Wilderness Weddings, How Do We Say "I Do"?

By Eloris Rogers-Wilhite

This book contains a selection of vows, verses, endearments, blessings, new & old customs, protocols, and legalities, which are presented to assist you in planning and participating in your wedding when you say “How Do We Say I Do”?
Rev. Eloris Rogers-Wilhite is a leading interfaith and non-denominational wedding officiate. In addition to her expertise in creating personalized interfaith, multicultural and non-denominational weddings, she is widely recognized as a wedding stress expert who helps couples and families have a calmer wedding planning experience.
Eloris created this book of the Wilderness Weddings that she has been performing for over 30 years. Compiling information, ideas and suggestions for assisting couples to have a truly meaningful wedding. Assisting families to ‘reach across the aisle’ when joining two different cultures, religious backgrounds, or histories is an important step in making new traditions based on the old in their new venture together.

She has done extensive research to be able to creatively merge many traditions and faiths by keeping the focus on love nourished by romance and the desire to not only marry the right partner but to be the right partner.

The ceremony sets the tone for your future life together, living together with humor to temper stress and comfort to ease pain. As husband and wife, potential father and mother, they will be nurtured by sharing laughter, joy, affection, comfort and trust.

You’ll find the material in this book will be helpful in putting your thoughts together to create your own very personal ceremony. We'll also a look at the Personal Wedding Website and how much work it can do for you too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eloris Rogers-Wilhite
• Release date: Jun 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476328157

Eloris Rogers-Wilhite

Rev. Eloris Rogers-Wilhite is a leading interfaith and non-denominational wedding officiate. In addition to her expertise in creating personalized interfaith, multicultural and non-denominational weddings; she has created a unique venue of not only officiating chapel, home and garden weddings, but actual ‘wilderness weddings’ and ‘theme’ weddings. These ceremonies have been held on top of a ski mountain on skis, or snow shoes, in a mountain meadow, at a dude ranch, horseback, on a lake or river beach, even in a hot springs and much more. Contained in her book “Wilderness Weddings, How Do We Say I Do?” you will a selection of vows, verses, endearments, blessings, new and old customs, protocols, and legalities, which are presented to assist you in planning and participating in your own wedding when your thinking: “How Do We Say I Do”? Eloris created this book about the Wilderness Weddings that she has been officiating for over 30 years. She has compiled information, ideas and suggestions for assisting couples to have a truly meaningful wedding. Assisting families to ‘reach across the aisle’ when joining two different cultures, religious backgrounds, or histories is an important step in making new traditions based on the old while the couple is creating their new venture together. She is widely recognized as a wedding stress expert who helps couples and families have a calmer wedding planning experience. She has done extensive research to creatively merge many traditions and faiths by keeping the focus on love nourished by romance and the desire to not only marry the right partner but to be the right partner. The wedding ceremony sets the tone for your future life together, living together with humor to temper stress and comfort to ease pain. As husband and wife, potential father and mother, they will be nurtured by sharing laughter, joy, affection, comfort and trust. You’ll find the material in this book will be helpful in putting your thoughts together to create your own very personal ceremony. There have been hysterical moments when many wedding rehearsals and even the weddings themselves, have had their unexpected moments. Laughter is not only the best medicine for illness but laughter is also the best medicine for stress and somberness. e.g. The little ring bearer accidentally drops the rings and they roll under the seats of the guests and he immediately drops down and starts crawling around under the chairs to retrieve them. There was the Cowboy wedding where the groom wanted to ride his ‘spirited’ stallion to the hay-bale aisle. His father thought it wise to give the horse some sedative before the ‘ride’. At the appropriate moment the groom came weaving up the trail on his horse like they had both been out drinking all night.. the guests all howled in laughter. Another amazing experience came out in the woods when just after the bride came down from a grove of trees with her father toward the wedding circle, two bear cubs came running by, the maid of honor shrieked and ran screaming down to the cars. The cubs ran away, Mama Bear never showed herself and all went well, after the laughter. There are so many funny moments the list could make a whole new book. Speaking of which she is working on a new book; "After The Garden", a history of weddings and their traditions throughout the history and pre-history of man and woman joining together to live as life partners.

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WILDERNESS WEDDINGS

How Do We Say I Do?

By Eloris Rogers Wilhite

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2012 Eloris Rogers Wilhite

Smashwords Edition, License Statement

This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband Larry Allen Wilhite for his constant and loving encouragement, to Darcy Williamson for her friendship, inspiration and direction, for my cousin, Margie McKinney, credit for the lovely cover photo, and the wonderful couples who allowed me to participate in their wedding. They are all are a part of this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT Wilderness Weddings

CHAPTER 1 - Legalities

CHAPTER 2 - Your Ceremony

CHAPTER 3 – Basic Vows

CHAPTER 4 – Vow Selection

CHAPTER 5 – Ring Exchange

CHAPTER 6 – Poems & Recital

CHAPTER 7 – Blessings

CHAPTER 8 – Traditions New and Old

CHAPTER 9 - Theme & Destination Weddings

CHAPTER 10 – Your Wedding Website

CHAPTER 11 – Ceremony Protocols

CHAPTER 12 - Vow Renewals

CHAPTER 13 - Name Changing Pro’s & Con’s

A WORD From The Author

About Wilderness Weddings

This book contains a selection of vows, verses, endearments, blessings, new & old customs, protocols, and legalities, which are presented to assist you in planning and participating in your wedding when you say How Do We Say I Do?

Rev. Eloris Rogers-Wilhite is a leading independent, interfaith and non-denominational wedding officiate. In addition to her expertise in creating personalized interfaith, multicultural and non-denominational weddings, she is widely recognized as a wedding stress expert who helps couples and families have a calmer wedding planning experience.

Eloris created this book of the Wilderness Weddings that she has been performing for over 30 years. Compiling information, ideas and suggestions for assisting couples to have a truly meaningful wedding. Assisting families to ‘reach across the aisle’ when joining two different cultures, religious backgrounds, or histories is an important step in making new traditions based on the old in their new venture together.

She has done extensive research to be able to creatively merge many traditions and faiths by keeping the focus on love nourished by romance and the desire to not only marry the right partner but to be the right partner.

The ceremony sets the tone for your future life together, living together with humor to temper stress and comfort to ease pain. As husband and wife, potential father and mother, you will be nurtured by sharing laughter, joy, affection, comfort and trust.

You’ll find the material in this book to be helpful in putting your thoughts together in creating your own very personal ceremony. We'll also a look at the Personal Wedding Website and how much work it can do for you too.

CHAPTER 1

Legalities

Let’s address the legalities first because you need to have them taken care of in order to accomplish a legal marriage.

You will need to obtain your Marriage License and its duplicate, obtained from any County Court House in Idaho or State you are to marry in. These go to your officiate before the ceremony. At the time of this writing, the marriage license, at any County Court House, is $28. There is residency or waiting period, no blood test required, and it is valid until used in Idaho. It is your officiator’s or minister’s responsibility to have it recorded in the county it was issued in, within no more than 30 days from the date of the ceremony. It must also be completed in black ink or it will be returned to the officiate to correct.

The basic 5 legal elements to wedlock in the State of Idaho, which are similar in most other States are:

1. There must be a Statement of Intention in the ceremony, i.e. We are here to perform a legal contract of marriage between (Bride and Groom)

2. There must be an Answer to the officiate’s question, i.e.Do you choose to be married to (Bride or Groom)? The answer must