A Wedding Ceremony To Remember: Perfect Words for the Perfect Wedding

By Marty Younkin

This is the second edition of the best selling book which now includes 9 complete up-to-date ceremonies for today's modern bride. There is no other book like it in that you can choose a ceremony "as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096687451X
• ISBN13: 9780966874518
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Brown Books
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Best Buy Ever!

My fiance and I had a friend marry us, so we had to come up with our own ceremony. We didn't want to write it ourselves, but we didn't want a cookie-cutter religious ceremony either. This book was the answer we were looking for. I bought many books, but ended up only using this one. It's extremely well organized, and even comes with worksheets! It's organized by type of ceremony you want (i.e. traditional religious, contemporary non-religious, quick, second time around), and this was perfect for us. The readings, vows, and everything in that section ended up being exactly what we were looking to say. We read through the whole book to make sure other selections in other sections weren't better, but we always ended up loving what was in the section for the type of wedding we wanted. The people who did this book have impecable taste. This book focuses on love, commitment, and in some cases religion without being cheesy or overdone. They have all the classic wedding things you'd expect (such as Corinthians for readings), but they also add readings that are less traditional, but equally romantic and applicable to your ceremony. It has a sense of uniqueness, but still traditional. I highly recommend this book to anyone doing their own ceremony, or even people who just want to add a little something extra. I couldn't have done my ceremony without it! Between the organization and taste, this book was really well done. It was such a relief that they organized it by ceremony type (and then by type in the back, such as readings, vows, ring vows), so you're not feeling lost reading through 100 different readings and hating all of them. This is a bride must-have!

A Wedding Ceremony to Remember

What a gem! I bought this book for my daughter who simply wanted a Justice of the Peace to perform a civil ceremony. That also was my choice 25 years ago and it was the most generic, impersonal blah ceremony I had ever heard. I was heartbroken and didn't want my daughter to make the same mistake. The civil ceremony in this book is eloquent, warm and personable, especially the wedding vows. With this, my daughter still can get her non-religious civil ceremony performed by the J.P., but this way she gets to pick out the words and tell him what to say! Maybe my husband and I will even use the vow renewal ceremony for our 25th anniversary this year. What a great book!

Every bride to be should read

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!

Fascinating Ideas and Suggestions

I was fascinated by "A Wedding Ceremony to Remember." This easy-to-read manual has many ideas and suggestions to help you plan a wedding ceremony that is just perfect for you! Whether you follow one of the suggested ceremonies, or use it as a springboard for your own ideas, you will be very glad that you have this book in your possession. I found the "All In The family" and "Second Time Around" sections especially interesting and creative. I wish I would have had this manual when planning my own wedding ceremony. Purchase it today...you won't be sorry!

Perfect Words

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