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Order of non-religious ceremony

MelanieM, on May 19, 2014 at 1:27 AM Posted in Planning 0 4

I am just realizing as I'm making a rough draft of my programs, that I'm having some trouble organizing our ceremony. We will obviously have the processional, and then the introduction by the officiant to welcome everyone, then after that I get stuck, We have the officiant saying the "normal" things; a little blurb about marriage before our personalized vows and then the presentation of the rings and the whole "husband..wife...kiss" part at the end.

But we also have two different readings and I'm not sure where to put them. I like the idea of the vows and the rings happening all together at the very end before the pronunciation of husband and wife and the kiss. However, I don't think that I want the readings back to back.

I was thinking maybe,

-officiant's welcome

-reading #1

-officiant's little blurb on marriage which introduces...

-reading #2

-officiant's intro to vows

-vows

-rings

-love kiss the end.

ahhhh??? does that seem to random and jumbled?

4 Comments

Latest activity by Nancy Taussig, on May 19, 2014 at 10:21 AM
  • Mina
    Super June 2015
    Mina ·
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    Have you discussed it with your officiant?

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    It sounds fine, but you should ask your officiant;mine is quite different, though I do have the vows, rings and pronouncement at the end too.

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  • Future_MrsArchila
    Dedicated June 2014
    Future_MrsArchila ·
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    We picked readings and the officiant put everything together. We then reviewed the whole ceremony written out. Talk with your officiant and he/she should be able to find the right places so everything will be smooth. Review written out ceremony-you would hate to get up there and it not sound right!!! Good luck!

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  • Nancy Taussig
    Nancy Taussig ·
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    Your officiant should be able to figure out where to put the readings based on what they are about, i.e., if one is about vows/promises, put it just before the vows.

    A civil ceremony can include everything a traditional/religious ceremony does with the exclusion of prayers, religious readings.

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