a service of the Spiritual Growth Fellowship
Beautiful,
Meaningful & Memorable
Romantic Personal Wedding Ceremonies
You’ll Remember Forever
The Most Reverend Doctor Charles E. Million,
D.D.
13001 Dieterle Lane Saint Louis, MO 63127
Email:maxmillion1@earthlink.net Phone:
314-965-5648 Toll Free: 888-521-8146 Cell: 314-503-4727 Fax: 314-984-0828
Every officiate has a different way of collecting the
information they use to write your ceremony. That is, if they write a different
ceremony for different couples. Not everyone does.
Our
opinion is that wedding ceremonies should
not be "one size fits all."
Our mission is to provide you
with a ceremony which is Beautiful
to hear or read, Meaningful to the bride, groom and their guests, and Memorable
to all who participate or witness it.
I am dividing the questions into two parts....Part 1 is this
week. I'm told all the time that I have to keep things short on the net because
many folks have short attention spans.
Cordially,
Charles Million
Remembrance Weddings
Preliminary Ceremony Planning Questions
Part 1
© 2009 Million Dollar Ideas, Inc.
Our preferred method of
planning your wedding and determining the cost,
is talking with you as we can get a more clear "feeling" of
what you want your wedding to be, by hearing you talk about it. This has been prepared for helping you think
about the answers to these questions so that you get the kind of wedding you
are looking for...if you have chosen the right officiate.
After all, in those critical
minutes of your ceremony all eyes will be on three people, the bride, the groom
and the wedding officiate.
Basic Info:
1.What Is the
name of the bride________________________________________________________________
2.
What is the name of the groom?
________________________________________
3. What is the
address of the bride?
_________________________________________________________________
4.
What is the address of the groom ?
________________________________________________________________
5. What is the
phone number to be used for contact
?___________________________________________________
6. What is the
email that is to be used for contact?
_____________________________________________________
7. Is this first
marriage for the bride? ____Yes _____
No # _____
Is this
first marriage for the groom? ____Yes
______NO #______
8. What is the
time, date of and day of the wedding ? Day_____________Date___________________Time________
9. What is
the location of the wedding
?______________________________________________________________
10.. If
the location is outside what is the backup plan if the weather is bad?
_________________________________
11. What
is the age of the bride? __________ What is the age of the groom? _________
Ceremony Information:
12. Is
there going to be a rehearsal for
the ceremony? ____ Yes ____No.
Unless your wedding party is experienced at being in
wedding ceremonies we recommend a rehearsal. All weddings go smoother when there has been a rehearsal. Note: Mon-Thurs rehearsals are more inexpensive
than Fri-Sun.
13. If
there is going to be a rehearsal, what is the day _________ Date___________ and
location _______________?
14. What
is the anticipated number of guests that will attend the wedding ceremony?
________________________
Procession/Recession.
15. Do you
have anything particular in mind special for the procession? Bridal party performance,
musicians, jugglers, or anything
other than a traditional procession in mind?
______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
16. Will the bridesmaids accompany the groomsman down
the aisle or will the groomsman enter from the side and the bridesmaids come down the aisle by
themselves? __________________________________________________
17. Is anyone
walking the bride down the aisle? _____
18. Is this
person "giving the bride away?" _____
19. Who is this
person and what is their relationship to you? ________________________________
Let's talk
about the type of service that you're looking for.
The
first type of service is the Traditional
religious ceremony. This type of wedding has readings and quotes from the
principal text of the religion of the couple . In a traditional Christian
wedding this is the Bible. The ceremony follows closely to the rituals of the
denomination. As an example, a traditional Catholic ceremony follows closely
the Rite of Marriage of the Catholic Church.
The
second type of ceremony is the Nondenominational.
This ceremony is still primarily religious but does include some nonreligious
quotes or readings. Also this ceremony is not focused on a particular
denomination.
Next
type of ceremony is the Spiritual.
This is a very pretty, and the most romantic ceremony with readings and
quotations from famous poets, great writers and philosophers. Although it does
talk about higher power is not heavily religious in nature.
A Civil Ceremony is short and
pretty dry. It gets the job done but is not as meaningful or pretty as the
other types of services.
Last
we have the Custom ceremony.
If you want to get married to Limp Bizkit lyrics, if you want a service that encompasses two
different religions (Buddhist and Christian for example,) or want a themed
wedding, e.g. "60"s",
"Cowboy," "Knights of the Round Table," etc. . These are custom ceremonies. A custom
ceremony generally will cost more
because it requires more time to
research and write it. If costuming is required for a themed wedding
this cost will be added.
Blended A blended ceremony mixes a Non Denominational or Traditional Religious Ceremony with quotes and readings blended in from poets, philosophers and great writers from a Spiritual Ceremony. This gives a religious ceremony that is a little lighter in tone and mood.
20. Which
type of ceremony are you most interested in?
_______________________________________________
21. What
tone would you like overall for the ceremony text? _______Traditional
Serious _________ Lighter tone -
Pretty _____ Humorous and Fun.
Next week we'll complete the rest of the questions. Have a good week.
Call us if you have any questions.
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