Promises to Keep: Crafting Your Wedding Ceremony (Rites to Remember Series)

By Ann Keeler Evans

The reason for the whole day is the CEREMONY! So how do you write a GREAT CEREMONY? This unique guide gives you a format for any type of ceremony. It has worksheets to help you think through your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966371534
• ISBN13: 9780966371536
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Emerald Earth Pub
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wonderful--a must for anyone getting married!!!!

I must have purchased at least three books before I found Ann's and none of them came even close to helping us create a very personal wedding. I would recommend this to anyone who, like me, wants a unique and special wedding. After reading this book (which is eloquently written but also very easy to read) we realized how important it was to have a ceremony that reflected exactly how we feel. And now that we have done just that, we also realize that we created a solid foundation of words that represent our commitment--we will always have those words to look back on. Also, working through her worksheet in the back was a kind of positive and reaffirming endeavor that made us reflect on why and how we got to the point of marriage.Thanks Ann!!

Must be read by anyone getting married!

My mother recommended this book for my fiance and me, and it was the best thing she could have done for us. So many people (including us, until we read this book) get lost in all of the trivialized rituals and plans of the upcoming wedding, and unfortunately lose focus on what is really key - the vows you will be exchanging to each other, the words you say to the public to pledge your undying love for another, the true meaning of sharing a life with someone you love forever. Ann Evans brings you back to the reality of the fundamentals, and she addresses such important issues that are often overlooked in a wedding ceremony because of rote ritual....You MUST read this book if you're getting married, or even considering getting married!

The best money I spent in planning my wedding!

We have all been to weddings, heard the words and seen the images.... The big white dress, flowers, an expectant groom and strains of music floating through the air. However the reality is that so often the actual words and meaning of the ceremony is distilled, in memory, to he did, she did, they did. Ann Evans should bill herself, in addition to minister, as an architect. Her book is a blueprint for crafting the structure, and building the foundation for a permanent place for love to grow and develop. "Promises to Keep" will help couples looking to sculpt and craft their individual ceremonies. Evans lays out the basic structure of the wedding ceremony, from greeting to invocation to ring exchange and blessing. If she has an opinion, or an anecdote to help convey her meaning - she thoughtfully includes it. Then the two of you are encouraged to flesh it out and make it personal.The best thing I can say about "Promises to Keep" is this: My husband-to-be and I liked the book and the direction that it gave us so much we asked Ann Evans to marry us!

This changed my mind

This is the most wonderful and warm book I've read in a while. Rev. Evans' book has changed my mind on weddings and the meaning of ceremony. Not being able to even imagine a full-blown Catholic wedding mass for myself, nor one of those frilly American productions, I had dismissed the notion of ceremony outright. However, the author makes a powerful case for crafting a ceremony that's not necessarily traditional or commercial, but foremost meaningful. Beautiful, practical, highly recommended.