How can I help my celebrant to provide a personal and fun service?

I believe the best way for a Celebrant to create a personal and fun ceremony, is for you to give them as much information about you and your relationship. You could help them by answering questions like: - How and when you met; and the proposal? - What you liked about each other when you first met? - When did you decide that you wanted to be together forever? - What were the good things that helped you decide? - What does marriage mean to you? - What you each (individually) love about each other? - What leisure, sports and/or interests you enjoy together? - What does family mean to you? - What your hopes and dreams are for the future? - Anything else you think is relevant, especially if you have any children. What they mean to you and how they have changed your relationship. Getting to know my couples better, certainly helps me to create personalised and fun ceremonies.

At our meeting we will talk about many things.  The main thing is to put loads of your personality into your wedding.  I have many ways to achieve this but my advice to to work hard on the things we talk about.    My Dad used to say....The more you put into something the more you get out of it.    This is your wedding...it's so woth putting effort into making it special.

Hi Tanya

To create a personal and fun service you just need to work closely with your Celebrant, and be happy with the Celebrant you choose. Most Celebrants offer an obligation free first meeting and you should take advantage of this to get a feel for the Celebrant, listen to their voice, consider their style and how it will blend/compliment your own.

The best way is working together to create that special life stage celebration!

The best way is to help is meet the celebrant. see how the chemistry burns. Check some of the ceremonies they have performed in the past. you will soon see if any humour jumps off the page. Timing and delivery you will work out at the first meeting. Allow each member of the couple to tell the celebrant the couples story from their perspective. The fun often lies in the differences.

Ensure that your celebrant understands your requirements , ask them for their definetion of Fun, and see if it matches what you have in mind . Give them as much background of both of you with all the crazy things you have done together.

Ask your celebrant for ideas to build the ceremony you want

You can add certain details of your relationship to the ceremony to make it YOURS!! For instance, how you met, what attracted you to one another in the first place and why you love each other. You can add a little bit of humour to your ceremony so that there is a bit of a laugh, that way your guests and the two of you can relax a little.

I have a checklist with a list on questions I sit down and ask my clients, listening to their stories, how they met, what they love about each other, what makes each other laugh etc over a coffee - this helps oodles. 

Hi Tanya,

There are a few things you can do to assist your celebrant in providing a personal service that reflects your style and personality.  When you meet, its good to communicate not only what you have liked from ceremonies you have attended in the past, but also what you haven't liked!  Let your celebrant know as much information as you can about the style of your ceremony, who you and your partner are as individuals and as a couple, what your friends and family would say about your relatioship, and even about the guests (who are they, what are their expectations).  

Most importantly, when I send couples my questionnaire, I request that they provide me with as much information as possible.  I don't use it all in the ceremony, but it gives me a great base for writing a unique and personalised ceremony just for you!

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The celebrant you pick hopefully is already endowed with these qualities, so all you have to do is tell them what you want, Anna

Hi Tayna and congratulations on your coming marriage

i often use "Oh the places youll go" from Dr Seuss

you can ham it up a bit or have a child or family friend to read it

you can write a short paragraph on what you both thought when you first met

hope these ideas assist you and wishing you both the very best life has to offer

warmly

Jan Littlejohn