Christian Wedding

Are you having a church wedding with a pastor?

An idea for a guest book is having your guest highlight their favorite verse and sign it.

So I know a majority of my ceremony guests aren't religious. I am Christian and getting married at my church and I'm not devout enough to need a lot of religious items in my ceremony. I asked my officiant to cut out a lot of the religious things from the script he gave me. For instance I know some will opt to do a little sermon or sing hymns or what not. I asked him to read a Bible verse about love and pray (more so a blessing on us than to just make it a long prayer about being thankful to God). I wanted to keep the religious stuff minimal but yet still there

Obviously, it’s your wedding, so you can have any ceremony you & FH want!
If you have a number of non-religious guests or guests from different religions, I would think about not having religious ceremony that is too long, as they might find it boring or hard to relate to.
Providing ceremony programs also might be nice, so that those guests who have no idea what is going on, can still follow the ceremony & find it meaningful.
Friendly advice: term “non-believer” is not the best term for people who are non-religious, as they may believe in other things as strongly as you believe in god.

FH & I are also strong believers and wanted to incorporate our faith into our wedding! We're having a lot of Christian songs at the ceremony. I'm planning on walking down to Reckless Love by Cory Asbury. We have 1 Corinthians 13 aisle signs that we're going to have at the end of the aisles. We have several signs with with scripture on them that we're going to use to decorate the ceremony & reception space. The pastors will read scripture and pray, and we are doing the Lord's Supper as our unity candle alternative.

I think you don't have to worry about anyone else's faith at the ceremony. Most people understand faith as a part of a relationship.
I really like the braids of three unity symbol, it's different, it's symbolic, it's just cool to look at it.
Having some verses about love or ones that you favor as part of the decor would be neat and doubles as home decor later

100% agree with PPs about providing a program. I am having a Catholic wedding with a full nuptial mass. FH's entire family was raised in the Catholic Church, but most of my family and our friends are not Catholic. I think it will help those who are unfamiliar with Mass to know when to sit/stand/kneel and where to find hymns in the hymnal. I've seen some really affordable religious wedding templates on Etsy (~$10) that you can edit and have printed yourself.

I did not really worry about anyone elses faith during our wedding ceremony because it was just that...ours. My friends/family know we are Christian, they saw on the invite that the ceremony was at a Methodist Church, etc. I have friends of all different religious backgrounds, some not religious by any means, but this wedding ceremony was to unite our marriage in our faith. If anyone was offended or didn't feel comfortable they could have skipped the ceremony.

We incorporated a ring blessing into our ceremony where our wedding rings were passed around and blessed by our guests. The blessing could be a prayer or some positive thought depending on the guest's belief system. The pastor also gave a great message about marriage that used Biblical references but it was easily understandable to our non-religious guests.

View Quoted Comment There will be a pastor! We’re still unsure if the ceremony will be in the church or if it will be at the reception location

View Quoted Comment Fair enough!

View Quoted Comment That’s a good idea, thanks!

View Quoted Comment I just went to a wedding with the 3 braids. It looked cool!

View Quoted Comment Sounds lovely. Congratulations to you guys!

View Quoted Comment I’ve thought of doing that!

View Quoted Comment Thanks iva! And thanks for the advice. I wasn’t meaning any offense, just using the term to describe people who believe in something different from Christianity.

My fiance and I are not into religion at all. We threw in one bible verse to appease the grandparents and we're not doing anything else for the religious. In the end, it's your wedding. Do what's important for you.

My FH and I as well have strong faiths. We are getting married in our church. We have a couple present the bible to us, another one presenting the lasso and another one presenting the coins. ALOT of my family does not believe in our Catholic religion so I am 90% positive they will not show up to the ceremony which sucks but its what I have come to terms with. As far as reception even tho we are Christians, we like to have fun so we are having a normal reception/dance.

View Quoted Comment I have to agree. Don't let others stand in the way of your beliefs. Good luck

As an atheist I encourage you to incorporate as much or as little of your faith into your ceremony as you want. I’ve been to many religious weddings that ranged from “God Lite” to full mass and I’ve never had an issue with supporting a friend or family member’s ceremony or beliefs. However I do get a little chuckle out of all of the standing, sitting, and kneeling 😉