Wedding Ceremony Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog

Bucking Gender Norms, Couple Flips Coin to Choose Last Name

January 17th, 2020

Unsure of what to do with their last names when they married, a Florida couple left it up to chance and flipped a coin. Jeff Ward, who took his wife's name, said it was "a good step towards an equal partnership." Continue Reading »

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Mississippi Wedding Venue Turns Away Mixed Race Couple, Citing Christian Beliefs

September 4th, 2019

After learning that her brother and his fiancée had been turned down by a wedding venue in their small Mississippi hometown, Lakambria Welch thought there must have been a mistake. She drove down to Boone's Camp Event Hall in Booneville, MS to sort things out with the owner. But Welch couldn’t have been prepared for the conversation that followed. Continue Reading »

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Tongue Tied? Try the Wedding Ceremony Script Generator

September 30th, 2015

So you’ve been asked to perform a wedding. There’s a lot to consider to make sure everything works out, and you may be a little nervous. You’ve checked with the office that is issuing the marriage license to see if you need to register with documentation Continue Reading »

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The Marriage Fight in Alabama

February 27th, 2015

Years ago, Alabama, like many states, took a stand for conservative Biblical principles by defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. That's why for proponents of marriage equality, it was almost too good to be true when a federal judge recently Continue Reading »

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The Rise of the Themed Wedding

June 20th, 2014

Imagine you are performing a wedding and the bride and groom roll up in a Delorean in a Back to the Future-inspired wedding. Extravagant props like this have become the centerpieces of themed weddings, which have seen a marked rise in popularity in recent year Continue Reading »

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How to Perform a Wedding Ceremony

May 12th, 2014

A person asked to perform a wedding ceremony may be overwhelmed by the process and not quite know where to start. You must become legally ordained, find out local requirements, and prepare for the performance. There are three simple steps that ensure everythin Continue Reading »

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The Wedding Vow: Ever Changing Pledge of Devotion

April 9th, 2014

“To have and to hold”. “To love and to cherish”. Such phrases have left an indelible mark on our understanding of what it means to unite in holy matrimony, at least in Western Christianity. But what are the origins of the wedding vow, and how has it ev Continue Reading »

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Wedding Bells Ring at “Vegas of the Midwest”

February 18th, 2014

Do people spend too much money on weddings? The alternative for many is the drive-through “quickie” style of weddings performed at places like A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Now, a husband-and-wife pair of ULC ministers have brought the concep Continue Reading »

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ULC Ministers Join in “Robot Wedding” Trend

January 31st, 2014

How would you like your wedding officiant to be C-3PO, the saucer-eyed bronze-plated android from Star Wars? Perhaps you would prefer to have his counterpart, the garbage-bin-shaped R2-D2, as your ring-bearer. The concept is not as far-fetched as it may seem. Continue Reading »

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Queen Latifah Performs “Same-Love” Weddings at Grammys

January 27th, 2014

The 56th Grammy Awards ceremony made history Sunday, 26 January when a mass wedding was held in conjunction with performances by several pop megastars. Befitting the Valentine’s Day season, thirty-four opposite-sex and same-sex couples were married in the ce Continue Reading »

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