How do you write a speech for your parents 40th wedding vow renewal?
604318
My husband actually had to do this for his parents 50th wedding anniversary.  We got alot of input afterwards from his parents as to what parts they liked the best.  It seems they enjoyed hearing about what they all did as a family throughout the years, such as family vacations, special Christmases, that sort of thing.  My husband said a few humorous things regarding all that too.  They also liked hearing how they were a good example of what love and marriage is all about.  I think once you start bringing up all your good memories, your speech will practically write itself.  Good Luck!
622703
PRE-PLAN your speech.\nDecide which aspect(s) of character are most important. (Honesty, courage, responsibility, leadership, loyalty, duty, respect, attitude, perseverance, my personal favorite... integrity...?) Using the trait(s) you selected, come up with a thesis statement. Your speech should center around this idea. Brainstorm at least three to five specific examples to support your statement. These may include any of the following:\nexamples from history, literature, or current events\nthe information you are given on the test\nexamples from your own personal experience\nDecide on your three strongest examples. These should be the ones you can explain in the most specific detail. In general, examples from your personal experience are easier to write about, but they are weaker in the eyes of the reader.\n\nWRITE your speech.\nStart with an introduction. Your introduction should explain what you're going to talk about in your speech, but DON'T say something like, "This speech is about..." or, "I'm going to tell you about..." Assume your audience is smart enough to figure this out. Your introduction should include some kind of HOOK--something to catch the reader's attention. There are many types of hooks. Try a question, a quotation, a definition, a statistic, a single word, an action, a description, or an unusual statement. The goal is to get your audience interested and to get them thinking.\nNext is the body of your speech. This is where you take those three strongest examples you brainstormed during your planning. Start with one you can explain very clearly.\nUse transitions in each of these paragraphs. Develop these paragraphs thoroughly. Keep the writing focused. Don't ever lose sight of your thesis statement! Everything in a paragraph should be connected, and it should all make sense together.\nGive lots of details. Poor example: "Integrity is a good quality for a person to have because it makes you a good person." Good example: "Integrity is a vital quality which allows a person to make decisions based on his or her understanding of what is 'right' and what is 'wrong.'" Poor example: "Martin Luther King, Jr., had lots of integrity because he was a good guy." Good example: "Martin Luther King, Jr., is a paradigm of integrity because he understood the importance of equality. He took it so seriously that he fought for equality, traveling around the country and speaking to innumerable people."\nUse strong words. Try to use words that will not make you sound intelligent, not supercilious.\nWrap up your speech with a competent conclusion. Watch out for these common mistakes:\nDON'T say the exact same thing you've said already.\nDON'T say something like, "Now you know about..." or, "I have just told you about..." And NEVER say "I hope you enjoyed listening to my speech!"\nUse a simple form in your conclusion. Restate your main thesis (in different words). You may want to generalize a little bit. Look for a common theme in all your examples which you can apply. You can end with another hook, if it seems appropriate.\nRemember, your conclusion is the LAST thing your audience will hear. It doesn't have to be pure genius, but it should leave a good last impression.\n\nREVIEW your speech.\nMake sure it makes sense. Check for grammatical errors; in particular, watch for sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Have a friend, family member, or teacher read it. Practice it several times by yourself and in front of a few people. Get some good feedback.\n\nGood luck! Feel free to contact me with specific questions.
416228
My husband and I walked down the isle together.  The tradition of the father walking you down the isle is from when marriages were arranged.  We wanted to symbolize that we as a couple were giving ourselves to one another.\n\nGet together with your fiance's parents and your parents and see who is willing to pay for what.  This would also be a good time to tell them what you and your fiance are thinking about for your wedding.  Have a rough estimate for cost etc.  They will also need to figure out their guest lists.  The more they pay for the more input they will want in the wedding.\n\nGood luck and remember the day is for you and your husband!
174705
My mum is also having to do the honours at my wedding, as my father walked out ten years ago, you mustn't get stressed! The traditional father of the bride speech simply praises the bride to the skies and tells the groom how lucky he is to have her, and how he is happy to welcome the groom into the family, so that sort of thing should be fine. \nIt always works well to add a bit of humour in there, any amusimng anecdotes about your daughter, and maybe if you wanted to add a note about how her father, if he had been there, would have been so proud? \n\nThere are of course poems you can use, if you are looking for ones about love then Shakespeares sonnets and the poetry of WH Auden are always safe options, but really, the personal touch is easier, and maybe a bit less nerve wracking! \n\nGood luck!
983424
Online Speech Bank\nIndex to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/\n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/good-persuasive-speech-topics.html\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm\n\nhttp://library.albany.edu/usered/dr/speech.html\n\nhttp://www.history.com/media.do\n\nhttp://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/history/speeches/\n\n\nSpeechTips\n\nLooking for Good Persuasive Speech Topics?\n\nhttp://www.top101persuasivespeechtopics.com/\n\nhttp://www.speech-topics-help.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.goodpersuasivespeechtopics.com/persuasive.htm\n\nhttp://www.leeogle.org/byron/bhs/library/persuasion.htm\n\nThis is a very good site with very easy to follow step by step instructions.\n\nSpeechTips.com Your free guide to speech writing and public speaking for eulogies, graduations, best man, father of the bride and any other public speaking engagement.\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.speechtips.com/preparation.html\n\nFREE Articles on Public Speaking\n\nThis site has so many tips that I was unable to pick any, you will need to see for yourself and see which, if any are useful to you.\n\nhttp://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm\n\nThis site seems OK but once again see what is useful.\n\nhttp://members.shaw.ca/toasted/services.htm\n\nI liked this one.\n\nThe fear of speaking to a group of people is one of the most common forms of social phobia. Here are several suggestions for working with this fear.\n\nhttp://www.rpeurifoy.com/anxiety/pubspeak.htm\n\nPublic speaking do's and don't's\n\nhttp://www.lifehacker.com/software/feature/public-speaking-dos-and-donts-161531.php\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
521936
Start with the past, move to the present, then talk about your plans for the future.\n\nTry to start with something intriguing like,\n\nWhen I tell people I was born in Laos, most people say, "Where?"\n\nor\n\nMy parents will remember November 9, 1989 for two reasons: it was the day the Berlin Wall fell and also the day I was born.
654361
Do you take this man to be your Emperor of the Hour?  To use him as you will?  To not blast him into tiny bits - until such time as you grow weary of him?  Say I do.\n\n/joking...how about:\n\nI vow to ease your burdens \nAnd forever be your strength\nI vow to love you always\nUntil I have no more days\nI ask you take my heart\nAnd cherish it for all time\nI promise to be yours\nAs you promised to be mine\n\nGood luck and congrats!
308916
Tell him that people only remember the speeches that are truly touching and 'out of the box' for the person. If he wants to make a good impression that will be remembered he needs to have something special. The verse sounds good.
812199
Sample Ceremony\n\nNotary states, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today (tonight) to join this man and this woman in (holy) matrimony."\n\nExchange of Vows\n\nNotary asks the man, "(his name), do you take this woman to be your wife, to live together in (holy) matrimony, to love, honor, comfort her and keep her in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"\n\nMan answers, "I do."\n\nNotary asks the woman, "(her name), do you take this man to be your husband, to live together in (holy) matrimony, to love, honor, comfort him and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"\n\nWoman answers, "I do."\n\nNotary states, "Repeat after me:"\n\nTo the man: "I, (his name), take you (her name ), to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."\n\nTo the woman: "I, (her name), take you (his name ), to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."\n\nExchange of Rings\n\nNotary asks the man to place the ring on the woman's finger and to repeat the following, "I give you this ring as a token and pledge of our constant faith and abiding love." (Repeat the same for the woman).\n\nPronouncement\n\nNotary asks the couple to join hands, then declares, "By virtue of the authority vested in me under the laws of the State of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and wife. The bride and groom may now kiss."
515637
I have given a maid of honor speech many times. I always start with how I met the bride, a funny tale from our past, then when I met the groom. Most important is to speek from the heart. If you can't think of anything to say find a poem or recite a song they both love. Just say how you feel and you will be fine.
465184
I'm going for Private Vow
417800
Introduce the bride & groom as they enter the reception, "ladies & gentleman...may I introduce Mr & Mrs  John Smith"...applause applause...you would also do the a toast...tell some funny story about them as children or some anetdote (sp?) that their parents might share...and wish them much happiness yadda yadda...also introduce the band, thank everybody for coming...make various announcements as needed...that sort of thing...oh..& dress real nice too!
278980
bride..and best wishes!!\nif you wanted to try and include your parents on the invite, you could do: Suzy and Tom, together with their parents, request your presence...
954879
Do they own their own home ?  IF SO, here are some ideas :\n\n1) Head down to your local nursery or home improvement store and pick out a tree to be planted.  It is something they will remember and charish due to it being planted in the name of their godchild.\n\n2) Open an IRA in their name for them.  Make a one time contribution and encourage them to add to it throughout their lives. ((It doesn't have to be a large amount, call around it may be as little as $50 to get started))  Tell them you will do the same for their godchild.  It is NEVER to early to start this for you child!!\n\n3) Are the god parents husband and wife?  You could get a brass plaque with their names engraved on it for the door of their home.\n\nIf the godparents do not own their own homes:\n\n1) A greenplant that will hopefully live for years.\n\n2) A clock with something special engraved on the back.\n\n3) T-shirt saying " I'm the proud new godparent and all I got was this louzy t-shirt"
882177
A renewal of our vows!!
25810
Off the top of my head (from the groom - can be altered if someone else is toasting the groomsmen):\n\n"Let us toast to these fine men and the lifelong friendship they have brought to me. May our bond only strengthen as this endearing friendship broadens to forever welcome my most wonderful and beatiful bride. Cheers!"\n\n"A toast to the groomsmen. May the joy my bride and I share today also be part of your life forever. May the new roof above us never cave in and may our friends gathered below it, who are here today, never fall out."\n\n"A toast to the groomsmen. May the riches my wonderful wife and I experience today be spread amongst my dear friends who deserve all the riches in the world."\n\n"May my groomsmen be blessed with a life full of greatness and may our children be blessed with rich parents!" :-)\n\nGood luck to you!
969599
I would buy some very nice paper and write something straight from the heart for each relative in your best hand writing.  Roll it up and tie it with nice cord or ribbon.  (You both could include a message or if you have children maybe each one of you could write a little message.) \n\nThen maybe have a family bake night at your house where you all make cookies for gifts.  Create or purchase nice boxes to put the cookies into and then fix the corded or ribboned scroll to the top of the box with a matching name tag.  Do that for every person.\n\nI think that would be a very nice gift, one that treats each member equally, but yet has a personal message for each one.\n\nMay God bless you and your family.  He will show you the way.