Ian Bonner-Evans
Location: Central and Southern Scotland
Willing to travel
Phone: 07732 851927
Email: ian@spiritual-ceremonies.co.uk
Web: https://spiritual-ceremonies.co.uk/
Wedding Ceremonies in Central and Southern Scotland
About Me
I am a OneSpirit interfaith minister and celebrant and have over twenty years experience of offering special ceremonies for important times in life. I am available to hold legal weddings for opposite sex and same sex couples in central and southern Scotland, although I am also happy to travel further afield if asked!
Your Day
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away”
(Maya Angelou)
Getting legally married in Scotland offers you a great deal of freedom to choose the kind of ceremony that you want. Whilst there are certain legal requirements to comply with, the nature and content of the wedding ceremony can be based entirely on your beliefs, values and requirements.
Your wedding ceremony can be small or large, simple or intricate, modern or traditional. It can be religious or spiritual or humanist in nature, or something which does not need to be labelled! It is entirely up to you. This is your day, and your opportunity to celebrate the love that you have for each other.
What you can expect from me
An initial phone call from me
I will call you to make an initial appointment. I will briefly explain what we would need to cover during the forthcoming meeting.
Our initial meeting (in person or online)
This initial meeting can be either in person or online. We will talk a little about you as a couple and will explore what kind of wedding you want. Some couples have very clear and detailed ideas about what they want at this point whilst others don’t, this is fine by me! If we agree to proceed, you will be asked to pay a non-refundable booking fee and I will then commit to holding your ceremony.
Ongoing contact
There will be ongoing contact between us, the frequency will depend on the circumstances of each request. Most of this ongoing contact will be through email or online. We will explore what you want during the ceremony and I will offer advice and suggestions as appropriate. I can also give some general information about the legal requirements, but it is your responsibility as a couple to liaise directly with the Registrar regarding the legal aspects of your wedding. As we get nearer to the date of the wedding I will produce a draft outline of the service for your comment, making sure that I have got all the correct information. This is the stage at which any final changes must be made. Once we are happy with the overall plan, I will then produce the final version of the wedding service.
On the day
I will attend the venue on the day, normally ahead of those invited, to ensure that all the arrangements are in order. I will then hold the service as agreed. I regret that I cannot attend any celebration after the ceremony, so please don’t be offended if I decline any invitation to do so.
What some couples have said ...
“One of the best decisions we made for our Wedding Day was having Ian officiate and we simply cannot recommend him enough.
From the outset of planning our wedding, Ian was there for us. The lead up to any wedding can be nerve-wracking but we always felt incredibly confident and in such safe hands with Ian.
What made our journey so special was that he truly captured who we are as individuals, our own personal stories and who we are as a couple.
As a couple, Ian made our ceremony feel perfectly tailored to us. We come from different religious backgrounds and have families from all over the world who attended the wedding, and Ian was able to beautifully welcome everyone and ensure that we were all woven into the ceremony. For example, Ian even learned a few sentences in Serbian to welcome our international guests.
We have had countless wedding guests compliment us on how perfect, beautiful and meaningful our ceremony was. Many guests told us ‘that was the best wedding ceremony we have ever sat through’. We decided to have both a photographer and a videographer on the day and thank goodness we did as having a video of our ceremony to look back on has been wonderful. “
Anna and Stefan
“Ian was the celebrant for our marriage. Because it was the second time around for the both of us, and we are now a little older, we didn’t want a formal church service. What we did want was a ceremony that would give a defining spiritual experience that wasn’t overly religious, for such a special event in our lives.
Ian managed to bring all of that together for us, while at the same time introducing a good element of light-heartedness and warmth to the occasion. All of this was very much appreciated by both ourselves, and all of our family and friends who attended.”
John and Lynn