14 Comments May 21, 2014

Our short, agnostic, stars and moon wedding ceremony script

I wrote this ceremony script with the help of Offbeat Bride, and I am really happy with the results. My very non-religious, scientific-minded fiancé is very happy with it as well. My mom, who has always told me that we are made of star dust, is absolutely in love with the Carl Sagan reading we selected for her. I am really excited about the music sections, and to share my ceremony with you…

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58 Comments May 9, 2012

Wedding vows for blended families: Kids say, "We do, too!"

Over the years, we've seen lots of really lovely ways to include children in blended family weddings, but we've never featured the vows that were spoken. I've enlisted the help of a few of our favorite officiants, asking them to share wording for blended family vows that they've written. (Plus, we've got one batch of bonus vows from an Offbeat Bride reader!)

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26 Comments April 19, 2012

My secular ceremony wording: lots of equality and silly puns

Like our personalized wedding logo, our ceremony is something we came up with together and personalized as well. We wanted to keep it short, simple, and light-hearted but also emphasizing equality — you will not find the word "obey" in this ceremony, but you will find Calvin and Hobbes and a butchered zombie head.

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20 Comments April 28, 2011

How to have a short and simple ring-warming ceremony

Along with a wonderful idea for a DIY beaded bouquet, Tribe member Ginny also had a good idea to augment her ring warming to suit her small wedding ceremony. Here is her less-than-perfect, but sweet experience.

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48 Comments January 14, 2009

Genuinely touching zombie wedding vows and ceremony

Family members can get concerned when you say things like, "We're going to have zombies in our wedding vows!" But here's solid proof that your vows can include zombies and still be touching and heartfelt ceremony.