July 25, 2018 Can my friend get ordained to officiant our same-sex wedding? "My girlfriend and I are getting married in November 2018. We want our friend to get ordained so that he may marry us. What are the steps for same-sex couples getting married?" There are two considerations for online ordination when having a friend officiate your same-sex wedding: that the online ordination website allows same-sex ceremonies and that online ordination is considered legal in your state/city/county. Let's look at both issues… Read More 1.2k June 21, 2018 The challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK (from an officiant's perspective!) In the UK, it isn't easy to have a secular wedding. Religious weddings have a section focusing on the couple, but there's also a big focus on their religion. With 71% of young people in Britain describing themselves as non-religious, this isn't preferred for a lot of couples. Here are the challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK… Read More 1.5k February 22, 2018 Sort yourself into your new Harry Potter house with this sorting hat ceremony Sera and John's Brooklyn meets Hogwarts wedding had soooo much to love: pink hair, chocolate frogs, Honeydukes lollipops, Bertie Botts every flavor beans, A Daily Prophet program, wands for all guests, handmade potion bottle vases, a bouquet made out of Harry Potter books and charms, golden snitch cake pops, and more. It was a wild ride. But our favorite part was their unity ceremony. You have to see it… Read More 2.5k February 7, 2018 I want to elope, but my family really wants me to have a ceremony. How can we compromise? My fiance and I agree that a traditional, in-front-of-everyone-we-love wedding ceremony is not a necessary piece of our marriage story. It holds no meaning for us, and for me it….. Read More 13k December 27, 2017 This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She's the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he's buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let's see the Tolkien wedding poem in full… Read More 123…45 Copyright © 2003 - 2018 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
1.2k June 21, 2018 The challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK (from an officiant's perspective!) In the UK, it isn't easy to have a secular wedding. Religious weddings have a section focusing on the couple, but there's also a big focus on their religion. With 71% of young people in Britain describing themselves as non-religious, this isn't preferred for a lot of couples. Here are the challenges of having a Humanist wedding in the UK… Read More 1.5k February 22, 2018 Sort yourself into your new Harry Potter house with this sorting hat ceremony Sera and John's Brooklyn meets Hogwarts wedding had soooo much to love: pink hair, chocolate frogs, Honeydukes lollipops, Bertie Botts every flavor beans, A Daily Prophet program, wands for all guests, handmade potion bottle vases, a bouquet made out of Harry Potter books and charms, golden snitch cake pops, and more. It was a wild ride. But our favorite part was their unity ceremony. You have to see it… Read More 2.5k February 7, 2018 I want to elope, but my family really wants me to have a ceremony. How can we compromise? My fiance and I agree that a traditional, in-front-of-everyone-we-love wedding ceremony is not a necessary piece of our marriage story. It holds no meaning for us, and for me it….. Read More 13k December 27, 2017 This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She's the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he's buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let's see the Tolkien wedding poem in full… Read More 123…45 Copyright © 2003 - 2018 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
1.5k February 22, 2018 Sort yourself into your new Harry Potter house with this sorting hat ceremony Sera and John's Brooklyn meets Hogwarts wedding had soooo much to love: pink hair, chocolate frogs, Honeydukes lollipops, Bertie Botts every flavor beans, A Daily Prophet program, wands for all guests, handmade potion bottle vases, a bouquet made out of Harry Potter books and charms, golden snitch cake pops, and more. It was a wild ride. But our favorite part was their unity ceremony. You have to see it… Read More 2.5k February 7, 2018 I want to elope, but my family really wants me to have a ceremony. How can we compromise? My fiance and I agree that a traditional, in-front-of-everyone-we-love wedding ceremony is not a necessary piece of our marriage story. It holds no meaning for us, and for me it….. Read More 13k December 27, 2017 This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She's the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he's buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let's see the Tolkien wedding poem in full… Read More 123…45 Copyright © 2003 - 2018 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
2.5k February 7, 2018 I want to elope, but my family really wants me to have a ceremony. How can we compromise? My fiance and I agree that a traditional, in-front-of-everyone-we-love wedding ceremony is not a necessary piece of our marriage story. It holds no meaning for us, and for me it….. Read More 13k December 27, 2017 This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She's the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he's buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let's see the Tolkien wedding poem in full… Read More 123…45
13k December 27, 2017 This Tolkien wedding poem (that he wrote to his wife!) is the Arkenstone of wedding readings J.R.R. Tolkien had a great love with his wife, Edith. She's the inspiration for a character in The Silmarillion and he's buried next to her under a single gravestone inscribed with the names Beren and Luthien. He wrote her a poem that we LOVE as a wedding reading. Let's see the Tolkien wedding poem in full… Read More 123…45