

MY STORY
Hi, my name is John Clarke and I am a Certified Marriage Celebrant and Justice of the Peace based in Kiama, NSW. l love designing and...


Designing Your Wedding Part lll
Welcome to Part lll where we begin looking at the individual elements of the wedding ceremony. We will also look at the overall plan to...


Let's Design A Wedding
Now people begin to think about the wedding ceremony itself, namely who is going to marry us? Should you choose a church wedding then it ge


Are You My Friend Or My Bestie?
When you turn up to Naming Days, Funerals and Weddings, as a Civil Celebrant, you become acutely aware of the word “friend” and what it...


What's in a vow (part 2) ........
In Part 1 I talked about the background to your wedding vows; now I’m going to help you write your vows. Whenever I’ve helped someone...


What's in a vow...
Part 1 What’s in a vow… Wedding coming up and you need to get your vows written; or maybe you are planning to renew your vows as part of...


My Name Is...?
This week I've been writing a Naming Day Ceremony for a local family. As I've been thinking about names and the role they play in our...


Where Did All My Seconds Go
Have you ever thought about how you are spending your 2,524,608,000 seconds (60 x 60 x 24 x 365.25 x 80) on this planet? It can be a bit...