A Wedding Ceremony to Remember: Perfect Words for the Perfect Wedding

June 18, 2010

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Editorial Reviews

Review

“My way at the altar best describes A Wedding Ceremony to Remember. Readers can choose from six whole ceremonies, traditional to family-inclusive. Modify these from his selections of prayers, readings, vows and special touches such as the unity candle. Worksheets help pull it all together into a dignified occasion without the expense and million-option headaches of other industrial-strength wedding books.” — Dallas Morning News Book Review

Marty Younkin’s wedding ceremony book is the best I’ve seen. Couples can create their ceremony just the way they want.” — Association of Certified Wedding Consultants –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

The 3rd edition of this best-selling book now offers even more choices. Choose from 9 complete ceremonies, a variety of Vows, Readings, Prayers and Blessings, Wedding Traditions and other Special Touches to design your ceremony and make it uniquely you. An Order of Service, Program Samples, Diagrams, Rehearsal and Ceremony Worksheets assist you with all the details that make your decisions “a piece of cake.” This book is written for and highly recommended by Brides and Grooms, Wedding Consultants, and Ceremony Officiants.

From the Publisher

Regardless of your background, heritage, or religious affiliation, this book is designed to help you choose the perfect words for your unique ceremony. Since you design the ceremony, you know exactly what is going to be said, and because it is in a manual/workbook format, it is easy to read and easy to use. Personalized ceremony worksheets are included to help you custom design your wedding ceremony. Diagrams and illustrations showing the different entrance, exit and altar variations are included also to help the you choose the right formation for your particular setting. Finally, a wedding ceremony order of service takes you step by step from the entrance (processional) to the exit (recessional). The author has provided you with the “best of the best” of vows, readings, prayers and blessings, etc., rather than overwhelm you with volumes of material to read through. This book is, therefore, concise and practical, yet still allows for originality and creativity. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Author

Over the last 26 years of officiating weddings, I have learned that the wedding day is the most important day in the life of any couple. It should be a day to remember and cherish forever. The purpose of this book, therefore, is to help you give careful thought to the words you want spoken at your wedding. All too often, the words that are shared during the ceremony are not unique to the couple nor are they personalized to recognize their special relationship. Most ceremonies are “repeat performances” of other wedding ceremonies. Every couple deserves a ceremony that reflects their journey of love that has brought them to this moment of commitment. This book will help you to be as traditional or as creative as you want to be. You choose everything else for your wedding; now you can choose the “perfect words for the perfect wedding” so that you will have a Wedding Ceremony To Remember. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Affectionately known as “Minister Marty, the Marryin’ Man”, Rev. Younkin has become “Pastor to America’s Brides”. He is Executive Director of LoveNotes – DFW Clergy Services, a highly respected organization of Wedding Officiants in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex. He is the author of the best selling book “A Wedding Ceremony To Remember – Perfect Words for the Perfect Wedding”, which has become the Bride’s Bible for planning her wedding ceremony. Rev. Younkin, a non-denominational minister, has “tied the knot” for thousands of couples for more than 30 years. Because he is a noted authority on all the elements relating to the wedding ceremony, he is a highly sought after guest speaker in the wedding industry.

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Welcome — “Friends and family of the Bride and Groom, what a joy it is for me to welcome you here today on this very happy occasion, for we have come to celebrate the miracle of love and to witness the union of (Groom’s full name) ______________________ and (Bride’s full name) _________________. Every experience you have ever had, everything you have ever done, everything you have ever learned has brought you to this moment as you now stand before these witnesses to take each other as husband and wife. New experiences lie before you with opportunities to grow deeper in love with each other. As you walk hand in hand into the future, cherish each moment as a gift, a gift given to strengthen the bond between you.” Consent — (Groom) _______ and (Bride) _______, as you give your hand to the other, are you both ready to be united as husband and wife? (Both answer): Yes. Who presents (Bride) _______ to be married to (Groom) _______? We do.

Reading — “Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. So faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

Vows — “I, (Groom/Bride) ________, take you (Bride/Groom) ________, to be my partner in life. I will cherish our friendship, and love you today, tomorrow and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will love you faithfully through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold, so I give you my life to keep.”

Explanation of the rings — The wedding ring is the outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible bond which unites two loyal hearts in endless love. The ring is a circle which has no end and symbolizes the never-ending love that exists between you. The gold substance of which the ring is composed, is a symbol of the riches that reside in each of you. These rings are also made of precious gems, gems that radiate a quality and a brilliance that set them apart from other ordinary stones. May these rings always reflect the light of your love throughout your life together. Wear them as a sign of the love that exists between you, the love which now your hearts enfold and your words express.

Exchange of the Rings — “(Bride/Groom) _______, I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness, and as I place it on your finger, I commit my very heart and soul to you. I ask you to wear this ring as as reminder of the vows we have spoken on this our wedding day.

Lighting of the Unity Candle — When the flames of two individual candles join together, a single brighter light is created from that union. May the brightness of this light shine throughout your lives, giving you courage and reassurance in the darkness; may its warmth give you shelter from the cold and may its energy fill your spirits with strength and joy. Now as you light this candle, may it symbolize that today you become as one . . . hand in hand, heart to heart, flesh to flesh, and soul to soul.

Wedding Blessing — May all that you are, always be in love; may all that is love, always be in you. May your love be as beautiful on each day you share as it is on this day of celebration, and may each day you share be as precious to you as the day when you first fell in love. May you always see and encourage the best in each other. May the challenges life brings your way make your marriage even stronger . . . and may you always be each other’s best friend and greatest love. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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