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What if we are spiritual, but not religious?

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Bill Cochran
Say "I Do" Your Way
www.sayidoyourway.com  
301-926-2671

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 if we are spiritual, but not religious?

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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Host: What if we are spiritual but not religious?

Rev. Bill Cochran: I get that question a lot. In fact a lot of couple say well, we are not religious and my response to them is I am not either but then we have to define what that means. My simple definition and some of you make take issue with me but my simple definition is that, Religion is people using God to control others and it even spills over into weddings. Spiritual really talks about a persons private intimate internal spirituality and connection to God or in the case of different religion to at least that other being out there that they recognize as the supreme being. So when a couple says we are spiritual what they are saying to me is they really want some spiritual elements in there wedding. They are open to prayers and they are even open maybe to use a scripture, but they do not wanted to be abused.

I have heard so many of those stories that I can quickly recognize what they are saying when they ask that question. But it's important to listen carefully as an Officiant to what the couple is saying really is important to them. Spiritual could mean some other -- say worshiping the earth or something like that, but remember Officiants in my category are here to work for the bride and groom. So it is important for us to listen to what they want and not argue with them, to give them what they want and help them to have a really great celebration in their wedding ceremony.

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