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Posts
- A lovely old Irish wedding vow
- How to Choose the Right Celebrant for You
- Planning your ‘green’ wedding – How to have a wedding that doesn’t cost the Earth
- Some principles of Spiritual Ceremony
- The Most Important Thing
- Wedding Vows – Declaring your Intention & Pledging your Loving Commitment
- What is a Blessing Circle?
Sample Ceremonies
- ‘Signing the certificates’ – A simple solemnisation of Marriage
- A Spring Wedding in Yanchep National Park
- A sword and broomstick wedding
- Beach wedding with ribbons and shells
- Blending Families, Blending Traditions – Wedding at Mulberry on Swan, Perth, Western Australia
- Blessing Ceremony for a one year old girl – Ceremony Outline
- Blessing circle for a first-time pregnant mum
- Commitment ceremony for a mature couple
- Commitment ceremony wedding for a couple who chose not to marry legally
- Druid Inspired Name-Giving & Blessing Ceremony
- Name-giving Ceremony with Guardian Angel candle
- Parents tie the handfasting ribbons as part of this wedding ceremony
- Private Betrothal Ceremony for a Couple Planning to Marry
- Union ceremony for two brides
- Water-themed Naming and Blessing Ceremony for a first-born daughter
- Winter Wedding in Harold Boas Gardens, West Perth, Western Australia
Ceremony Ideas
- Acknowledging Parents / Parents Blessings
- Bell of Truce
- Benediction – Words of Blessing
- Blessing the Rings
- Candle Lighting
- Ceremonial Entrance
- Community Pledge of Support
- Drinking from a Shared Cup
- Elemental Blessings
- Flowers
- Four Directions
- Giving Away
- Hand washing or another ritual purification
- Handfasting with Ribbons or Cords
- Honouring the Earth
- Jumping the Broomstick
- Meaning of this Ceremony
- Music
- Overcoming Symbolic Obstacles
- Pebble Ceremony
- Pouring a Libation
- Prayer or Invocation
- Remembrance of absent family or friends
- Roses for Love
- Sand Pouring (Family Unity) Ceremony
- Saptapardi – The Seven Steps
- Seven Blessings
- The Wedding Kiss
- Under a Canopy or an Archway
- Wedding Crowns
- Wedding Rings
- Wedding Vows
Readings
- ‘This Marriage’ by Rumi
- A New Beginning
- A soulmate is someone who..
- A Wedding on Earth
- Ancient Gaelic blessing
- Blessing of the Hands
- Carrie’s Poem
- Cherokee Marriage Prayer
- Cherokee Prayer – alternate version
- From ‘Game of Thrones’
- from ‘Stardust’ by Neil Gaimon
- From the movie ‘Love Actually’
- Goddess and God help us to remember..
- Hawaiian blessing
- Hawaiian wedding song from an ancient marriage prayer
- I have for the first time found
- Inuit Love Song
- Let’s Marae!
- Love is a temporary madness..
- Love is friendship caught fire
- Love: a single word
- May everything you have said and done here today…
- The Seven Blessings
- Ultimately there comes a time..
- Wedding Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Words to seal the exchange of rings
Testimonials
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- 11/11/11 Wedding at Araluen
- A family Naming Ceremony for Jazhara – Duncraig, December 2011
- A multi-cultural wedding with a Chinese bride in Fremantle WA
- A sword and broomstick wedding. Golden Ponds Function Centre, Baldivis, Western Australia. April 2011.
- A traditional Chinese wedding
- Alfresco lunchtime wedding in Rockingham
- Australian beach wedding at Floreat Beach
- Baby blessing for a little boy
- Big day for a beautiful boy – Naming Ceremony at Whiteman Park
- Big wedding in a small courtyard
- Blessing Circle for Coralie – July 2009
- Blessings for a (miracle) baby ~ A family celebration at home. Darch, Western Australia, January 2010.
- Celebrating a mature and committed love with a garden ceremony
- Ex-patriot Indians choose a non-traditional wedding in Australia
- Family Wedding at Amarillo Cottage – Karnup, WA 2011
- Intimate wedding with two witnesses
- Married at Araluen Botanic Park, Armadale Western Australia – March 2011
- Married at the Trade Winds Hotel in Fremantle WA
- Married by the river in Guildford WA
- Married in a Northbridge restaurant
- Married in an outdoor setting at Nanga Bush Camp
- Married in Samson Park,Samson WA
- Name-Giving & Blessing Ceremony at Blackwall Reach Lookout
- Name-giving & Blessing Ceremony for Anisha – Duncraig, June 2009
- Name-giving ceremony for a little boy with two mums
- Naming ceremony for a brother & sister
- Naming ceremony in Whiteman Park
- Naming ceremony incorporating Unitarian Universalist blessing/dedication
- New Year’s wedding at home in the Perth Hills
- Perth marriage for a traditional Indian couple – Sikh & Christian intermarriage
- Rachael & Anthony’s Wedding – October 2009, Yanchep National Park, Western Australia
- Recommended by a friend
- Remarrying – Each other! South Fremantle, Western Australia
- Rottnest Wedding
- Sophie & Robert’s Wedding at the Arch Monument – Cottesloe Beach, May 2010
- Summer wedding in the backyard
- Tenth Anniversary Renewal of Vows at Burns Beach
- Two women ‘tie the knot’
- Union ceremony for Michelle and Brandon – Hamilton Hill, Fremantle, March 2009
- Wedding at Ellensbrook Homestead, Margaret River
- Wedding for Vanessa & Mike – Harold Boas Gardens, West Perth, July 2009
- Wedding in Manning Park (near Fremantle)
- Wedding in Samson Park
- Wedding on a beachfront verandah