My Ceremony Style

My style is relaxed and personable, and my pleasure is in you enjoying your wedding ceremony; thus allowing you to relax and enjoy your entire day. During your wedding preparation meetings, I can share with you some techniques to help you shed any nerves so that you can really enjoy rather than endure your ceremony. I also acknowledge that whilst many brides and grooms like to be the centre of attention, to others, this prospect is daunting. Once again, after many years of helping couples, I have developed a toolbox of ideas to either showcase or to divert attention.

I can conduct the legal side of your Wedding Ceremonies on the day, in front of witnesses and guests at your chosen venue. Be it a Castle, Hotel, Restaurant, Art Gallery, Museum, Sports arena, community centre or even your favourite bar …. in fact anywhere; indoors or outdoors, as long as it is open to the public and has an identifiable address (to be legally compliant).

The decision as to the suitability of the venue lies with me as the solemniser. This does, however, exclude long stretches of beach or random forests due to lack of address and private homes as not open to public.

As I am registered to solemnise marriages between couples of all faith paths and none. I can include prayers relevant to you, and give mention to God, angels, spirit and other non-Earthly Deity, or not, as the case may be. I find some couples, although not having any strong beliefs themselves, would like to honour parents or grandparents who do. This can be achieved in a sensitive manner without losing authenticity. Some couples who have secular (Humanist, non-spiritual) beliefs come to me simply because they have attended my ceremonies and like my style. I also mention that couples do not need to have the same beliefs, but it is important that they respect the differences.

So however you define your beliefs be it in an established Religion, Spiritualism, Atheism Agnostic, Gaianism, Jedi or Pastafarian (the fictional belief in the great spaghetti giant in the sky!), and whether your beliefs are entrenched or still developing, my aim is to create a wedding ceremony which is true to you.

My ceremonies have been described by the guests at different weddings as: The most humorous, the most romantic, the most heartfelt, the most personal. The thing is, I create the ceremony which is right for you…… So if you sail, you can have a nautical theme, if you are from the science/ science fiction community, then we could dial up the geek-chic. …… If your passion is for gardening/ arboriculture then I create blessings to reflect this…….If your belief is centred on Angelic or spiritual realms or crystals than this can be brought in to your ceremony. You tell me your passion and I create a special theme for you. I even have a special theme for couples who enjoy heated discussions….I find that one of the most enduring qualities of a successful marriage, apart for love, is maintaining a playful spirit, so I’m very happy to create a light-hearted and humorous ambiance.