Planning Your Wedding, Building Your Marriage

Your wedding is one day. Your marriage is for a lifetime.David Pringle has stood at the front of many weddings. In this warm, practical guide, he walks engaged couples through every step of planning, from the first conversation to the last dance, and shows how the way you plan your wedding becomes practice for the way you will live your marriage.Inside you will find:A step-by-step plan, with a month-by-month timelineSample wording for every part of the ceremony, including the vows David and Shannon spoke to each other in 1973Ready-to-use letters, rehearsal-dinner welcomes, and thank-you notesPlain talk about money, guest lists, family opinions, eloping, and cold feetMarriage advice from couples who have made it last for decadesFull of stories from years of officiating, a boyhood in his mother's flower shop, and more than fifty years of marriage, this is a wedding book that cares as much about your marriage as your wedding day.This second edition adds new chapters on cold feet and on what long marriages teach, a full ceremony guide, and a planning timeline.