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What's the difference between a religious and non-religious wedding ceremony?

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Bill Cochran
Say "I Do" Your Way
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Rev. Bill Cochran is the owner of Say “I Do” Your Way. In this company, Bill & his wife Joyce offer their services as wedding officiants and pre-marriage Counselors.  They have been working with couples for the past thirty-nine years and have conducted hundreds of weddings. Bill also serves as a trainer for Life Innovations certification of counselors and clergy in the Metro Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia area. His extensive background in marriage and pre-marriage counseling has prepared hundreds of couples to navigate the tough issues of relationship building.

Over the years, Bill & Joyce have built an exciting and fulfilling marriage relationship. Thus they see weddings as the greatest event in life. Helping other couples to share the same positive experience they enjoy in marriage is their primary goal. They LOVE weddings!

What's the difference between a religious and non-religious wedding ceremony?

Reverend Bill Cochran of Say “I Do” Your Way realizes that when a bride gets engaged, she is suddenly faced with the daunting task of planning the wedding. In this video, he shares from his forty years of experience in helping couples plan their unique wedding ceremony. Learn how to identify the type of ceremony you want as well as when and how to plan it, the kind of input you should expect to have and finally, the details you need to know about getting your certified marriage certificate.

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Rev. Bill Cochran: Hi, I am Rev. Bill Cochran. The name of my company is Say 'I do' your way. I know that you probably haven't done much of this your self and so a good wedding officiant is there to help you in planning all the details of your ceremony. And that's what I would really like to discuss with you in the next few minutes because I know you probably have a lot of questions about that ceremony.

Host: What is the difference between a religious and non-religious wedding ceremony?

Rev. Bill Cochran: I would suppose that the answer to that question seems rather obvious and it kind of is but I am surprised even yet after all the years I have been doing this of brides and grooms will say to me we want a non-religious ceremony. When I talk to them about what that means to them, I discover it has different definitions.

Let me give you a basic definition that you probably already understand and we will deal with some of the nuances of it. The basic definition would be of course, a religious ceremony has a lot of religious practices and traditions in it. Prayers, scriptures readings, if it is Christian or if we are talking about Hindu or Islam or Judaism or whatever. They all bring in their own traditions of practices that make it uniquely a part and a ritual of that religion.

A non-religious ceremony on other hand would not have many or any of those traditions in it and would be pretty much what we call a civil ceremony in other words just a non religious ceremony that helps the couple to tight a knot and those of course can be any where from very, very simple to a elaborate. So we will try to answer some questions you may have about what that means, the difference between simple to elaborate.

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