What makes you so different?-Part one

What makes you so different from any other officiant?” 

I’ve been hearing this question a lot lately from friends, family, and even people I’ve just met! The good news is that this is a great question to ask especially if you are looking to use a Celebrant as your wedding officiant.

So, what is it that makes me, a Celebrant, different from another officiant? There are many things that make me different (and in my opinion, more awesome)!

1. My ceremony structure
Many officiants tell the story of love and marriage in the general term. How many times have you been at a wedding and heard, “Love is a beautiful thing. You are in love and it too is a beautiful thing,” or something along those lines. Or this one, “Marriage is a commitment between two people. Hold on to that commitment well.” I take a different approach. While I talk about love and marriage and how great they are, I tell your story. Yup. You read that correctly. I tell your story. You and your fiancé have a beautiful love story! I love telling it!

Instead of the above quotes, picture these instead. “Melissa and John met on a Sunday afternoon while walking their dogs in the arctic freeze. They did not know that love was around the corner but when Melissa fell on the ice and John helped her up, she had to take him up on the offer of a date!”

or this:

“It isn’t easy being in love for so long and not being able to marry but Thomas and Sean have made the best of it all these years. Today, after 12 years of being together, their marriage means more now that it could have meant then.”

Your story is the foundation of my ceremony writing. I won’t spend my time talking about how great love and marriage are. Instead, I’ll spend my time talking about how great you are as a couple, how great your love is, and how great your marriage will be!

Stay tuned for part two coming up soon!