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Ceremony Types Available:
Civil Marriage Ceremonies
Spiritual Ceremonies
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Backyard & Home Weddings
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Same Sex Marriages
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Baptisms & Naming Ceremonies
Renewal of Vows Ceremonies
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Designing Your Ceremony
Writing Your Own Wedding Vows
Using Music Effectively
Entering with Flowers
Presenting Flowers
Involving Readers in Your Ceremony
Sample Readings to Consider
Including Parental Vows
Ceremonial Certificates
Using Bubbles and Flower Petals
Lighting aUnity Candle
Blending Sand Crystals
Wine Sharing
Including the 2nd Kiss
Taking Vows By Candlelight
Doves and Butterflies
Telling Your Story
The Wedding Tree

Ceremony Advice & How To’s:
The Top 5 Considerations
Why Most Wedding Ceremonies Fail
Introducing Innovation in Your Ceremony
Facing Your Guests
Signing Documents
Using Ushers and Escorts Effectively
Escorting the Bride
Using a Limousine
Arriving by Boat
Using a Carriage
Using an Aisle Runner
Promoting Your Wedding

Ceremony Considerations:
Effective Seating
Environmental Issues
Protecting Your Entrance
Honouring Your Culture
Creativity and Style
Remembering Loved Ones
Helping Your Photographers
Making the Most of Lighting
The Ceremony Order of Events
Making Your Ceremony Program

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A couple standing in front of their guests watch a series of family members proceed to light torches to honour loved ones who have passed away. This symbolic act at the start of the ceremony will be several minutes in duration and a powerfully emotional period requiring few words to convey its message. This is an act in memoriam and during your ceremony, there are many such ways of honouring friends and family who have passed away.

One groom whose mom had passed away while still a very young woman, even years later, deeply missed his mother. His ceremony would have been incomplete to him had he not honoured her in some way. It was suggested that he do this by pausing his ceremony after the exchanges of vows and rings, and cast a flower from a bridge over a nearby stream in her memory.

Joined by a grandmother and other relatives his bride casts the flower for him as they hold hands. There ensued a very emotional moment for all, and his father came up to help him through it.

In wedding planning, honouring loved ones, usually immediate family or close friends, can be done in a number of ways. Another couple honoured the memories of their moms during their 20 year renewal of vows. During their ceremony, candles were lit on behalf of the mothers and the ceremony paused in silence.