Planning your big day? Congratulations! Are you looking for a professional Marriage Celebrant for your Sydney Wedding?
All people love to celebrate a happy occasion, and I would be delighted to be a part of making your wedding day the day of your dreams. Your wedding day should be all about you - nothing else is important!
With the recent flood of newly appointed, and therefore less experienced marriage celebrants, you need to know that you are engaging a celebrant who "knows the ropes", and will ensure that your marriage complies with the legal requirements of the Marriage Act 1961. I am proud to say that I have been a celebrant for over seventeen years, and have a wealth of experience upon which to draw - and I love my job!
Selecting & Perfecting Your Wedding Ceremony
Life is full of opportunities for celebration! And your wedding should be the celebration of your life!
My ceremonies are created with sensitivity to reflect your life's journey - the love you share, your hopes and dreams for the future. The Ceremony can be casual, traditional, classical, joyous and colourful, contemporary - whatever you want it to be! You may decide to include some symbolism, and I have examples of The Handfasting, The Candle of Unity, The Sands of Unity, The Stone Warming Ceremony, and the Love Heart Locks Ceremony for you to peruse. Anything is possible, and your wishes will be the number one priority!
I have supplies of all the necessary legal documents, but if you wish you can go to www.ag.gov.au/celebrant to download the Notice of Intended Marriage.
From overseas? No problem! Email or telephone me for advice on how to proceed.
Your Wedding Celebrant service includes:
- Obligation-free first meeting.
- As many subsequent meetings as required, usually two.
- Telephone and email consultations at any time.
- PA system including additional microphone for the convenience of readers.
- Samples of ceremonies, vows, exchange of rings, readings, and symbolism.
- Performance of a quality ceremony at the designated time, at selected venue. Please note that being late is not acceptable. A time factor of five or ten minutes only after the given time is appropriate, no longer.
- All travel on the day (parking station/water taxi fees are additional).
- Preparation of all legal documentation required by Marriage Act 1961.
- A beautifully presented copy of your wedding ceremony.
- Strict adherence to Commonwealth Code of Practice for Marriage Celebrants.
- On-line registration of your marriage with follow-up to Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.
- My fee includes the official Certificate of Marriage sent by the Registry of BDM.
- Free name change kit to streamline this process for you.
- Information on marriage and relationship enhancement education.
Fees and Charges
I am mindful that this is an important consideration for you. As a member of the AMC I do follow their guidelines, and consider that my fee is very reasonable and competitive. Incidental expenses such as parking station fees, water taxis to or from venue, etc. are extras. Please feel free to call or email me to discuss current fee structure.
“ .......Ruth, thank you for your wonderful contribution to making our wedding day the special day it was. We were thrilled with the ceremony on the day and we enjoyed meeting with you and preparing it with you prior. Your beautiful, happy face and professional manner helped us relax and enjoy the moments ......”
“...... Dearest Ruth, We just wanted to thank you so much for conducting our wedding ceremony at Lauriston. We knew when we first met you that you would make our ceremony beautiful and touching and we had so many comments on how lovely and genuine you were. You made us feel so relaxed, it was nice knowing we wouldn’t need to worry about anything on the day ......”
“......Dear Ruth, Just a note to let you know how absolutely delighted and astonished all our family and friends were to find out we had married in Australia. They also loved our pictures and I hope you like the enclosed photo. Thanks again for all your help, organizing a wedding all the way from Scotland turned out to be so easy with your expertise and advice. Hope we get to meet up again some time in the future ......”