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Your Wedding
Ceremony
Jennifer Cram
Brisbane Civil Marriage Celebrant
authorised
to perform marriage ceremonies
by the Australian Government
Personal
truly extraordinary ceremonies
bathed in love,
touched by magic, created just for you,
celebrating your love, reflecting your values, your
beliefs,
your vision for your special day.
Want
something unusual? Not a problem!
No hidden costs,
add-ons, or extra 'surprise' charges.
No
additional charges other than travel beyond 100km
return and entrance/parking fees (where
required due to the nature/location of the venue) or for ceremonies
late at night. Where additional
services are required
relating to application for a Prospective Marriage Visa
(commonly called a Fiance Visa), there will be
a small additional charge.
Payment
accepted by
Cash, Cheque, Direct Deposit, and Money Order.
Your love is special,
as a couple you are both special and unique, your wedding should be
just as special, just as unique. The only way to ensure this is not
through the things you choose to buy for your wedding but through your
ceremony, the words and the way it both looks and feels. Choosing a
celebrant for whom making your ceremony specific to you is mission
critical is the only way to achieve this.
When you do me the honour of choosing me to be your celebrant, I can
guarantee that you will have a wedding ceremony
- that is romantic and light-hearted
- that you and your guests will enjoy
- that will cause a few tears (both from
laughter and from genuine emotion)
- that includes compassion for your nervous
feelings
- that gives priority to your needs
- that is authentic to you
- that includes elements that
no-one in your circle of friends has done before
- that is a heart-warming experience that
everyone will remember and talk about for years,
While certain words and processes make the ceremony legal, it is the
language of the heart that makes it real to you and to your family and
friends. This is difficult to achieve with a ceremony that is created
using pre-written selections cobbled together. and is even more
difficult to achieve if your celebrant uses a standard recycled
ceremony. This is
why I am willing to spend the time and effort to get to know you and
your wishes and dreams for your ceremony and to weave that information
into a ceremony created especially for you. And why I won't sit you
down in my office and fire a lot of questions at you. Because the best
results come with time and reflection, I ask you to do some homework in
the comfort of your own home, thinking about your relationship and what
you want in your ceremony.
But don't take my word for it. Read the comments of my past clients ...
I have experience of creating a very wide range of wedding types. Read more about
these ....
I provide a range of wedding ceremony packages. One of them is sure to
meet your needs,
expectations and budget.
Testimonial from Stu
and Katie, who married
at Clear Mountain Lodge:
[from the groom]:
Initially I
discounted the whole ceremonial process as just being something that
was fixed and had to be performed out of legal and official necessity.
This remained so even through the very helpful guided process of
writing the basis of our content and vows, which was then transformed
into something extraordinary by Jenny Cram. Even though I was impressed
with the drafts leading up to the day, in my mind it was still part of
the official process. Jenny Cram totally reshaped my views about how special a
wedding
ceremony could be, and this became apparent for me on our wedding day.
From the moment I was standing waiting for my future wife, I began to
truly appreciate what Jenny had done. In creating this ceremony, Jenny
had transformed something I thought was run of the mill stuff into
something very personalized, and it changed the whole atmosphere of the
wedding. I felt confident in Jenny where I was, under her friendly
guidance, the guests were all engaged- in fact I felt they were
emotionally connected with the proceedings. Jenny brought it all
together and it made me feel like there was a whole other element to a
wedding day that I had totally overlooked. I feel that this was the
element that Jenny brought to our wedding. It could, very easily have
been lost by anyone other than the most dedicated, professional and
expert marriage celebrant.
[from the
bride]:
Jenny, thank you so much for your commitment to crafting and
facilitating exactly the kind of wedding ceremony we both wished for.
Thank you
for making my husband and I feel special and for upholding our vision
of a
relaxed, enjoyable, meaningful and personal ceremony free of waffle,
cut-and-paste, and staid traditions. I could not have believed that our
wedding
ceremony could have been so beautiful, even though I had chosen you as
our
celebrant because of your professionalism, excellent feedback and
gleaming
testimonials. I loved the process of information gathering, and the
time you took to get to know us and our story. I will treasure the
memories of
our wedding ceremony forever. Thank you.
The ceremony was fabulous -
everything we hoped for. We will always remember it as the most special
part of our wedding day. It was a pleasure and privilege working with
you. We could see the tremendous effort you put into the ceremony and
very much appreciate it. All our guests were very moved and impressed
by the ceremony also. -
Laura and Casey
Photograph
Courtesy of
That's
Me Photography
Your
style, your choice
There is an enormous
amount of flexibility possible in how your ceremony is structured
and what elements are included, some of which will be influenced by the
type of wedding you choose.
Your ceremony can be very simple or one of
ceremonial splendour. It can incorporate rich symbolism, perhaps
through inclusion of a symbolic ritual (sometimes called a
sub-ceremony).
I provide a range of wedding ceremony packages
No matter what your choice is I encourage you to write your own vows
(with my assistance) or at least have input into your
vows, which I will then draft for your approval, because it is these
vows that create your marriage.
I also encourage you to:
- read the brochure "Happily ever before
and after".
- attend
pre-marriage education (not compulsory but highly recommended)
more
information on Pre-Marriage Education
...
Download the
brochure Happily ever before and after ...
Your
legal obligations
To marry in Australia you must
- be legally able to marry (not married to
anyone else and at least 18 years of age - though one party can be 16
if consent is provided by parents and the court)
- give a full month written notice to your
chosen celebrant of your
intention on this form
- have two witnesses at least 18 years of
age (they do not have to be Australian citizens
- show original proofs of birth (not
photocopies)
- show photo ID
- make the declarations required by the
Marriage Act
- make vows in the form required by the
Marriage Act
- use an official interpreter if the bride,
the groom, or one or both of the witnesses does not speak English
- be ready to start the ceremony on time
Your Privacy | Mission Statement
| Contact Me
Jennifer
Cram is a
secular humanist celebrant
in Brisbane
Queensland
Australia
Serving all of Brisbane, Redlands, Redcliffe, Pine Rivers,
Logan and Ipswich
Ceremonies
performed
in private homes, parks, gardens, hotels, clubs, restaurants, chapels,
function
centres, reception centres, wedding venues.
Day or evening
ceremonies 365 days a year
Her Celebrant
Services include:
Wedding
Ceremonies including Contemporary,
Traditional, Spiritual, Intimate, Cultural, Inter-cultural,
Buddhist, Celtic, Handfasting, Humanist, Irish, Mediaeval, Military,
Scottish,
Celtic, Chinese, Buddhist, Mediaeval; Surprise, Theme, True-Blue
Aussie, Visa, Green, and Pink Weddings;
Renewal of
Vows; Commitment
Ceremonies for gay, lesbian,
and straight couples; Naming Ceremonies;
House Warming;
Launching; Divorce
and Separation (End-of-Relationship) Ceremonies
Contact Details
Phone: (07)
3378 3005
International:
+ 61 7 3378 3005
Email:
Mail: P O Box
20, Indooroopilly QLD 4068, Australia
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