Program

alliegator8

I am in the process of putting together programs for our ceremony.  What stuff should I include?  It will be a short ceremony.  We are not having a religious service, so there is no Bible verses to quote are write down.  We have a friend reading a poem.

Thanks!

SassyPants150

We did an outline of the ceremony on the front...

Prelude
Processional
etc
etc
vows
etc
Recessional

then on the back we displayed the names of the Officiant, Parents, Wedding party.  We also included a thank you to all of our friends and family to thank them for being a part of our day and then the address to our home

ANSchick08

Ours was really just a basic outline so people would know what was going on.  Here's what was in ours:
Officiant
  name
Organist
  name
Prelude
Processional
   "song"-composer
   "song"-composer
   "song"-composer
Welcome
Invocation
Call to commitment
Declaration of intent
Giving of bride
Exchaning of vows
Exchaning of rings
Prayer
Blessing of the hands
Pronouncement of marriage
Benediction
Presentation of couple
Recessional
  "song"-composer

So no words for the prayer or blessing of hands (which was a reading)

kspearman82

Personalize it!!!  It's your day. Aside from all the traditional things, I have seen many couples give a " thank you" to their parents and wedding party. Tome, it's all about what you want. Some programs are lenghty, while other tell your guest who is who and what is what. Also take into consideration the type of people who are attending. Will they even pay that much attention to the program??? Like I said, ITS YOUR DAY!!! Have it as long or short as you like!!  Good Luck!

alliegator8

Yeah, I have decided not to do programs.  We have such a small group that I don't think it will make a difference.