Showing posts with label Renewal of Vows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renewal of Vows. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Marry in May

According to the jingle - 'Marry in May, and you'll surely rue the Day'.

 However, it hasn't stopped Prince Harry who is to say 'I do' on 19th May, and other couples in the past who are now celebrating their Wedding Anniversary - some of them their fortieth.

 If you're one of them, here's a poem, included in one of my Celebrant Resource books, '600 Readings' you could use in your Wedding Renewal Ceremony.

WE'VE lived for forty years, dear wife,
  And walked together side by side,
And you to-day are just as dear
  As when you were my bride.

I've tried to make life glad for you,
  One long, sweet honeymoon of joy,
A dream of marital content,
  Without the least alloy.

I've smoothed all boulders from our path,
  That we in peace might toil along,
By always hastening to admit
  That I was right and you were wrong.

No mad diversity of creed
  Has ever sundered me from thee;
For I permit you evermore
  To borrow your ideas of me.

And thus it is, through weal or woe,
  Our love forevermore endures;
For I permit that you should take
  My views and creeds, and make them yours.

And thus I let you have my way,
  And thus in peace we toil along,
For I am willing to admit
  That I am right and you are wrong.

And when our matrimonial skiff
  Strikes snags in love's meandering stream,
I lift our skiff from the rocks,
  And float as in a placid dream.

And well I know our marriage bliss
  While life shall last will never cease;
For I shall always let thee do,
  In generous love, just what I please.

Peace comes, and discord flies away,
  Love's bright day follows hatred's night;
For I am ready to admit
  That you are wrong and I am right.
Sam Walter Foss 1858 - 1911)

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

What happened in 1967

Apart from giving a couple a certificate to commemorate the renewal of vows, I also give a certificate summerising some of the interesting happenings in the year they married.

The couple whose Renewal of Vows Ceremony I conducted today have been married for fifty years. Here are some interesting happenings I found for the year 1967when they married. Incidentally, the couple met at the Cloudland Ballroom, Brisbane. Married in Redcliffe 8th April 1967. And renewed their vows in Redcliffe 8th April 2017.

·        In Australia 100,000 couples exchanged their wedding vows.

·        Roy Emerson won the Australian Open men’s singles while John Newcombe won the US Open.

·        In South Africa Dr. Christiaan N Barnard performed the first heart transplant.

·        In London, the Barclay Bank put in the first ATM Teller Machine

·        In Fashion the mini skirt appeared

·        The first live telecast football grand final was between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

·        General Motors Holden exported its 100,000th car and launched its first compact sedan, the Torana

·        Normie Rowe won the inaugural King of Pop award

·        Johnny Farnham released his 'Sadie the Cleaning Lady'.

·        Popular TV shows included Prisoner, General Hospital, Jeopardy!

·        Popular singers included The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Bee Gees

·        Red Handed won the Melbourne Cup

·        Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming in heavy surf at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria

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Saturday, February 11, 2017

What happened in the Year you Married

Couples may renew their Wedding Vows for different reasons, and at different times. But the most popular time when married couples renew their wedding vows is on their Wedding Anniversary. In particular such significant anniversaries as the 5th, the 10th, the 25th and the 50th Wedding anniversary.

Because it's not a legal ceremony the couple can introduce a variety of steps into their ceremony,  making it uniquely their own. Here is the complete text of one Renewal of Wedding Vows Ceremony I've conducted.

Since we like to commemorate such significant ceremonies in a concrete way, at the end of the Ceremony I usually hand the couple a Renewal of Wedding Vows Certificate.

But apart from this commemorative Certificate, I also like to give the couple a Certificate which outlines the significant events that happened in the year they were married. When I first thought of the idea I wanted to narrow it down to what happened on the Wedding Day itself. But found it too hard, so changed it to what happened in the year instead.

One ot the things I've included - and which got a laugh when I read it out when presenting the Certificate to the couple - was the year when mini-skirts became fashionable! Another one was what horse won the Melbourne Cup that year. (You have to live in Australia to appreciate that one)




Anything special you do for your Renewal of Vows Ceremony? Share your ideas.
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Monday, January 30, 2017

Renewal of Wedding Vows Certificates

Don't buy another Renewal of Wedding Vows Certificate.

Here are 25, differently designed certificates for just $15.

They will be sent to you as a Word Document, where you simply substitute your own details for those that have been added as a sample for you to follow. As well as a different design, you will also find a variety of text to help you create personalised Marriage Vows Renewal certificates for your couples.

Whether your couples are celebrating a wedding anniversary, or just renewing their wedding vows to celebrate a good marriage, you will find wording to suit the particular situation.
You can, mix and match, as you need to, and then simply print out the certificate on your own printer.

You can even change the format of the wording, if you want to. Each certificate is an A4 document that you can edit as you do the letters you write.  

For just 60 cents a certificate, you will never need to buy another certificate for a Renewal of Wedding Vows Ceremony.
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Renewal of Wedding Vows Book


Australian Celebrant Resources
Renewal of Wedding Vows is a popular way of celebrating a wedding anniversary. 

But whether you renew your wedding vows as part of other celebration, or just as a personal ceremony to remind you how lucky you are to have such a wonderful marriage partner, this book will help you to celebrate the event in a uniquely personal way. 

With over 200 renewal of vows ceremony samples it will provide you with plenty of inspiration.

Among other thing, it explains the meaning of wedding anniversaries from the first wedding anniversary to the 75th, and how you can celebrate them. 

Ceremony text for a Renewal of Wedding Vows Ceremony includes:

·              Introductions

·              Conclusions

·              Wedding Anniversary Vows as a question

·              Wedding Anniversary Vow as a promise

·              Wedding Anniversary Ring exchange

·              Renewal of Vows by Guests

·              Support for the husband and wife by guests

·              Husband's and Wife's commitment their children

·              Children's dedication to their parents

·              Blessing on married couples present at the Renewal of Vows Ceremony

·              Wedding Anniversary Readings

·              Readings on a variety of subjects suitable for a renewal of wedding vows ceremony

·              Blessings 

Symbolic rituals which include text include:

·              Candle Lighting Ceremony

·              Blending of Sands Ceremony

·              Rose Ceremony

·              Sharing Wine Ceremony

·              Handfasting Ceremony

·              Planting a Tree

·              Seven Blessings

·              Blessing of the Hands 

All sections are divided into accessible subject matter to make the compilation of your renewal of wedding vows ceremony easier than you can imagine. 

Renewal ofWedding Vows is available as a PDF and Word Document. When you order the book both the PDF and Word Document will be emailed to you so you can use which ever version you prefer. 

You download them to your own computer, print and bind them yourself or have Office Works do it for you.  

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Decorative, Practical - and Free

Check out these websites for free downloadable fonts to spice up your Wedding, Baby Naming, Renewal of Wedding Vows and Commitment Certificates, as well as your Programs for the various ceremonies.
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And here are some Decorative Fonts I've used, as well as how I've used them.

Baby Naming Certificate

Title Page for Renewal of Wedding Vows Program


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