First Impressions

• The first step is to meet up, preferably face to face, at your home or at the venue.  If that’s difficult, we can always chat on Zoom.
• This is a chance to get to know each other and see if you feel that I am the right person to lead your wedding ceremony.

 

More about You

• Then, or at a later date, we would have a more in-depth chat about you as individuals and as a couple – and what it is you ideally want from your humanist wedding ceremony.
• It’s very important to work out what style you’re after (formal, informal, wacky etc) and if there are any specific actions, symbols or traditions you would like included.  This is especially helpful if you come from different cultural or ethnic traditions.
• I can give you ideas from my experience of other humanist wedding ceremonies and  lots of examples of what you can include and say.

 

The 1st Draft

• When I’ve got a good idea of what I think you’re after, I will write a draft of the ceremony and send it to you to have a look through and make any changes.
• Don’t worry, this is not like a Best Man’s speech – there will be no surprises and no embarrassments just hopefully a lot of joy and some tears too (of happiness of course!).

 

Final Script

• When we’ve agreed how the ceremony will be led and the readings, poems and music you want, I will put it all together and let you have a final look.

 

Rehearsal Time

• A Rehearsal before the big day is a very good idea.
• We advise getting together, at the venue, with everyone who has an active role from whoever will walk the bride into the venue (if this is part of your plan), any readers, singers, your music co-ordinator, bridesmaids, best man and chief ushers.

 

All this would be talked through between us so we are all clear about how I would help you to design and plan your ceremony.

 

Do give me a call or drop me an email and we can start to talk.

 

oliver.celebrant@gmail.com

07802 242 983