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Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies

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These days there are so many books and planners that emphasize the "fun" aspects of planning a wedding (ie. reception, music, food, gown,) that the actual wedding ceremony itself becomes nothing but an afterthought. It's refreshing to find a book that not only is easy to use, but offers a number of variations for the wording of your wedding vows.

Although aimed at the wedding officiants, this book can prove invaluable to any couple who wish to be actively involved in planning their wedding ceremony. The authors include ceremonies for specific situations such as "older couple, previously married," and "second marriage with children." With different options available, your ceremony will hold a more personal meaning, while retaining the dignity and respect deserving of such an event.

There's no frou-frou or fluff, it gets straight to the point. The only "drawback" to this book is that it is aimed solely towards Christian ceremonies.

Derl Keefer cuts through the fog that often surrounds the wedding experience in many local congregations. He offers professional guidelines for the clergyperson and a wonderful array of ceremonies, homilies and illustrative material. Every pastor should own this book. The couples you marry will thank you for the warmth, intimacy and creative application you will derive from this book.

As a minister I found this book to be an excellent help in preparing for a
wedding. It is well written, some very different ceremonies are included.
This is a book that I am glade to be able to add to my personal library.

Derl Keefer has provided a needed tool for those of us who are involved in performing Christian marriages. The sermons are succinct and appropriate, and the ceremonies are very helpful in creating a unique ceremony for each couple.

"One of the wonderful privileges of being a pastor is to be a part of the most sacred and personal experiences in the lives of your congregation. The wedding ceremony is one of those special and joyous occasions. However, it is a challenge to make each ceremony personal, appropriate and meaningful. Author Derl Keefer has proved an excellent resource to help pastors in his book, Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies.

In the book, Derl shares from his wealth of pastoral experience and professional writing. Every pastor would benefit from having this book in their library.

Author Derl Keefer has done it again. His book, "Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies," is a valuable resource for the minister who enjoys custom-writing marriage ceremonies to meet the needs of specific couples. The author writes from a strong pastoral background that endeared him to the families in his congregation.

I was really looking forward to receiving this book, but I was very disappointed when I got it. I am getting married this June and my fiance and I have children from previous marriages. I was looking for a book that would give me different suggestions on a family ceremony that we could include the children in. What I got was a book that has only 7 different ceremony examples and only ONE of them being for a couple with children. And reading that one ceremony does not give you different suggestions. It TELLS you what to have the pastor say, what his prayer should be, what music to play and what passage from the bible should be read. If you're looking for a book that will give you a variety of suggestions to get you started, then this book isn't for you.