Ring Warming Ceremony

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I have only seen it done once and I wasn't a fan. It's a nice idea I guess, but the rings didn't make it to me (they only made it about halfway) by the end so someone had to go get them.

Melissa Erin - do you remember how big the wedding was?

I was thinking about doing this and my thought was to maybe just pass the rings to close family and not everyone. I've never seen it done, though.

I saw this done once (I think its the same thing), where the brides had their rings tied to a hook by the entrance. As guests arrived to the ceremony space, they were to stop and bless/warm/good juju the rings as they entered. FH and I didn't see it, so we didn't partake.

I've never heard of such. This is interesting...

We do this all the time. I send the rings right after I welcome the guests, and we appoint a ring wrangler to follow them around. I don't stop talking; they go through the crowd as I move through the ceremony.

If you have a reasonable length ceremony, they should be back in time.

I think we're doing this in lieu of some sort of unity ceremony. We're only having less than 20 guests and since we're doing the ceremony on the top of a mountain, I don't want to have to transport props for a sand/painting/glass/whatever up the gondola. I think it's a beautiful idea!

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FH is in NA and that is part of the medallion ceremony when someone picks up their 1 year (or any years sober) and they pass the medallion and bless it.

I was wanted to incorporate that in our ceremony by using our rings... we are having about 80 to 100 people so I don't think we will be able to pass around...so I was thinking of having them when people first walk in... not sure

I need to go through and time my ceremony and see how long the whole thing is. And also how much time there is for the ring warming to actually happen. I currently have it early in the ceremony. But it's not the very first thing there are the welcoming of guests/gathering words and then rememberences. I felt that rememberences of loved ones was a natural flow into the ring warming (i.e. involving the friends & family present) I'm trying to roughly time 5 sec per person.

I can tell you that this gives me the creeps. I would be uncomfortable touching a ring that every other guest touched. This isn't to say you shouldnt do it but just food for thought.

My best friend's wedding had this! It was very sweet. She only had about 50 people for the ceremony (with another 100 or so joining for the reception). If it's a small ceremony I think it's a very nice touch.

She did not include the bridal party.

If it grosses people out, they can pass the dish without touching the rings. And I'm glad to hear this was successful at your friends wedding! We'll have about 20 more people. Do you remember about how long it took?

We just did one!

Tell me a out it kimmyinjapan !! How many people did you have,how did it work? How long did it take?

Following! I had seen this idea somewhere before I was engaged and completely forgot about it. I like the idea of having them set out with somebody before the ceremony so everybody has a chance to do it

We had our officiant announce it and explain it before they made their way around. They made it back up before the ring exchange and it went well. We had a groomsman start it and a bridesmaid watch them, just in case they got lost. It ended up being really beautiful

How early in the ceremony did it start kimmyinjapan?

Perhaps just pass them along the first and second rows (closest relatives).

It wasn't meant to be a ring warming, but was at one beach wedding I officiated. When I turned to the Best Man for the rings, he patted his pockets and looked alarmed. He turned to the next groomsman who patted his pockets and looked alarmed. And so on down the line of about 7 groomsmen! The last one in line had the rings and passed them up the line -- all while the bride looked panic-stricken! I was not 'in' on it and I'm not sure the groom was either.