Give Yourself a Sensational Wedding Ceremony

By Raymond Cross

A Wedding Officiant with more than 40 years wedding experience shares secrets for creating unforgettably romantic wedding ceremonies. .

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: – In Search of a Sensational Wedding
Chapter 2: – Sensational Wedding Atmosphere
Chapter 3: – Sensational Ceremony Creativity
Chapter 4: – Sensational Ceremony Components
Chapter 5: – Sensational Ceremony Timing
Chapter 6: – Sensational Children in Weddings
Chapter 7: – Sensational Processionals
Chapter 8: – Sensational Signing
Chapter 9: – Sensational Recessionals
Chapter 10 – Sensational Rehearsals
Chapter 11 – Sensational Wedding Venues
Chapter 12 – Sensational Wedding Support
Chapter 13 – Sensational Wedding Outcomes
Chapter 14 – Get the Sensational Wedding You Want

First in a series of five sensational wedding ceremony books...
Volume 1 – Give Yourself a Sensational Wedding Ceremony
Volume 2 – Give Yourself a Sensational Wedding Rehearsal
Volume 3 – Give Your Wedding Sensational Add-On Ceremonies
Volume 4 – Give Your Wedding Sensational Sound and Music
Volume 5 – Give Yourself Sensational Pre-Marital Counselling

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raymond Cross
• Release date: Feb 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310313349

Raymond Cross

Ray Cross describes himself as an "improvementist" – "Good, better, best never let it rest, until your good is better and your better, best." Ray always looks for ways of breathing new life, creativity and healing into all of his relationships and activities – a life drive that uncovers improvements and solutions to perplexing inefficiencies and weakness. Ray applies this drive to all he experiences. His books, therefore, touch on a variety of challenges that have crossed his path, both conceptual and practical.Ray was born in Toronto, studied for ministry at Ontario Bible College, where he earned a Bachelor of Theology. While pastoring in Peterborough, from Trent University he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.Ray pastored Baptist churches in Peterborough, Trenton, Port Hope, Oshawa and Scarborough for 32 years before retiring from pastoral service. Pastoral ministry, of course, involved all aspects of personal and family care. While pastoring, Ray took many practical ministry and counselling courses to enhance his skills as well a travelling province-wide teaching insightful seminars.Since retiring from pastoring, Ray has served as an Officiant, primarily for weddings. His wedding website,brideschoiceofficiant.com, provides matchless wedding ceremony resources couples love.Ray has been happily married since 1971 to Diane, a nutrition expert and public school teacher (retired). They have two grown children and three grandchildren. Ray shares that the incredible professional acting skills of his daughter, Andrea, inspire his quest for dynamic presentation in ceremonies.If you see Ray and Diane about town you will find them walking hand in hand. They also ice skate several times a week. They love to travel and delight in white sand beaches. A natural extension of their love of travel is Ray’s periodic service as guest minister on cruises ships.Ray is a thorough researcher, and his experience in sermon planning, public speaking, and service planning and coordination is evident in all he does.Ray is sensitive and responsive to the needs of those he serves, whether in weddings, public speaking or on the printed page.

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Give Yourself a

Sensational Wedding Ceremony

by Raymond Cross

Copyright 2015 Raymond Cross

ISBN# 9781310313349

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Volume One -- Sensational Wedding Series

Discover other titles in the Sensational Wedding Series:

Volume 2 – Give Yourself a SENSATIONAL WEDDING REHEARSAL

Volume 3 – Give Your Wedding SENSATIONAL ADD-ON CEREMONIES

Volume 4 – Give Your Wedding SENSATIONAL SOUND and MUSIC

Volume 5 – Give Yourself SENSATIONAL PRE-MARITAL COUNSELLING

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Table of Contents

Evaluating Wedding Officiant Raymond Cross

Introduction

Chapter 1: – In Search of a Sensational Wedding

Chapter 2: – Sensational Wedding Atmosphere

Chapter 3: – Sensational Ceremony Creativity

Chapter 4: – Sensational Ceremony Components

Chapter 5: – Sensational Ceremony Timing

Chapter 6: – Sensational Children in Weddings

Chapter 7: – Sensational Processionals

Chapter 8: – Sensational Signing

Chapter 9: – Sensational Recessionals

Chapter 10: – Sensational Rehearsals

Chapter 11: – Sensational Wedding Venues

Chapter 12: – Sensational Wedding Support

Chapter 13: – Sensational Wedding Outcomes

Chapter 14: – Get the Sensational Wedding You Want

About Raymond Cross

Connect with Raymond Cross

Other Sensational Books by Raymond Cross – contents and sample

Volume 2 – Give Yourself a SENSATIONAL WEDDING REHEARSAL

Volume 3 – Give Your Wedding SENSATIONAL ADD-ON CEREMONIES

Volume 4 – Give Your Wedding SENSATIONAL SOUND and MUSIC

Volume 5 – Give Yourself SENSATIONAL PRE-MARITAL COUNSELING

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Evaluating

Wedding Officiant

Raymond Cross

Thank you so very much for everything you and your amazing wife have done for my husband and I on our wedding day - it really turned out great; everyone said how nice the ceremony was! and that’s all thanks to you and your wife who served us as Processional Coordinator. I can never really put into words how much you mean to me. I know Kelly was kind a freaking out just before the ceremony and I hear you talked him through everything and he made it! So that was great!...And thanks for all the tips about changing my name and stuff. It all helps since I had no idea what to do since I have never done it before ! -- Jennifer Curtis

Your online tools were sooo helpful for us. Thank-you for doing such a wonderful job on our ceremony! Your help and support along the way was very much appreciated and you made us feel relaxed and confident on our big day :) — Renee and Paul

We had Rev. Cross officiate at our recent wedding and couldn't have been happier! We didn't feel comfortable saying a lot during our vows and he tailored them perfectly for us. He made the guests feel at ease and he had a great sense of humour. We would definitely recommend Rev. Cross!!

Rev. Ray Cross is a top shelf Officiant! I am a fellow Officiant and I gladly partner with Ray to serve couples. He has generously and unselfishly referred numerous couples to my officiating service to make sure couples are not left hanging without an Officiant. I care for his referrals as they were my own because we both value the unique partnership we have developed over the years. When it’s my turn to send a referral his way I gladly pick up the phone with confidence knowing that Ray will care for my clients as if they were his own also. I've had a wonderful experience working with Ray as an Associate Officiant to serve the couples...He is a class act!

Garry Francis Officiating Services

Ray Cross was amazing, I couldn't have asked for anyone better to marry my husband and I ! He was very accommodating and professional but yet also kept our family and friends laughing and smiling along with us as we said our vows ! And his wife , I also recommend getting her services as Processional Coordinator. Our ceremony wouldn’t have gone as smooth as it did without her ! Thank you both so much. Love Jennifer and Kelly

Gary and I sincerely thank you for making our wedding ceremony so beautiful. We received so many heart felt compliments from friends and family on how beautiful, personalized, fun and genuine the ceremony was. You are responsible for that delivery and for captivating everyone the way you did. Thanks for the smiles and much laughter! Thank you for adding to our many wonderful memories of our wedding day! We could not have picked a more exceptional Officiant, then you! Cheers Gary & Caroline Wilson

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Introduction

My passion for truly sensational and life changing weddings has driven me to write. No matter how complicated or simple the wedding it ought to be unforgettably superb, even if a couple does most of the planning and preparations themselves. The Sensational Wedding Series is for do-it-yourselfers. Books in the Series enable you to plan and execute a truly exceptional wedding without professional help, except that of the absolutely necessary Officiant. This is not merely information borrowed from other books or websites; it is never before published guidance from many years of personal experience leading all aspects of wedding ceremonies. You will learn what a sensational wedding entails, how to design ceremony components and wordings, how your ceremony fits into your total wedding experience, how to run a quality wedding rehearsal, what is necessary for music and sound, and how it relates to your wedding atmosphere, how to determine the venue that is right for you, how to find and assess the quality of wedding professionals you choose to hire, even how to provide yourselves with premarital counselling…. It’s all here in a collection of concise and uniquely insightful books that could save you thousands of dollars and untold grief. Invest in the quality of your wedding. Purchase the Sensational Wedding Series—inexpensive guides to a sensational wedding experience.

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Chapter One

In Search of

A Sensational Wedding

If you ever get good at this, you have done it too many times.

That’s my response to the bewilderment expressed by couples as they begin planning their wedding. Their embarrassment is very understandable since wedding planning is all new to them. They feel like they don’t know what they are doing. When exploring new territory it’s always good to have a guide, especially when the goal is not merely arriving but arriving in style. It’s what I remember from my own wedding many years ago....

A Sensational Sight

While talking with my optometrist, I shared my concern that my eyesight was changing. After age fifty, my ability to read without glasses had become compromised; now I was losing the ability to resolve more distant images. As an example, I shared my delight with a screen-saver I had activated on my laptop. For this I scanned more than fifty pounds of family photos