Our Wedding Binder-Wedding Wednesday

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this post are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”Twenty-three years ago when I was planning my wedding I purchased a wonderful Christian wedding planning book that was an enormous blessing to me during that time. When Aaron and Summer got engaged the first thing I did was find them a similar book. After some research I ended up buying them All Things Are Ready: A Bride’s Complete Christian Wedding Planner from Amazon.

While I was doing my research, the planner I wanted had to cover several things that I felt were important:

• It had to be about planning a Christian wedding.
• It had to include checklists.
• It had to include a timeline.
• It had to keep Christ first in every element of the planning.
• I wanted a 3-ring binder format if possible.
• I wanted it to include notes or devotions for the bride to keep her focus on what is truly important.

All Things Are Ready includes all that and more! I actually found this book on the Doorposts.com site. We have used products from Doorposts in our child training since our children were young. I knew that they advocated courting, as we did so I thought they might have a wedding book to recommend…and they did!

About All Things Are Ready

 This is a new Christian wedding planner that will help you organize a beautiful, enjoyable wedding. Unlike most wedding planners available today, this planner looks at weddings from a distinctly Christian, Bible-based viewpoint.

This Christian wedding planner is based on three basic assumptions:

1. Planning your wedding doesn’t have to take very long (unless you want it to).
2. The cost of your wedding should not exceed what your family can afford.
3. A Christian wedding is all about rejoicing in what the Lord has done in the lives of two people and their families.

All Things Are Ready is full of to-do lists, planning resources, tips, budgeting and timeline tools, options for personalizing your wedding, ideas for portraying biblical themes, and devotions to keep your focus on the Lord and the work He is doing in your life through marriage.

Mom Maven’s Thoughts

All Things Are Ready has been an invaluable resource for us as we plan a frugal, Christ-honoring wedding in 6.5 months. We were easily able to tweak the 12 week wedding planning calendar to meet our longer planning period. My husband and I meet weekly with the couple and go over what has to be worked on each week. This keeps us all on track and keeps the planning moving forward. The Master List is a wonderful tool to make sure we don’t miss any little detail of the planning process. The bride’s devotions are helping keep the focus on the love she and the groom have for each other and God and not on stressing over the small stuff.

If you, or someone you love is getting married I recommend All Things Are Ready: A Bride’s Complete Christian Wedding Planner. It will keep the focus on the big picture while making sure every little detail is covered at the same time.