EP. 7 The Unboring!Wedding Officiant Show: How To Perform An Elopement Vs. A Big Wedding Ceremony

An elopement is a small wedding ceremony, and often it's just the couple, the officiant, and a few other people if any. A big wedding of course is just the opposite: loads of guests and maybe a team of vendors and weddings parties for the marryers - very different!

Does the wedding officiant do anything differently when it comes to crafting a wedding ceremony for an elopement versus a big wedding?

If your style is to pull a ceremony out of a can and do the same generic routine every time, then no. But for officiants who like to start the ceremony with warmth and energy, who craft a unique speech every time, and who shift their address to the listeners with expert delivery... there is a difference.

Mark can identify the exact three ceremony components that officiants need to shift for when they preside over an elopement versus officiating a big wedding.

In this live episode of The Unboring Wedding Show, Mark will talk us through the three differences that wedding officiants need to consider: how to start, how to structure an officiant speech, and who to direct your wording towards throughout the ceremony.

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Great pricing advice! Plus, I'd rather go the personnel route as a new officiant. Weddings are too special to skimp over the loveliest parts!