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Talk to me about your ceremony & officiant

MamaBear904MamaBear904 member
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My boss (and notary) has offered to officiate my wedding because she knows that I'm tight on the budget and felt it would be an honor. Im definitely ok with this idea. She's done a few weddings before for friends, but basically read off a googled script because she had little notice. She said that since I have more time, I can let her know all I want her to do/not do.

So tell me a little about what you're planning on including / not including in your ceremony. We're not going to do a unity candle or sand ceremony, but we liked the idea of the love note that we will put in a box to share on our 25th anniversary.

Other than that and the fact that we will write our own vows, Im pretty much at a loss of what to include.

Oh yeah, and I want to see if I can find an appropriate poem about becoming a family that I would like my son to read if he wants to.

What are your plans?

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Re: Talk to me about your ceremony & officiant

  • Annas2013Annas2013 member
    1000 Comments Second Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited August 2012
    We're having my old preacher officiate us.  I have no idea what else other than traditional vows.  And some sort of scripture since my FI wants that.  I'm not super religious, but he is.  I refuse to do a unity candle but we may do a wine box to open on some anniversary.  We'll do the traditional vows because I don't trust myself to write something that doesn't sound stupid.  


    Honestly?  I really just don't want to be standing in front of everyone for a long time. Especially if it's hot.
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  • melb2013melb2013 member
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    We've hired a celebrant.  First the celebrant starts out by telling your "love story", ie how you met, fell in love, etc.  Then we're going to do somewhat traditional vows and a ring ceremony.  After that we're doing the Hindu (FI's Hindu) garlanding ceremony, the mangal sutra ritual, and the Hindu seven steps.  Then "I pronounce you husband and wife", kiss the bride, and lastly, FI will break a glass (I'm Jewish).  It should be about a half hour.

    The garlanding ceremony is when the bride and groom put flower garlands around each other's necks.  They look like flower leis.  It's suppose to be a gift to one another type of a thing.

    The mangal sutra is when the groom puts a Indian bridal necklace on the bride.  This predates a ring ceremony and basically means you are married.

    The seven steps is when the bride and groom take seven steps in a circle around a fire.  With each step, the officiant gives them a blessing.


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  • bburkelbburkel
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    We are having my fiance's cousin officiate.  He's a Baptist pastor.  Getting that arranged was a struggle, but I'm glad we figured it out.

    We are doing a short ceremony, but will have religious elements, becuase I think it's important, and my mom would have a heart attack if we didn't.  I'm having a string quartet of my high school friends play for the pre-service and the processional.  My 3 sisters are singing a song called "Love Is", which is based on the "love is patient, love is kind" reading.  We sang that song for my parents 45th anniversary party, so it holds special meaning for us.  There will probably be one reading, not sure what it will be or who is reading it.  We can't have an open flame, so we're doing something for the unity thing, but not sure what.  During that part, my sisters will sing "Parents Prayer". 

    Recessional is TBD. I'm letting my mom suggest music for that, since she's a church organist and has played for tons of weddings.  And, if I let her pick that, she won't be as appalled by the fact that we're using Don't Stop Believing by Journey as our processional.

    Since this is all outdoors, we're borrowing a PA system from a friend of mine, and have to get a bunch of mics and stuff set up.  I'm really hoping it turns out the way I want it to.

    We'll start meeting with the officiant soon to determine readings and stuff.  Since he's a relative, I'm hoping he'll be pretty easy-going about it.
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  • monikaedwardsmonikaedwards
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    FI and I are both practicing Catholics and are getting married at our Chuch by our Priest. Your typical, forever-long Catholic wedding!
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  • TogetherPerfectTogetherPerfect member
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    We are getting married at our nondenominational church, and using our Pastor. It's going to be religious, but pretty casual. We may do a sand ceremony (I like the idea of including the moms, and the whole two families becoming one thing), but no readings from anyone "special". The pastor will read everything we want included, which I feel makes it run smoother than having people come up. We want it pretty simple.
    I also plan on everyone walking down the aisle to "18th Floor Balcony" by Blue October, and have no idea about the recessional yet. Also, we are throwing around the idea of not having programs... Our church has a large screen set up (almost movie theater style) so we are thinking about just having the "program" up there.
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  • Carson386Carson386 member
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    We are family a family friend (of both our families) that is a city judge do our ceremony. His basic ceremony is welcoming the guests, thanking them for being there, explaining to us that love is a great gift and we should cherish it forever, traditional vows and we're done. All in all, it's probably going to take about 10-15 minutes. We are not religious and our families are not religious, so we really weren't comfortable having the wedding in a church or even a pastor. We don't have any readings in our ceremony at all.
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  • turtlesloveturtleslove
    500 Comments First Anniversary
    Not too many specifics yet since we haven't gotten to sit down with officiant but, he is a long time friend of FI and was his baseball coach and youth leader.
    We're going for a traditional Christain ceremony without the "who gives this woman" and "objections" and unity ceremony parts.
    We are figuring out a way to incorporate a passage from Ephesians Chapter 6, not completely sure who will read that however.
     Something short, sweet and meaningful to us.
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  • SSaltzman87SSaltzman87 member
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    Ours will be pretty straight forward, no unity candle or any sort of 'unity' rituals. We plan to have our officiant do most of the talking and us saying I Do. If I were to write my own vows, I know I'd screw them up day of just from being so nervous, lol.
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  • deviousmusedeviousmuse member
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    Like melb2013, we have also hired a Celebrant. We're in the process of filling out a questionnaire that tells her all about us, how we met, when we knew we were in love, etc. That is how she'll write our Love Story. We're also going to incorporate some text around our history and families, and since FI is half Native American, she'll read a quote about how we as a couple are the culmination of thousands of years of love.

    Basically, she is customizing the ceremony just for us - we want something spiritual, lighthearted, and incorporates FI's son into the ceremony as well.

    For the processional, I'm walking down to The Princess Bride's "Storybook Love" by Mark Knopfler. The recessional will be Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole's version of "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World".
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