Officiating Best Practices Archives ⋆ Unboring!Wedding https://unboringwedding.com/category/officiating-best-practices/ Wedding Ceremonies That Wow Couples and Thrill Guests! Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:26:58 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://unboringwedding.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Star-pink-and-maroon@5x-2-32x32.png Officiating Best Practices Archives ⋆ Unboring!Wedding https://unboringwedding.com/category/officiating-best-practices/ 32 32 191148442 5 Questions to Ask Your Same-Sex Couple About Their Wedding Ceremony https://unboringwedding.com/5-questions-sex-couple-wedding-ceremony/ https://unboringwedding.com/5-questions-sex-couple-wedding-ceremony/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:04:41 +0000 https://unboringwedding.com/?p=1844 Even if you’ve officiated five hundred wedding ceremonies, the very first time a same-sex couple asks you to officiate their wedding ceremony, it can feel like your first time all over again. I hear it from experienced officiants all the time: “What’s different about a same-sex couple’s wedding ceremony? What do I need to know? […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/best-songs-for-wedding-ceremony/feed/ 0 1827 How To Officiate a Wedding Ceremony For the First Time https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-officiate-a-wedding-for-the-first-time/ https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-officiate-a-wedding-for-the-first-time/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:59:51 +0000 https://unboringwedding.com/?p=1709  You’ve been asked to officiate a wedding ceremony for the first time. Your first reaction? You feel honoured! Now that you’re sitting down to actually figure it out, it’s overwhelming. Maybe you feel pretty good in front of a crowd. But a wedding? It’s all too much. I got you. There are a lot […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-officiate-a-wedding-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 1709 How (And Why!) to End the Wedding Ceremony with a Grand Finale https://unboringwedding.com/grand-finale/ https://unboringwedding.com/grand-finale/#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2022 14:38:02 +0000 https://unboringwedding.com/?p=1158 The very best ending to a wedding ceremony is a grand finale. Everyone is on their feet. The officiant presents the couple. The music starts. The couple head up the aisle to a symphony of overjoyed laughter and raucous cheers from their guests! But that’s not just going to happen on its own. There’s a […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/covid-wedding/feed/ 0 531 How to Read the Wedding Ceremony Script (Without Being Glued to the Page) https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-read-the-wedding-ceremony-script/ https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-read-the-wedding-ceremony-script/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:55:49 +0000 https://www.howtoofficiateawedding.ca/?p=442 I get asked at least once a week: How much of the wedding ceremony script can I read? Is it even okay to read it at all? How much of the script do I have to memorize? I love being the bearer of good news, so here it is: You can read absolutely all of […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/how-to-read-the-wedding-ceremony-script/feed/ 10 442 3 Ways to Beat Your Fear of Wedding Ceremony Mistakes https://unboringwedding.com/beat-fear-of-wedding-ceremony-mistakes/ https://unboringwedding.com/beat-fear-of-wedding-ceremony-mistakes/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2019 10:13:20 +0000 https://www.howtoofficiateawedding.ca/?p=316 It can be debilitating: the fear of making a mistake while you’re officiating the ceremony and messing up the whole wedding. Why are you so worried about messing up? Because you’re a good and decent person! This is not just some solo presentation – the kind where if you tank up there it’s only on you! […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/beat-fear-of-wedding-ceremony-mistakes/feed/ 2 316 7 Steps to Responding Well to a Negative Review https://unboringwedding.com/7-steps-to-responding-well-to-a-negative-review/ https://unboringwedding.com/7-steps-to-responding-well-to-a-negative-review/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 20:37:54 +0000 https://www.howtoofficiateawedding.ca/?p=368 I got my first-ever negative review this week. I’m at my Macbook writing a wedding love story, when “bing!” – in comes an email from Wedding Wire saying I’ve received a review from “Spencer.” Right away, I’m a bit disoriented. Because I’ve never officiated a wedding for someone named Spencer. I open the email, and […]

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]]> https://unboringwedding.com/7-steps-to-responding-well-to-a-negative-review/feed/ 4 368 5 Details to Consider for Ring Bearers and Flower Girls in the Processional https://unboringwedding.com/5-details-to-consider-for-kids-walking-in-the-processional/ https://unboringwedding.com/5-details-to-consider-for-kids-walking-in-the-processional/#respond Tue, 15 May 2018 20:09:20 +0000 https://www.howtoofficiateawedding.ca/?p=344 When we’re talking about ring bearers and flowers girls coming down the aisle, the “when-do-they-enter” question is only half the conversation. We also need to consider how the kids are going to feel and how they might respond when their big moment comes. (For that other half of the conversation – my post on all […]

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