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Phone: 03 9772 2326

Mob:    0419 315 933

E-mail: peterh@affordablecelebrant.com.au

Wedding Ceremony Structure

Marriage by an Authorised Celebrants has only three required components:

 

1. The ‘Monitum’ (Section 46 (1) of the Marriage Act 1961)

2. Vows

3. Signing the marriage certificates

 

This can be completed in less than five minutes, if that is what you want. Most couples however prefer a more substantial ceremony, around 20-25 minutes. The only “right or wrong” way for your ceremony to be structured is how you want it. 

 

For guidance, the structure for a standard wedding might be something like this: 

 

· Introduction

· Reading / Poem

· Section 46 (1) of the Marriage Act or ‘Monitum’

· Presentation of the bride or Giving Away

· The Asking / Affirmation of Intent

· Reading / Poem

· Vows

· Ring Ceremony

· Reading / Poem

· Declaration of Marriage

· Signing the Certificates

· Presentation of the Couple

 

A ceremony can be traditional, contemporary, religious or whatever else that you, the couple, decide. It is your choice alone as to the structure of your ceremony. (Please note that I do not perform all styles ceremonies.)

 

A word of caution though – today’s “really cool” might leave you cringing in a few years time, and hiding all the wedding photos! “Way out” is not necessarily the best way! Changing fashions and hair styles are usually enough for most of us to cope with, without going to extremes. :-)