basics through my minister he was non denominational and had several ideas to start with which was great then I went from there. I had the Cherokee Prayer for marriage and the hand ceremony which turned out beautifully

[Margarita]

I don't have the sites I used anymore, sorry. But here are a few!

http://www.getmarriedohio.com/ceremony/renewal.html
http://www.foreverwed2.com/Religious_Ceremonies/VowRenewals.html
http://www.brilliantweddingpages.com/couples/renewing_wedding_vows.asp

[Koyo]

If you are writing it yourself, I have a suggestion :D

If they still have their original vows, then get a copy of them. Most likely, it was just the standard.

Take those original vows, and weave them through events in your parents life.

Examples...

"Till death do us part"-expound on how many years they've been married.

"Sickness and Health"- talk about things that they may have gone through in this regard

"Richer and poorer"...etc...

All dependent on their original vows.

It kinda goes in with the "if you do not know your past, how can you hope for the future" thing. It gives them the opportunity to reflect on what they have been through together...and how they *have* kept the promises they made so long ago.

So many things like that get forgotten in the daily routine, and it's good to be reminded that even if it is not said every day, it is lived :)