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Summary: A Wedding Ceremony to Remember
Review: "A Wedding Ceremony to Remember" by Marty Younkin is a "must have" for anyone contemplating a wedding, vow renewal or other ceremony. I highly recommend it to everyone in the wedding industry, not just brides and Wedding Consultants, but everyone involved in the ceremony process. The book offers a great overview of different ceremonies, traditions, readings, and prayers for any age group, background and religion. Lisa Bauer,
I Deux Weddings & Events
and
2003-2003 President of the Association of Wedding Professionals
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Summary: A wedding must have!!!
Review: From one stressed out bride to another, do yourself a favor and pick up this book. I spent a lot of time searching various resources for the prefect ceremony before I was given this book. The format and abundance of choices makes this book useful to a wide variety of engaged couples. There are several ceremonies outlined in the book. If one section doesn't suit you, there are pages of choices to pick from. You can mix and match the different sections until you have a ceremony perfect for you, or go with one of the full ceremonies detailed in the book. There are even option for second weddings, bilingual and civil ceremonies. I was able to set up a traditional, elegant ceremony, word for word in less than 30 minutes. I heartily recommend this book to any would be newlyweds.
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Summary: An excellent tool
Review: I used this book (and Rev. Younkin) for my daughter's wedding three years ago. Now I'm using it for my own. This is an excellent tool for planning your ceremony. I can't recommend it enough!
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Summary: Unique approach to planning ceremony from start to finish.
Review: In writing my own wedding ceremony, I've borrowed countless books from the library and have done extensive internet research. Whereas many of the available resources focus solely on words used for the vows, readings, and ring exchange, this workbook covers the entire ceremony from start to finish, including the sometimes overlooked parts of the ceremony such as welcome and introduction, declaration of intent/consent, the meaning of the rings, and wedding blessings. The author provides entire ceremony scripts for seven different types of situations: both traditional and contemporary religious ceremonies, a civil ceremony, a "short and sweet" service, and finally, ceremonies for both second marriages and marriages with children involved. If you would prefer to create your own ceremony by mixing and matching, there are chapters on readings, wedding vows, ring exchange vows, and prayers and blessings; another chapter offers descriptions of several wedding traditions as well as other special touches to make your wedding unique. One note of caution about this book: the author states that he has written this book using "the best of the best" words for weddings, but this means that the selection of choices is somewhat limited. Unlike some other ceremony planning books (such as The Knot Guide to Vows), you will not find page after page of suggestions for readings, vows, etc. In addition, the book does not address the topic of music, and it fails to include explanations of cultural traditions such as breaking the glass and jumping the broom. Despite these cautions, however, this is a useful book, particularly for those just beginning to determine the format for their wedding.
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Summary: Every bride to be should read
Review: My mother in law purchased this book for me after I told her that I thought all wedding ceremonies were basically the same and that I was going to leave the ceremony to the minister to decide. All I cared about (I thought) was marrying the love of my life.
I had the book (still in package) 3 days before I found time to open it up to skim through. When I finally did, it was 3 hours before I put the book down........but by then I had customized my entire Wedding Ceremony. This book has everything, from traditional to contemporary ceremonies, readings, vows, wedding traditions.(And their meanings) As well as, processionals, recessionals, altar formations and other special wedding touches. To bring it all together, it also has worksheets in the back for both the Rehearsal and the Ceremony itself that allowed me to create a Wedding Ceremony that is uniquely for me and my future husband.(We are getting married 12/27/02) This book definately lived up to it's title, A Wedding Ceremony to Remember....perfect words for the perfect wedding!
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Summary: A Perfect Book - One we will certainly remember
Review: My wife and I were married three weeks ago, and we found this extremely useful in planning our ceremony. It provides 9 different ceremonies to choose from, and then goes into more detail for readings, vows, and other wedding traditions. It's really a hands on book, that allows you to pick and choose the words that will be spoken at your ceremony, and what could be more important. I would recommend it to anyone planning a wedding ceremony. It's worth every penny and more!
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Summary: Easiest Wedding Planning Decision
Review: Of all the aspects of planning our wedding, this was, by far, the EASIEST. Brides, if you've been feeling 'fleeced' by the wedding industry, take heart. This is one decision you will be very happy with making. If you're looking to find a book to help with planning your ceremony, selecting your vows, and/or traditions, you will want this book. The book is extremely 'USER FRIENDLY' and is full of wonderful choices for how to make your ceremony special. I received this book to plan my own wedding about a week before my best friend's wedding and showed it to her. She loved it and said that she wished she had had the book when planning her own ceremony. I'm sure many brides like myself have found themselves up to their eyeballs making wedding planning decisions, but trust me, this was by far the easiest one to make. You've spent so much time deciding on your attire, the flowers, music, cakes, etc. but have you thought about what your minister and you and the groom will say other than 'Will you?' and 'I do.'? There are a variety of types of ceremonies (traditional, contemporary, civil, 'short and sweet', second-time marriages, interfaith, bi-lingual, etc.). You can even 'mix and match' or 'cut and paste' parts of the ceremony (the welcome, the vows, ring exchange, traditions, blessing, pronouncement, etc.) to suit your needs. If you've been looking endlessly in bookstores or online for some help on planning a very special wedding, you've found your book.
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Summary: Perfect Words
Review: This book has been so helpful in planning my ceremony. I wanted to tell other brides why. 1. This is a "how to" manual that is not just another wedding planner, but rather a "word planner". It makes you give some thought to what should be the most important part of your ceremony--the words that are spoken. (Plus, you know what's going to be said so there are no surprises.) 2. It's concise and complete. It gives you just enough choices without overwhelming you. It offers more than vows and readings like so many other books. You can create your entire ceremony or choose one "as is". 3. It's easy to use because it's laid out so simply (including the personalized ceremony worksheets). Thank you, Mr. Younkin, for allowing us brides to have a choice in what we want said during our ceremony. (Mine is all put together just the way I want it.) A Thankful Bride
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Summary: Very helpful...great tool to plan your ceremony
Review: This book provides clear options for your ceremony, from traditional to contemporary. My fiance and I are having a really enjoyable time going through it and planning just the right words for our vows. Excellent resource!
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Summary: Highly Recommend!!!!
Review: This book was GREAT! It was just what I needed for planning my ceremony. It really has a lot to offer a bride to be! I had no idea where to begin and when I got this book, it saved me! My entire ceremony was from this book...verbatim. After the ceremony, I had so many people complimenting us on the ceremony and how unique and wonderful it was and how great Marty was! This book has several different types of wedding ceremonies ...traditional, contemporary, short & sweet, second time around, civil and all in the family. It has several different readings, prayers and blessings. Several different vows and ring exchange vows. It has "special touch" ideas...ceremony formations, order of service and even a rehearsal worksheet! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL BRIDES TO BE!!! Thank you so much Marty!!! Tom and Lisa Craig
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