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Just Said Yes September 2015

Order of Ceremony — Opening, Reading, Handfasting, Written Vows, Rings, then I Do's???

Erin, on September 15, 2015 at 4:47 PM Posted in Planning 0 5

I'm not sure if I have written my ceremony in the correct order. I currently have it like this......

Opening

Readings and large portion of ceremony

Handfasting ceremony

Then we've written our own Vows

After that I have the Rings Exchange

Lastly the "I Do" section: "Do you take Erin to be your wife; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort and honor her, etc..... I DO"

Then the closing.

Does this sound like the correct order or should any sections be switched around?

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Latest activity by Nancy Taussig, on September 15, 2015 at 7:20 PM
  • Jeanne
    Master August 2015
    Jeanne ·
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    I would probably do the move the "I Do" section right after the personal vows since essentially those are just the traditional vows used before the ring exchange normally.

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  • Aver
    Devoted September 2015
    Aver ·
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    What Jeanne said, I think it would feel a bit incongruous to move them to the very end.

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  • annakay511
    Master July 2015
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    Change your avatar. Also, the I do's should be before you read your vows.

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  • Nicole
    VIP June 2017
    Nicole ·
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    We're doing a handfasting, too, and I think the tentative order I have thought about is:

    1. Opening

    2. Readings (If any)

    3. Our personal vows

    4. The repeatable/I Do vows

    5. The handfasting

    (4 and 5 might intertwine rather than be two separate entities. It depends on how the ceremony is written)

    6. Exchange of rings

    7. Closing

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  • Nancy Taussig
    Nancy Taussig ·
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    "I do" is in response to the question of intent. It is not the traditional vows (I take thee as my husband/wife..."

    So, question of intent goes before any vows (traditional and/or personal).

    Usually the handfasting goes after vows and before rings.

    Readings should be inserted in logical places. I have one that talks about vows, so I put it just before the vows.

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