order of the ceremony

[Deleted User] · February 2011

good morning!

i'm in the middle of working on my programs, and i'm undecided on the order of the ceremony. i keep switching things around because i'm not sure if i like the "flow".

what is YOUR order of the ceremony? help a girl out.

thanks!

as of right now, this is what i have:

Prelude
"The Giving"

Wedding Processional
"The Secret Life of Daydreams"

Entrance of the Bride
"History in the Making", LiveSinger

Giving away of the Bride

Remarks by Rev. OurPastor Here
Remarks by Rev. FI'sUncle HisOldPastor

Exchange of vows

Unity Candle
"When I Say I Do", LiveSinger & DuetPartner

Special Message

Exchange of rings

Blessing & Announcement

Recessional
"Some Kind of Wonderful"

Postlude
"Firefly"

please feel free to give me any suggestions. i appreciate your help!

kellya01 · February 2011

We are going to have a song in between the pastor's remarks and exchange of vows - either "When God Made You" or "I Will Be Here." It breaks up a bit of the monotony since the pastor talks, then music, then the vows. I like music to break things up, it helps the audience to have a mental break and pay more attention to the next thing (the vows). Other than that your list looks a lot like mine... :-)

fpaemp2011 · February 2011

Here's ours: (sorry about the font...I c&p'd from Word)

Prelude

Seat Grandparents

Seat Mothers

Men Enter From Side

Processional- Alla Luce Del Dio (Mark Mungenson)

Congregational Hymn—The Doxolgy

Welcome—FI’s Dad (Officiant)

Opening Prayer

The Giving of the Bride

The Statement Of Marriage/Declaration Of Intent

Gospel Message- MyAssociatePastor

Slideshow- A Page Is Turned (Bebo Norman)

Reading- These Hands- MOH & BM

Prayer- MyYouthPastor

The Vows- FI’s Dad

The Rings

Cord Of Three Strands-MyPastor- Love Never Fails (Brandon Heath)

Signing Of Marriage Covenant—FI’s Dad, us, and entire BP- When I Say I Do (Matthew West)

Charge To The Guests

The Pronouncement

Kiss

Introduction

Recessional- Star Wars- selection from “Throne Room”

[Deleted User] · February 2011

fpaemp2011 - is all of that going on your program, if you're having one?

fpaemp2011 · February 2011

Yep. We're doing more of a booklet style since we'll have a page describing the Covenant we're signing, a page listing our Wedding Party and family, etc. What I c&p'd was the itinerary from FI's dad, so some of it will be worded differently, but it's all going in there...

~Emily

kellya01 · February 2011

Thanks for posting, Emily! We're going to work on ours with our pastor in another 2 months so we still have some time but I really appreciated looking at yours.

Our pastor gave us like 4 or 5 different sample programs and they all have things a bit differently -- some are more intricate like Emily's where there are several different things happening, and some are more simple (like NO songs, no unity candle/sand). It's interesting how many different ways it can be done!

BrideToBeBecauseHeLovesMe · February 2011

We kept it simple as best as we could, but in the ceremony we'll have music playing at certain parts, and we'll have some scripture. Here's the outline:

Ceremony
-------------
Candle Lighting
Processional
Greeting
Presentation of the Bride
Exchange of Vows / Rings
Unity
Pronouncement of Marriage
Mr. & Mrs. Oelschlaeger
Recessional

naomikb · February 2011

Ours will be like this, I also apologize for the font because of copy & pasting from word. Lots of the guests won't be church-y so we are laying a lot of it out in the program instead of having people flip between their program and the hymn/liturgy book. Also it's not formatted yet, this is just the outline.

One change from most of the ones posted so far is there is no "Giving away of the bride" or "Presentation of the bride". We don't do it in our church anymore and it's not something I would want anyways.

                                     GATHERING
Prelude

Processional - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)

Words of Welcome & Introduction

Statement of Purpose

Prayer of Approach

Legal Admonition

Declaration of Intent

                                       WORD

Prayer of Preparation

Readings
       Romans 12:1-2, 9-18
       Matthew 5:14-16
       Apache Wedding Prayer

Meditation
                          ACT OF COVENANTING

Invocation of the Spirit

Exchange of Vows

Exchange of Rings

Declaration of Marriage

Blessing of the Couple

Marriage Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

                                SENDING FORTH

The Benediction

The Signing of the Register

Solo - Come What May (Moulin Rouge)

Presentation of the Couple
Recessional  -Happy Together (Turtles) with the congregation

iamjoesgurl · February 2011

I think that ours was:

Prelude

Entrance of Groom and GMs (I think it was before the mothers came in but I wasn't there so not sure)

Entrance of the Mothers

Entrance of Bridesmaids/MOH

Entrance of the Bride

Welcome (by our officiant)

Prayer

Declaration of Intent

Charge to the congregation

Scripture - 1 Corinthians 13

Song (All of You by Stryper)

Exchange of Vows

Exchange of Rings

Scripture - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 with sermonette (5ish minutes)

Song (Honestly by Stryper)

Blessing

Pronouncement of Marriage and kiss

Recessional

AshNoel8 · February 2011

Wow, I'd better get on the ball! I have NO CLUE about the order of my ceremony haha. I am still deciding on music. Maybe when we meet with my pastor for premarital counseling (soon), she might have a recommendation/suggestion.

Those all look good! And you're right, Kelly- it's interesting how many different ways it can be done!

amongthelilies25 · February 2011

i am supposed to meet with my wedding planner in may (when FI is home) to go over all of this. lol.

gosh..its a lot to take in.

we are going to take communion too i think.

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