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Alternative Wedding Ceremony Ideas & Examples

We’ve got SO much wedding ceremony advice like how to officiate a wedding, tons of wedding ceremony readings, a bazillion wedding ceremony scripts, and even wedding vow examples! We’ve also got info about handfasting and other unity ceremonies. You’ll want to start here: Wedding Ceremony 101.

Groom washing bride's feet on @offbeatbride

Super sweet foot-washing wedding ceremony idea

Cleo and Aaron’s gorgeous Georgia wedding had one specific feature that we hadn’t seen in a little while and had to call out: a foot-washing ceremony. This ceremony has roots in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Paganism, and other religions, and has taken on lots of forms in contemporary weddings. Mostly we just think it’s a really sweet way to show love and service between each other.

Romantic wedding readings as seen on @offbeatbride

Ultra romantic wedding readings (with some real talk) from some of our favorite offbeat weddings

We trawled through our archives to find romantic wedding readings (and some with some real talk) that we hadn’t yet featured in our pretty substantial archive of wedding readings. Boy did we find some. From vacuum cleaners and mashed potatoes to onions and Bob Marley, love means a lot of things to a lot of people. See if any of these readings strike the right chord for your ceremony.

questions to ask your rabbi alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

17 not-so-obvious wedding questions to ask your rabbi

Recently, Offbeat Bride posted a great article on questions to ask your officiant. I thought all the questions were spot-on and insightful. But it didn’t touch on everything. If you or your spouse-to-be are Jewish and you are planning to have a rabbi officiate at your wedding, here are some extra questions you might want to consider asking your rabbi…

Fantasy and sci-fi wedding readings as seen on @offbeatbride

Getting our pon farr on: 8 nerdtastic fantasy and sci-fi wedding readings

We’ve covered a TON of geeky love quotes that you can nab for your vows and ceremony, but what about sci-fi and fantasy wedding readings? We’ve found some geeky, science-y, and fantasy-loving readings to fill your nerd heart with joy. Get ready for Neil Gaiman, Phillip Pulman, Douglas Adams, and more of your speculative fiction specialists extolling the virtues of lurve. Let’s get our pon farr on.