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Ceremony Ideas for parents?

TaffetaDarlingTaffetaTaffetaDarlingTaffeta member
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in Minnesota-Minneapolis and St. Paul
Does anybody have any creative or symbolic ideas to involve parents during the ceremony? 

Our wedding ceremony is pretty non traditional. Some notable things are that we have no attendants and plan to start the ceremony walking down the aisle together. I would like something short and sweet to recognize/highlight our parents sometime during the ceremony (besides a reading). So if you have any ideas to share on this, I'd love to hear. Cheers. 


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Re: Ceremony Ideas for parents?

  • maybe984maybe984 member
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    edited December 2011

    The pastor who officiated our wedding (who also happens to be my uncle) did something kind of neat.

    First, I had both of my parents walk me down the aisle... and then after he did the traditional 'giving away' he had both sets of parents stand (in-laws in their front row seats, my parents still standing up front) and have them make a vow to support us. I can't remember the exact wording right now, but it was all about using their strong marriages (both of our parents have been married for 30+ years) to act as a beacon for ours.

    I didn't even know he was doing it until the rehearsal, but it was really super touching.

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  • colstj1colstj1 member
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    edited December 2011
    My FI and I will be having our mothers light the candles that will be used to light our unity candle at the beginning and then during the unity candle portion (while we have a friend singing) we will walk down and hand out parents roses :)
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