Whatever your love story, I can turn it into a beautiful and meaningful wedding ceremony. With some lines from an extract of the poem “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke, we explore what is love.
Read MoreEvery great ceremony, like every great novel & love story, has a beginning, middle & end. The peak of emotion in the middle of a wedding ceremony is most frequently “the vows”.
Read MoreThe exchanging of rings, like vows, is purely ceremonial & has no actual legal status & so can take place at a modern celebrant-led wedding in any location, even outdoors. The giving & receiving of rings at a wedding is said to date back to ancient Egypt as the circle represents eternity, with no beginning or end.
Read MoreThere is a subtle but important legal difference between the words “wedding” and “marriage”. Why bother with a celebrant when a marriage registrar can attend your venue and do your marriage registration at your wedding? There are three main reasons why couples choose to have a wedding celebrant conduct their wedding ceremony for them and do their marriage registration at another time, either before or after their wedding.
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