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CheetaNita05CheetaNita05 member
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We are planning on doing communion at our wedding after we light the unity candle and sign our marriage license.  I have never been to a wedding that has done this so I feel like I dont' know how it is suppose to be done, but we have agreed that we want to do it.  Can some one help me out here:  Do we supply the stuff (bread, wine) or does the pastor usually do this?  When it is done do you serve each other or how does that work?

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  • RebeccaJacRebeccaJac
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    edited December 2011
    I've been to weddings where just the bride and groom took communion and some where all the guests did as well. I think it worked better to just have the bride and groom do it, but it still worked perfectly fine to have everyone. 

    I think you nee to supply it. It usually isn't that much, but I would talk to your pastor about any special specifications if your denomination has any. 
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  • SoonToBeGenaoSoonToBeGenao member
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    edited December 2011
    We were married in a Methodist church. In their principle communion must be all-inclusive. Meaning the pastor can not just serve communion to the bride and groom with out at least offering it to everyone else (their choice if they want to receive or not). The church provided the elements and the pastor served everyone.
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  • azdancer8azdancer8 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_communion-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:22b82e79-74b2-41da-9cee-4fe06ab27f1aPost:0c9e828c-2762-4e6f-a67b-8dd9025e7cd2">Re: communion</a>:
    [QUOTE]We were married in a Methodist church. In their principle communion must be all-inclusive. <strong>Meaning the pastor can not just serve communion to the bride and groom with out at least offering it to everyone else</strong> (their choice if they want to receive or not). The church provided the elements and the pastor served everyone.
    Posted by SoonToBeGenao[/QUOTE]

    This is what our officiant said as well, but we wanted communion to be just the two of us, so we had another of our pastors serve us. We provided the elements.
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  • CheetaNita05CheetaNita05 member
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    edited December 2011
    Thanks everyone.  It will be just us having communion.  This helps.  I will have to talk with the poastor closer time and get all the details
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  • naomikbnaomikb member
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    edited December 2011
    We didn't do it, but we had the option.  It's our home church so I doubt they would have made us provide the bread/wine, but I didn't actually ask.  We could either do the whole group or just bride & groom - there was also an option to speed up the process, to bless the bread & wine in advance to make the communion part go faster (our church has no air conditioning).  The pastor serves in our congregation (not bride/groom to each other).
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  • DramaGeekDramaGeek member
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    edited December 2011
    We did exactly what you're describing.  We lit our candle, then signed our marriage license, then took communion.  H served me first, then I served him.  The church provided our elements.
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  • aggiebugaggiebug member
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    edited December 2011
    ok I know you have your answer and I don't know your denomination but I wanted to tell you about my personal experience with it. H was adamant we had communion. I was almost as adamant that we didn't. I had conceeded to just us having communion. our pastor explained to us exactly what pp said about the open table and said it was all or nothing. I absolutely dreaded the thought of handing communion to all of our guests. after many months of consideration and a supportive fi I said we could do communion for everyone. I am so thankful we did. I got to see every guest and share a moment with them all. it was one of my favorite parts of the wedding. I came on here before the wedding asking what to do. I had a lot of good advice, but I am glad we decided to go ahead and serve communion.
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  • diehlddiehld
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    edited December 2011
    Our plan is to serve communion well the Juice part to our guest with our pastor serving the bread... we are using white grape juice so to not have any stains... it will be really nice... 
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