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The Pastor's Wedding Manual Hardcover – December 7, 1984

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 241 ratings

A collection of creative wedding ceremonies and helps to guide the pastor in making the wedding service a worshipful experience.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&H Books (December 7, 1984)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805423133
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805423136
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.61 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 241 ratings

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Customers find the book helpful and informative for wedding planning. It provides useful advice for first-time ministers and officiants. The book offers a wide range of ceremony options that can be used to match individual preferences.

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13 customers mention "Information quality"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helpful and informative. They say it's a great guide for first-time ministers and wedding officiants, covering all aspects of a wedding. The book is simple and to the point, making it a useful manual.

"Provided ample guidance leading to a very successful first ceremony where all attendees gave positive feedback." Read more

"Exactly what I needed.. I love how simple and to the point it is. But it's hard to go wrong with a book dedicated to the ords work lol" Read more

"This was my first book I bought of its kind. Very helpful and informative. It is a good guide for before e wedding and during." Read more

"...The book is a short read and easy to consume. It brings up some good things that I already knew but made me think about." Read more

8 customers mention "Wedding planning"8 positive0 negative

Customers find the book helpful for wedding planning and performance. They mention it provides ideas for weddings, a wide range of ceremonies, and ample guidance leading to a successful first ceremony.

"Provided ample guidance leading to a very successful first ceremony where all attendees gave positive feedback." Read more

"...Very helpful and informative. It is a good guide for before e wedding and during." Read more

"This is a great book and has a wide range of ceremony's that can be used to match the Pastor's theological beliefs and the couples that you are..." Read more

"...There are several weddings inside to choose from, or as I did, to take elements from different ones and put them together." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022
    Provided ample guidance leading to a very successful first ceremony where all attendees gave positive feedback.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020
    Exactly what I needed.. I love how simple and to the point it is. But it's hard to go wrong with a book dedicated to the ords work lol
    One person found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013
    This was my first book I bought of its kind. Very helpful and informative. It is a good guide for before e wedding and during.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019
    This is a great book and has a wide range of ceremony's that can be used to match the Pastor's theological beliefs and the couples that you are marrying.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014
    I have done two weddings using this book. I think that my service has improved. The book is a short read and easy to consume. It brings up some good things that I already knew but made me think about.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2008
    I just did my first wedding with the help of this little book and it proved to be an excellent resource for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs a little help. There are several weddings inside to choose from, or as I did, to take elements from different ones and put them together.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2020
    Wonderful and very informative so glad I purchased it.
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2011
    I bought this book out of the really great reviews I saw here on amazon. I was absolutely impressed by all the glowing words of praise for it. Then I received the book and actually read some of it and flipped through the rest. I am a WICCAN PASTOR with my own coven and congregation in Brooklyn who performs handfastings and inter-faith weddings throughout the five boroughs of New York...and found this book nearly entirely USELESS.

    Why...well, let's start with its EXTREMELY right-wing bias. It flat out tells you to counsel couples that they must cease any sexual activities happening before the wedding day. Umm umm, I don't know about you, but in preparing for my services, I steer clear of this subject as a genuine "none of my business" subject. Dictating bedroom stuff to an engaged couple is NOT the role of an officiant and I cannot think of anyone I have ever worked with or will work with who would tolerate such a speech from me or any other minister. To a 12 year old, maybe! But these are consenting adults here. So pre-martial counseling (covered in this book) should focus on "will this couple genuinely get along" rather than worrying about if and when they are having sex!

    The pre-marital counseling also focuses on other very right-wing facets of theology to the degree that I think most liberal Christians and reform Jews would turn white, stuff that really does not have any objective bearing on the endurance of a relationship and stuff that reflects the values of centuries long gone. And that is just the beginning of the book.

    While there is a couple nice charts for wedding planning, they all have to be modified by you as a minister to fit your real world conditions because the lists are not flexible to anything--like the fact you might not be marrying someone in your own chapel! People get married EVERYWHERE (beaches included) and you have hundreds of different physical conditions to work with. People have different sorts of bridal parties, types of vows, choices for nearly everything under the sun...it gets nausating. And the list is very rigid. You will find a better one in a bride's wedding planning book, actually.

    The wedding services in this book do give a number of different Christian Protestant denomination liturgies, but ONLY certain Christian Protestant liturgies. If you have one person who is catholic and you want a catholic prayer in there, tough luck!

    This is ABSOLUTELY USELESS for any sort of non-traditional, modern, or inter-faith situation. It is EXTREMELY RIGHT WING in its focus and orientation. Which is great if they want a 19th century style wedding service.

    But if you are working with a modern couple with modern needs...skip it! it won't help you!
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