Mass program: who to acknowledge on last page?

verdesiempre14

Good morning, ladies!

I'm wondering if anyone could please fill me in on who they're acknowledging on the last page of their program? 

Here's what I've always seen, but I'm guessing others have added in other acknowledgments too

-thanking parents for their love and support

-remembering deceased grandparents

Thanks a bunch

professorscience

We did what you've mentioned and also thanked our guests for coming.

Riss91

This is what we did:

To Our Family and Friends

We are blessed today to express our love in the presence of God, our parents, family and friends. We are grateful to our parents, family and friends for their patience and guidance, for helping us become the people we are today, and enabling us to find an everlasting love that will enrich us for the rest of our lives. Each anniversary of our marriage, we will celebrate the memory of this day, and all of the wonderful people who made it so special.

 A special thanks to those who traveled a distance to share our wedding day with us, and a special prayer for those who could not be with us today.

Riss91

We also included directions from the church to the hotel and to the reception hall, just in case our guests didn't have the addresses/gps...

verdesiempre14

Thanks, ladies!  May I ask too, if anyone could share the wording they used for acknowledging deceased grandparents?  Everything I'm finding online is secular, e.g. "We remember those who are not with us, but alive in our hearts..."

ootmother2

All of the grandparents on both sides, brides half brother and godmother were deceased so we just listed them as loved ones who could not be with us today

christyhal

Our program was similar to Riss's.  We had a lot of OOT relatives who could not travel to our wedding, so we just included an acknowledgement of those who could not be there to celebrate with us.  We did not call out any deceased relatives, specifically.

If I remember correctly, we had one bit thanking our parents, one bit thanking everyone else who had been involved in our wedding (generally, not called out by name), and one acknowledgment of those who couldn't be present.  And then also the address and directions to the reception.   

professorscience

I can't remember our wording exactly, I think we may have just said, "In Memoriam" and then listed the deceased grandparents.

I did attend a wedding last June where the bride's grandmother had died unexpectedly really close to the wedding, so their "Memorial" section actually included some really nice words about her, "In loving memory of ________________, a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother," and then listed the other deceased relatives.  I actually found it a little weird to single out the one person, but the bride's mother was EXTREMELY close to her mother and took it really hard, so it was a really nice thing to do for her.