Weddings/Rites and Customs This is a book filled with ideas on vows, rituals, ways to involve families, interesting readings to add variety to your ceremony, traditions from many different cultures, and examples of complete ceremonies that range from the simple to the elaborate.
If you want a ceremony that reflects your own values as a couple, if you want a ceremony that is personal and uniquely your own, if you want to create all or paryt of your ceremony, this book will guide you, step by step, to a wedding that will be inspiring, festive and memorable.
Whether you seek a ceremony that is secular or spiritual, traditional or contempory, interfaith or cross-cultural, this book will help you achieve the specific tone and style that will match your dream and celebrate the unique couple that you are.
The authors have performed hundreds of wedding ceremonies over the past four decades and provide a wealth of fresh material, helpful hints, and a wide array of pointers that will make your ceremony truly your own.
Henry S. Basayne is a Humanist Counselor in San Francisco who has been performing personalized wedding ceremonies for more than 30 years.
Linda R. Janowitz, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and marriage counselor in San Jose, CA. For more than 25 years she has been helping couples create the wedding ceremonies that fit their needs.