Example of Ceremony Options

 

Select Your Ceremony Options Fill in your choices in the grey boxes. You can select up to 3 readings, songs, prayers or any combination of the three. Type your name as you want it said at your wedding. If there is not a place to choose an option, I have standard text for these sections. Feel free to edit once you get your advanced draft.

Groom: Tom
Bride: Betty
Welcome & Opening: 4
Question of intent
Give away bride:  Yes or  No
Give away groom:  Yes or  No (typically a Jewish tradition)
Reading/ Song/ Prayer: 1 Corinthians
Declaration of consent (I dos)
Reading/ Song/ Prayer: NA
Vows: 1
Flowers to parents:  Yes or  No
Reading/ Song/ Prayer: What is marriage
Rings: 1
Unity Candle/ Sand Ceremony  Yes or  No
       If you are using candles:  blow the tapers out or  leave them lit
Closing remarks: 3
Presentation of husband & wife

Additional notes or questions: Do we need to bring our own candle holders for the unity candle?

 

 

 


 

Example of Timeline


Timeline for Tom & Betty

Years of marriage
Milestones
 2006

 Get Married
Move into Tom’s apartment

 2007 Betty finishes grad school
 2008 Buy a house
 2009-2010 Start a family
 2017 Finish family planning
 2020 Tom starts his own electrician company
 2027-2039 Send the kids to college
 2042 Betty Retires
 2046 Tom Retires