Too many guests for a ring blessing?

My cousin did it at her wedding and she just had the bridal party and family in the first row pass them around. It took maybe 2 mins for them to be passed.

Yes! OK so I totally did this at my wedding. We did a "ring warming" table at the entrance to the ceremony space. I put a note on my wedding website explaining what a ring warming was so anyone who actually looked at my wedding website would be prepared and maybe pass along by word of mouth, but also had framed instructions on the table. I used an ornament hook and ribbon to hang the rings. When people trickle into the ceremony space they can stop and warm your rings before the ceremony so you don't have to worry about taking the time during the actual ceremony for everyone to bless them.

Also, because I'm sure someone will ask, we had one of our DOC team stand near the table to explain the ring warming and to keep an eye on the rings.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for this! I never thought of having the rings in the ceremony space beforehand!

Totally it should only add 45 minutes or so to the ceremony. I would love to sit there and watch that. Let us know how it goes.

I wouldn't to do this because my ring would get dirty.

I don't want my rings out of my/or bridal parties watch.

I wouldn't want to wait.

If you do this, maybe only do with it bridal party and parents?

I would only do this for a small wedding of 10 to 15 people max. I wouldn't do it though because I feel I would need to sanitize my ring before putting it on 😂

Is that a thing?

View Quoted Comment Super long ceremonies are my favorite! I am definitely not thinking about food the whole time.

View Quoted Comment You know, I've always wanted a super long ceremony that I wanted to stand through so I'm glad you guys are on board in positively supporting me in this decision. What a friendly community!

(But really, thank you.)

Absolutely your guests definitely want to bless your ring why wouldn’t they?! Especially 140 people, they are so excited that you’re including them in your day and want to have all the extra time to bless those rings!!!!!!!!! Sunshine & rainbows

I would keep it simple with maybe the family on both sides that are sitting on the front row or just your parents.

I'd do bridal party only or a rock warming ceremony.

Same idea, but you use rocks instead of your rings, then you can display them in your home. We did that, and had a rock on each seat, took the 60 seconds for the "blessing" and then the guests dropped them in our container on the way out of the ceremony.

We had a lot of compliments on it

Each person should take their time holding the rings to say a prayer shouldn't they? And the photag could go around to each guest so they can get a picture with your rings! That would be really nice

I would MUCH rather eat my food cold tbqh

I like the idea of selecting a smaller group of people to do it as it will not take as much time as having everyone do the blessing. More importantly though I love that you are open to sarcasm and criticism. #old_WW

Ok...but germs though? I would be afraid to put on my ring until I sanitize it because I'd only envision someone wiping their nose and then touching my ring.

Yes, that sounds too long...perhaps parents and grandparents only?

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I love this idea! I've been trying to figure out a way to do this at my wedding, and this sounds perfect!

I agree with just having the bridal party, and a few select individuals do it. This would take way too much time, and as a guest I would probably get bored after a few minutes.