Your ceremony your way,
means less stress
for your big day!
Whose Wedding
Is It Anyway?
Your wedding ceremony is too important to let uncertainty, indecisiveness or ‘people-pleasing’ dictate what it should be like.
Why Jacqui?
With me as your celebrant, you will feel:
- empowered and supported as we plan and create your ceremony together
- relaxed and confident on your wedding day knowing the ceremony is everything you want
- delighted when you hear your guests raving about your personal and ‘completely you’ ceremony
This Wedding Planning Is Exhausting!
Save time and energy
I know, it feels like you just took on a part-time job! You find yourself spending every spare minute on ‘wedmin’ (wedding admin), searching for the perfect outfit, scouting out the ideal venue, choosing the best photographer, deciding on flowers and on it goes. You need a strategy to make sure your ceremony doesn’t get overlooked- after all, the ‘getting married bit’ is the reason you are having a wedding!
I will save you time and energy by offering you a simple process including ceremony resources, templates, scripts and ideas to discuss as a couple.
Simplify your decisions
You as a couple have soooo many decisions to make! I love helping couples make important decisions. With over 30 years of learning and development experience, I’ve become a pro at breaking down complex tasks and making them feel totally doable. Choose me as a celebrant and the rest of the decisions about your ceremony will be so much easier.
I will help you avoid ‘decision fatigue’ by guiding you, providing options and letting you explore what you really want without judgement or pre-conceived ideas.
Reduce wedding stress
It can be stressful trying to work out what you want while you feel like you’re being pulled in different directions! You need the guidance of someone who is objective, practical and not emotionally invested in any one specific vision. You also need someone who will be a calming presence who can troubleshoot and deal with any contingencies on your wedding day. I’ve spent thousands of hours coaching, presenting, and speaking publicly, so you can trust that I know what I’m doing.
You can stress less knowing that I’m on your team!
How Will It Work?
Connect
Contact me to arrange an obligation free chat (phone, FaceTime, video, email or face to face) so you can decide if I’m the celebrant for you.
Create
I’ll work with you to create a ceremony from your package of choice that includes everything you want and nothing you don’t (apart from those legal bits).
Celebrate!
On your wedding day, you get to focus on what’s important– each other- confident that your ceremony will be personal, memorable and exactly right for you.
What Will Canberra Civil Ceremonies Do?
I believe that your wedding ceremony should include everything you want and nothing that you don’t.
I am a celebrant who will guide you and your partner with information about what legally needs to be included and who will help you to figure out what else has meaning for you both.
The problem is there are so many decisions to make, and so much information to sift through, in limited time when you are planning a wedding which is confusing, stressful and overwhelming. It can make you feel reluctant to invest more time and energy into really working out what you want the ceremony itself to be like.
Sometimes it’s easy to lose focus on the fact that it is the marriage ceremony that is the difference between a wedding and a party!
My simple three-step process makes it easy. First, connect with me for an obligation-free chat. Second, once you’ve decided I’m a great fit for you, we’ll work together to create a ceremony where everything is included because you want it to be. Third, on your wedding day, you can relax and focus on each other, confident that your ceremony will be personal, memorable and just right for you.
So, if you want to stop stressing and start enjoying this really exciting time with your partner- looking forward to one of the most significant moments of your life- contact me now!
Your Wedding Ceremony-
How You Want It!
Video transcript:
Hi, I’m Jacqui Retford I’m a marriage celebrant at Canberra Civil Ceremonies. I believe that your wedding ceremony should include everything you want and nothing that you don’t. As your celebrant, I’ll provide you with the information about what legally needs to be included in the ceremony (and that’s not a lot) and help you figure out what’s meaningful for you as a couple. I know- planning a wedding can be stressful- you have to sift through a lot of information and make heaps of decisions in a limited amount of time. So for some people, it’s easy to get caught up in the venue, photographers, outfits and flowers and lose sight of the fact that it is the marriage ceremony itself that is the difference between a wedding and a party!
I have a simple three step process to make it easy.
First connect with me for an obligation free chat.
Second, if you feel like I’m a great fit for you, we’ll work together to create a ceremony where everything is included because you want it to be. Not because it’s tradition, or because your future mother in law likes it or because it is expected!
Third, on your wedding day, you can relax and enjoy the significant moments of your wedding ceremony while I ensure that everything runs smoothly.
If you want to stop stressing and start enjoying this exciting time with your partner, which should be about looking forward to the ceremony, not just wishing it was all over so you could get to the party- contact me now!
