Sheva Brachot in a non-Jewish ceremony

Spasulka

Reposting this here because I just now realized there was a Jewish Weddings board!

I'm Jewish, but my fiance isn't, so we're not doing a "typical" Jewish wedding. We're doing a pretty standard welcome, vows, exchange of rings, and pronunciation of marriage. 

However, I'd like to have friends and family come up to read the Sheva Brachot at some point in the ceremony. I'd also like for my fiance to break a glass. He is open to all of this -- he understands that it's important to me and my family to include these elements. (Our officiant is not a rabbi but is Jewish.)

My question: Where in a non-Jewish wedding ceremony do these things go? I'm thinking maybe the Sheva Brachot go after the welcome and before the vows -- but not certain. I have no idea where to put the breaking of the glass. 

Does anyone have suggestions for how to incorporate these Jewish elements into a ceremony that isn't strictly Jewish? Also, any recommendations for wording for how to introduce them to an audience that will be mostly non-Jewish? 

jessicabessica

In a Jewish wedding, the sheva berachot would be after the rings, so I would do them after the vows and exchange of rings.  

I think the glass breaking is always at the end.  Definitely the case for Jewish weddings, and I saw it in a Catholic wedding (Jewish groom), and it was at the end as well.  

We had a fair number of non-Jewish guests, so we had programs that gave brief explanations about the ceremony.  Here is what we put for sheva berachot:

This is the recitation of the Sheva Berachot, or the seven matrimonial blessings.  They are recited over a glass of wine, and they are not all directly about marriage.  Rather, they center on several great themes in Judaism, including the creation of the world and humanity, redemption, and finally the happiness granted to the bride and groom.