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Emalee
Savvy May 2020

Double Ceremony - Any Advice?

Emalee, on November 22, 2019 at 12:54 PM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 3
Sorry long post but My FH and I are trying to plan a double ceremony.
If anyone is familiar with the LDS/Mormon religion, that would be the first and ~required~ ceremony. It’s cost free, under 30 min to get all the religious sealing and legal paperwork done, and only a VERY select group of people may come because it’s within the LDS Temple.

For those that can’t come (a majority of my family) I wanted to give them the opportunity to see me walk down the isle and be married to my FH.
The biggest issues we’ve had to think about is timespan and feeding everyone. He’s never been to a non-LDS wedding and I have but none did anything like this. So I’ll give you our tentative schedule idea and y’all lmk if it’s impractical.
11:15 - 12: were sealed in the temple 12 - 12:45: family pictures at temple (small families)12:45 - 2: couples and wedding party pics (family and friends have this gap of time to themselves. Half of these would be at the next ceremonies location so we would already be there. Short travel time.)2 - 2:30: proceed with second ceremony. (Shorter because we don’t need to be legally bound or have a witness or anything. Just for show for family)
2:30 - 3: pictures with family not at temple & people may begin eating and playing bc the reception place is same as second ceremony location.
Latest anyone should eat would be 3:30. So the gap is 4 hours but there are opportunities for people to grab a light meal or whatever if they need.
Does this all seem reasonable?Thanks for the help!


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Latest activity by Sinéad, on November 25, 2019 at 7:27 AM
  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    I think it's fine and it's similar to what I've seen for other LDS weddings. I would just 100% feed bride, groom, wedding party & parents an early lunch prior. It may also be accommodating to have some snacks pre second ceremony for everyone that had to come early.

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  • R
    Super September 2018
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    I am not at all familiar with LDS, but is it possible to start the religious ceremony after lunch? 3:30 is an uncomfortable time for me to eat. It’s too late for lunch and too early for dinner. So if you were to have a space for getting ready and a light lunch for your wedding party and immediate family and then head to the LDS ceremony, then photos and then second ceremony etc I think that’d be more comfortable for most people.


    That said, I recently when to an Indian/Christian wedding with two ceremonies. The first ceremony was Indian and we gathered for that at 1:00pm (so post lunch, but still kind of tight if you didn’t stay in the hotel it was hosted at). Between the first ceremony and the second ceremony they had very heavy hors doeurves for all guests. Then a hearty dinner was served after the second ceremony.
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  • Sinéad
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2025
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    Hi Emalee!!

    Your timeline sounds good! My only concern would be for people attending both ceremonies (yourselves included) that you will not have eaten in quite a while. Would it be possible to offer some snacks to your guests between the ceremonies?

    Will you be serving a large meal at 3:30?

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