I have not yet met a single couple who wanted more than twenty minutes devoted to their ceremony. Does this mean--"get it over and done with so we can get to the fun party we've planned afterwards"? Not at all.
I admit, the couples who seek a nondenominatinal service are opting to go outside the mainstream of their childhood religious practices. Sitting through the Catholic Mass or other religious traditions lingers in their memory as an interminably boring hour.
So how much uplifting language and ritual can you pack into twenty minutes? Plenty. I have officiated weddings, which on paper run sixteen to eighteen pages, but in fact run no more than 25 minutes, including a long processional and a flower girl who crawls down the aisle and cries before being whisked away.
Beautiful words and memorable gestures do not take much time. A Celebrant wedding (my esteemed training) even includes your love story and still runs no more than twenty minutes.
So, think twenty and that's plenty.
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