Ceremonies in English

wedding & baby welcoming

Commitment Ceremony

Freie Trauung mit Hochzeitsredner alternative Trauung

Hochzeitsringe Hochzeitsredner Freie Trauung

Let´s design the wedding ceremony of your dreams!

I don’t just marry you. I produce a personalized experience for you and your guests to cherish for a lifetime.

As your wedding officiant, I will create a wedding ceremony and personal speech that captures the essence of your loving relationship in an entertaining ceremony that will leave everyone saying, “That was the best ceremony I’ve ever been to!”

Your Consultation

First, we get to know each other over the phone or in person, so you can assess, if I am the right person for you.

If you decide to book my services for your ceremony, we meet for a more elaborate consultation.

You tell me all your wishes and ideas for your big day, and also everything you want me know about you as a couple, your values and families, and anything else that is important to you and should be included in my personal speech on your wedding day.

You and I will work together to create exactly the ceremony you envision, free from any religion or bureaucracy.

details

Together we can browse through my collection of rituals (please see below: the big day) or you can also create your own rituals and I am happy to implement them.
Of course, we can also include relatives, friends and elements from other cultures.

Soon after our meeting, I send you a draft timeline & script of the ceremony that you can review/revise, and I write a personal speech for you reflecting the elements we talked about.

Until your wedding day, we stay in contact for any questions and fine-tuning.

Your big day

Whether you choose a castle, a forest, your garden or a mountain top:

On your wedding day, I will...

arrive at least 2 hours prior to your guests’ arrival
ensure all equipment for the ceremony is in place
open the ceremony with welcoming words, and officiate the wedding with the personal speech I wrote for you, and conduct the ceremony in the atmosphere you envisioned.
guide you (and all your friends & family who might take an active role in the ceremony) through all the rituals and ceremony enhancements, you decided to include.
include other service providers, like musicians
but also leave enough room for poems, personal words of guests, good wishes, laughter and tears of joy

You will experience a flow of wonderful moments, that you will cherish throughout your life.

The ceremony usually ends with the move-out of the newlyweds, a glass of Champaign for everyone or good wishes.

A commitment ceremony lasts about 20 to 60 minutes.

Ceremony Enhancement Options

Blending of the Sands (Hawaiian Tradition)
Journey of the rings (with worldly intercessions)
Personal wedding vows
Handfasting (tying the knot)
Tree Planting Ceremony (symbol of life and strong roots)
Unity Candle
The Marriage Vessel and the Rose (The First Gift)
Wishing Stones (to take home)
Sky Lanterns
Sharing of the Wine – Unity Cup
Breaking of the Glass
Seashell Toss
Dove Release

Package & Prices

Package price in English: € 700,-

Services included:

Personal consultation & interviews with bride & groom
Writing of personalized speech
Planning of the ceremony, writing of script, including all ceremony enhancement of your choice
Ongoing online support / fine-tuning of the ceremony
Officiation of the entire wedding ceremony incl. personal speech (on your wedding day at your dream location)
Inclusion of family members & friends, if desired
Duration approx. 30-60 min.
Travel expenses (within Vienna)

Contact:

Sarah Ertl-Pillhofer

+43 650 920 74 76

info@love2marry.at

Welcoming Ceremonies

Welcome Your Baby!

The birth of a child is one of the best things in life.

This is a wonderful opportunity to bring together family and friends to welcome and celebrate the birth of the newest addition to your family.

Whether you and your partner want to blend religious traditions for a Baby Blessing or Baby Naming, or you want to host a non-religious Baby Welcoming Ceremony, I can create a beautiful, personalized ceremony that takes into account you and your partner’s beliefs, desires, and preferences.

Together, we will create a memorable celebration of the birth of your child for you and your guests.

For more detailed information on rituals /
ceremony enhancements, please find some suggestions in the box below.

Just give me a call and let me know your thoughts!

Sarah Ertl-Pillhofer

+43 650 920 74 76

email: info@love2marry.at

more details & prices

Package price: € 490,-

Including:

Personal consultation
Ongoing online support
Personal speech
Planning and implementation of chosen rituals (like candle of life, lights of felicitation, etc.)
Inclusion of godparents or family if required
Duration approx. 30 min.
Travel expenses (within Vienna)

CEREMONY ENHANCEMENTS FOR BABY

Candle-Lighting Ceremony

The candle flame symbolically represents the child’s new life, and lighting a candle for the child further represents the promises we make to remain illuminated for this child for all time. This is great way to include the “special someone(s)” in your child’s life. For details, just call me...

Wishing/Blessing Stones (or sea shells)

Stones are a great way to include everyone present at the ceremony! Smooth stones and fine-tipped permanent markers are handed to everyone who attends. They are to create a phrase or word that captures what they wish the baby will be blessed with.

During the ceremony, each person holds the stone in his/her hand, and together we bless the stones with our intentions, and then each participant adds his/her stone into an apothecary glass jar. However, the parents and special someone(s) place theirs into the bowl of water, with which I use to bless the child. Thus everyone is involved, energetically connected and part of the Baby Blessing, and you get to keep this lovely keepsake in the baby’s bedroom!

Tree Planting Ceremony

This is a perfect way to commemorate your child’s birth and include other members of the family. This Ceremony Enhancement represents the nurturing and tender-loving care required for your child to grow. Love is the root from which all things spring forth, and the hope is that, not only will your child’s growth mirror that of the tree, but your relationship and love for one another and for your child will mature and blossom just as the tree you planted. It will serve as a visual reminder of your commitment to your child because, just as the tree will need daily, constant care, a healthy child requires constant nurturing and nourishment. This is a wonderful way to include other family members! Vessels of soil are given to Parents, Godparents, Grandparents, and/or siblings to surround the sapling in its container.

Parental vows

Parents as well as Godparents can formulate vows/promises to their child. This usually includes the promise to take care of child throughout its life for whatever comes, raise the child in a loving and non-violent way and also to try to be a positive role model.

Presenting of Gifts

The parents, grandparents and/or Godparents can give the child a gift during the ceremony for all to witness. Parents can also give tokens of appreciation to the presenters of gifts.

Closing Ceremony Enhancement Options:

The Ceremony Enhancement will be adapted to the meaning you wish for it to convey, so let’s discuss some options together.

Contact

Sarah Ertl-Pillhofer

I am glad hearing from you!

+43 650 920 74 76

info@love2marry.at