Ceremony Structure

Another thing you can do is just look up templates and see what best fits what you want.

You can really do it any way you prefer. We didn’t do a unity ceremony and we also had a few extra things since we’re Jewish lol but I’ll give you what we did:


Officiant introductionSelf-written vowsI do’sRing exchange/ring vows7 blessingsBreaking of the glassKiss

^Ugh idk why the app condensed it all like that lol but you get the idea

We’re doing:
Unplugged Ceremony statement
ProcessionalOfficiant’s welcomeReadingVowsRing exchange Pronouncement

Ours is this:

Officiant Intro and Welcome and Thank You to Guests / A Remembrance of Those Who Can't Be There and Moment of Silence / The Speech / Asking Us If We Agree To The Speech / The Vows / The Question (I Do, Me Too) / The Rings / A Closing Poem / Pronouncement

The original drafts we received from our officiant came all different ways. Some came without vows, some came with no ring exchange. We had to kind of piece a few different ceremonies together to get what we wanted.

You did the hard part - you decided what you need! I didn't care about "Does anyone object" but I had very strong feelings about being asked a question and not just reciting vows. It was important for me to hear "Will you take me to be your husband" or something along those lines. It was also important to me to have the traditional "With this ring, I thee wed" line thrown in there because I think it's cute. LOL. Nothing else really mattered to me. It's easier to decide what you want and then work everything around that!

We did welcome and moment of silence, prayer, marriage statement, declaration, vows, rings, unity, blessing, kiss.

View Quoted Comment I agree with ALL parts in your last paragraph!! I really wanted the “I do’s” to come right before the kiss like you see in movies. But I’m starting to think that’s not real life because most people seem to start with that

Our ceremony is:

Officiant makes statement about unplugged ceremony

Grandparents walk in

Parents walk in

Wedding party walks in

Ring bearers walk in

Me & My Dad walk in

Officiant will start ceremony

We read vows

Sand ceremony / unity ceremony

Officiant finishes (rings & I do's)

Pronouncement of us as husband and wife

Our officiant knows what he's doing and has a plan but that's the rough outline as of now