Words for Your Wedding: The Wedding Service Book [Paperback]

David Glusker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 1986

In the excitement of planning a wedding in all its detail, the beauty and meaning of the words exchanged can sometimes be overlooked. To help you find and create the perfect ceremony, ministers David Glusker and Peter Misner have compiled this do-it-yourself guide that walks you through the entire wedding ceremony, offering both contemporary and traditional readings and prayers.

From the gathering words to the final blessing, this collection of wedding traditions lets you design a ceremony that is right for you—whether it is an established service, a combination of elements from various traditions, or a newly created celebration of your own.

This practical resource for couples and ministers alike also includes special sections featuring:

• the civil ceremony
• the Roman Catholic and ecumenical wedding
• the Jewish wedding
• tips for how to write your own service
• guidelines for renewing your wedding vows

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From the Publisher

For vows that couples will never forget, this do-it-yourself guide is the reference book on the words spoken at a wedding. Includes Protestant, Roman Catholic, Ecumenical, Jewish, and civil ceremony traditions.

About the Author

David Glusker and Peter Misner, ministers in Maine, have officiated at hundreds of weddings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (April 23, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060631317
• ISBN-13: 978-0060631314
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,276,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Weddings > Ceremony

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have resource!, July 29, 2000

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LeeAnn Fitzgerald - See all my reviews

This review is from: Words for Your Wedding: The Wedding Service Book (Paperback)

I could not put this book down! It is the easiest, step-by-step guide that I have come across while planning my wedding. It doesn't tell you "you can do something like this, and here's another general idea" It says "you need a blessing for your rings...here are 5 ways to say it...pick one!" I loved it and would highly recommend it to the stressed and weary bride-to-be!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get this one if you're just starting to plan the ceremony, January 29, 2003

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This review is from: Words for Your Wedding: The Wedding Service Book (Paperback)

I bought this because we have been desperately searching for a single passage of intro text at the beginning of our ceremony. We already have everything else set. However, while this book had a lot of interesting wordings for a lot of different religions, it was nothing like we were looking for. It was similar to the corresponding chapter in "The Everything Wedding Book." (Check it out, if you haven't -- LOTS more good info for the entire planning process!)

This book might be a very good resource for vow readings, though, esp. if the bride and groom are of different faiths.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words for your Wedding, August 8, 2004

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Jane Austin "rosebel" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Words for Your Wedding: The Wedding Service Book (Paperback)

We have used this book for some years now to assist the couples we marry in sorting their vows. Of the several books we have for this purpose, as Officiants of Christian marriages, this book has been the most helpful - for us & the couples as they choose their special words. Rather than choosing all the words a particular denomination uses, the couples have taken words from the different ones to say what best expresses them. We recommend it.