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Promises
to Keep:
Crafting Your Wedding Ceremony
by
Ann Keeler Evans
6"
x 9" - 120 pages - $14
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The
wedding ceremony is the reason for the whole day, and Promises
to Keep will help you two to construct a very personalized ritual
to show your commitment to each other and enlist your community's
support. The purpose of a wedding ritual is for you to stand before
your community with your beloved, and talk about how love has
transformed you. Know what promises you will be making to one
another, because
you will live with these promises for the rest of your lives.
“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. We created
a solid foundation of words that represent our commitment--we
will always have those words to look back on.”
Write
your own vows and promises to say what you mean
“Working
through her worksheet was a kind of positive and reaffirming
endeavor that made us reflect on why and how we got to the point
of marriage.”
Show
your commitment with rituals from your hearts
“She
tells you how to incorporate your own cultural and religious
traditions into a meaningful ritual.”
Enlist
your community’s support of your marriage
“We
created a ceremony that really reflected our hopes and aspirations
for our relationship and invited the love and support our very
diverse community of family and friends.”
Defuse
challenges you may encounter with your family
“You
will find that this book serves as your anchor, deepening your
commitment to each other, as you prepare to share the rest of
your lives together.”
INCLUDES
Traditional and Non-Traditional Weddings
“My
mother recommended this book for my fiancé and me, and
it was the best thing she could have done for us.”
Commitment
Ceremonies for Gays
“We
are a lesbian couple. We'd been together twelve years, but had
never had a public celebration of our lifetime commitment to
each other.”
Second
Marriages & Relinquishing Past Promises
“We
had both made promises to other people, and this was the only
book that reminded us we needed to dissolve those promises....”
Including
your Children
Handfastings
Renewal of Vows
"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 important issues that are often overlooked in a wedding
ceremony
because of rote ritual....You MUST read this book if you're
getting
married!"
Author
Bio
ANN
KEELER EVANS, M.Div., graduated from Union Theological
Seminary in New York, and has worked in the San Francisco Bay
Area for many years as a minister, thealogian and ritualist.
She specializes in creating interfaith rituals; with her warm
and witty manner and her beautiful singing voice, she is much
in demand as a ceremonialist.
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