Non-Religious/Denominational Ceremony

[meelee514]

For those who have had any non religious ceremony, wishes or escape, how exactly does the ceremony go? Since there is no religious readings or anything like that.. It's not just you show up, say your vows and I do and then leave right? A few people I know here have some court house weddings and simple non religious weddings and they said they were only like 10 minutes.

Now we're planning on an intimate thing with just the 2 of us, so I don't need it to go on forever haha, I just want to make sure it'll be memorable. So what kinds of things, readings, etc go on during these? Can unity candles be included in non religious ceremonies? Although I guess if we pick an outdoor location, that might be kind of hard. I did read about the sand ceremony, that was cute too. So yea, just looking to see what goes on during non religious ceremonies

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

Well, when Rev. Kevin Knox sent us 3 sample ceremonies, one was religious, one was romantic/non-religious (with some religious options) and civil.

The civil for us was just too cut and dry, but his romance ceremony was so beautiful and meaningful. You can either use the options like the hands ceremony (which we're not), rose ceremony for the parents, sand ceremony, etc. We can't wait until our wedding. I think there's an option for a prayer to be read as well.

 

[DisBride2007]

A non-religious ceremony can be anything you make it. A non-religious wedding at Disney is NOTHING like a courthouse wedding!

We used Ron Rosenzweig as our officiant. The reading that he performed was very eloquent and perfect for us. You can contact him via his website, www.wedinorlando.com, and he will email you the different readings that he can do at your wedding. You can pretty much customize it!

And pretty much every wedding I've attended, religious or not, was about 15-20 minutes.

Good luck!

 

[Starr W.]

I was married in the Catholic church and I don't think it took more than 15 min., since I'm not Catholic(DH is) hence no Mass.

 

[Kristen14]

any officiant you choose (especially those from disney's list) will be able to send you several different ceremonies. most of them are non-religious. i had a hard time finding something religious and traditional.

you can absolutely use a unity candle, and your ceremony will follow the same format, just read love poems instead of bible readings, or have a love song instead. any script can be edited to remove any references to God and still be meaningful.

 

[meelee514]

Ooh good to know. The romantic one sounds nice. We would definitly pick the non religious thing haha.

I think I will email him to see some samples.. *so excited*

 

[rwrocksme]

I know a woman who writes a totally unique ceremony (sp?) from scratch for each couple...she interviews them and their families. It's so cool...and if you want no religion, or whatever, she'll do it. PM me and I'll see if I can get you her email...