Weddings From the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding

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Overview

"This book is a compendium of weddings from the heart. It is designed especially for you if you desire above all to have a wedding that touches your heart and changes your life, a wedding you'll feel the profoundest joy in recalling," writes Daphne Rose Kingma. Weddings from the Heart offers an array of possibilities -- everything you need to create your own ceremony or personalize a traditional ceremony. Having this book is like having a wise and wonderful advisor always at hand. Daphne Rose Kingma's warm style and no-nonsense advice guide your planning -- from how to choose an officiant, to the parts of a wedding ceremony and their meanings, to worksheets that help you plan your ceremony.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781573248617
  • Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
  • Publication date: 1/5/2003
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 275,368
  • Product dimensions: 7.04 (w) x 8.94 (h) x 0.67 (d)

Table of Contents

Your Unforgettable Wedding 1
Building on Tradition 6
Using This Book 7
Reflections on Marriage 11
Creating Your Ceremony 17
Questions for Reflection 20
Finding an Officiant 21
Choosing Your Attendants 23
Creating the Community 25
Selecting Invitations 27
Choosing the Setting 28
The Light in Your Ceremony 30
Musical Considerations 31
To Rehearse or Not? 33
Final Reminders 36
Postscript 36
The Ceremonial Elements 39
The Procession 42
The Convocation 44
The Invocation 45
The Readings 45
The Address 46
The Consecration 47
The Expression of Intent 48
The Vows 48
The Blessing and Exchanging of the Rings 49
The Pronouncement of Marriage 50
The Kiss 50
The Benediction 50
The Recession 51
A Selection of Ceremonies 51
A Selection of Ceremonies 55
The Marriage of Love and Commitment 57
The Marriage of Love and Purpose 67
The Marriage of Love and Rejoicing 79
The Marriage of Love and Fulfillment 89
The Marriage of Love and Renewal 99
The Civil Ceremony 109
The Quaker Ceremony 110
Additional Selections 111
Procession 113
Convocation 116
Invocation 118
Readings 121
Vows 139
Blessing of the Rings 152
Exchanging of the Rings 154
Pronouncement of Marriage 157
Benediction 158
Traditional Customs from Around the World 163
Ceremonial Flourishes 171
Wedding Ceremony Worksheet 189

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 12, 2003

    Great Wedding Resource

    My husband and I used this book repeatedly to help make out outdoor wedding special and unique to us. So many people commented on how beautiful our wedding was. They also said they liked many of our ideas, which we took from the book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2000

    Fantastic!

    My husband and I recently married. We wanted a personalized wedding ceremony and looked to several sources for ideas. This book provided the guidance we needed to write not only our own vows, but literally the entire ceremony. With guidance from this book, we were able to create a personal, meaningful and specialized ceremony that we will remember a lifetime.

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