Wedding "Unplugged"

Wedding Unplugged?

Yep! And you won't find this sort of thing anywhere else!

We all just love weddings! There is no greater potential to experience and share in such powerful feelings of love. But many weddings get remembered for what went wrong- remembered for the negatives rather than the positives.

Love often gets replaced by tension.

Our wedding ceremonies reflect respect for the power of love, human dignity, welfare, and a strong commitment to honor and integrity. The intimate and loving relationship of two human beings is the central feature of marriage, and it lies right at the heart of our beliefs.

What is "Wedding Unplugged"?

"Wedding unplugged" is a very different ceremony option; a ceremony absolutely loaded with love, peace, and genuine feelings that will knock your socks off! (And who needs socks on the beach anyway?) It's a very personal and visceral experience, sitting down together on a beach blanket instead of the traditional walking down the "isle": standing there while the crusty old beach minister "performs" your ceremony for you. Now this sort of departure from tradition might seem strange at first thought, but consider... for a small an intimate wedding, (and especially for an elopement), by sitting down on the beach on a blanket and forming a circle, we can let go of the formality, the stiffness, and the obvious fact to all within view that a wedding ceremony is taking place! We can relax and be our true selves, relating to one another in a completely different context. The words will be quiet and peaceful, for quiet and peaceful is the language of love. We can play some quiet music as a backdrop or have the simple sounds of surf and sea birds as a backdrop. Your guests (if you have any) can sit in a circle around us.

This will be an unstructured ceremony, and most likely very different than anything you've ever seen! It will be unscripted and informal, and we will talk about how you first met, what your lives were like then, how your proposal happened, and how the love of that special "other" has changed your lives forever!

You can write each other's names in the sand and then scoop them up for a sand ceremony. You can speak your hearts to each other, read your own prepared words, make them up on the fly, or use vows that I offer you. It will be relaxed, sweet and personal. It will be fun and human. And very spiritual...

I will open with a small reading that captures the essence of emotional honesty... relating this to the ocean of course and asking you both some sweet and gentle questions... a quiet give and take that just might be the first time you and your beloved have ever expressed these feelings in quite this way! Below you'll find the general format that I will be using. All I ask is that the couple partaking in this ceremony be prepared to participate fully, letting your true feelings be known, letting go of pretense and immersing yourselves in a flow of love that is "as unique as a seashell, as deep as the sea, as eternal as the waves, a love that's meant to be."

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Baruch Spinoza