Episode 51: Avoiding the Wedding Blues

Episode 51: Avoiding the Wedding Blues

Set your policies

• Counseling required?
  • Do it yourself
    • Trent requires 6 meetings if they have never been married before
    • 8 meetings if they have been married before
    • meet for 1 hour at a time - 30 minutes planning ceremony and 30 minutes on couseling topics
    • SYMBIS - Saving your marriage before it starts
    • Contact Trent and Alan if you would like a list of topics and resources to use 
  • From a professional - know when to send them to a professional
• Who will you marry?
  • Living together
  • Unequally yoked
  • Re-marriage
• Vows
• location rules (church or other location)

Establish Expectations

• A wedding consultant or planner?
• Just the ceremony?
• Need to be at rehearsal? - yes!
• reception - make an appearance when possible

 

Use a guide

• Minister’s handbook
• Be flexible

 

Rehearsal

    Dinner first then have wedding party slip away and practice

    Make it quick -  Rehearsal is not the time to plan the ceremony - should already 

                            have that done.

                             pray

                            place everyone - and check with Bride and make sure 

                            practice exiting

                            practice entering

                            You're done!