Christian Weddings

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Oh that makes more sense! Thanks for clarifying. I was thinking it would be its own event for 25 minutes.

Me and my fiance are doing a sand ceremony, I've heard you can do whatever colors your doing and have white sand put at the base, maybe by your pastor, to represent God as the foundation of your marriage

I am also Christian but we are having a prayer at the beginning and pastor reads a bible verse Genesis 2:24 New International Version (NIV)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Then we do the sand unity.

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My stepdad who is a pastor is our officiate and we aren't incorporating a whole lot since we don't want a long ceremony, but we are doing a first touch with a prayer before the ceremony and the end will conclude with The Lord's Prayer with all of us saying it, including guests. (The ones that know it of course. Not making anyone memorize it lol)

I suppose this may be something you can discuss with your pastor too. For me, having a pastor conduct a Christian wedding ceremony with prayer and verses is Christian as it is. Everything else is just extra according to how you want your ceremony to go, or unless that is how things go in your church.

We're sticking pretty close to the script, with the exception being us adding the ring warming/blessing.

Singing a hymn or gospel song with guest and communion with each other.

So I am a children’s minister and fiancé is studying to be a pastor (Christians) so religion is huge for us. For our guest book we are having people highlight their favorite verses for us to share with our future family. For those who aren’t very religious, it s a journaling bible so they will be able to write in it as well. We are also doing a unity knot, and during that time we will be playing a worship song during that time. During the reception I am not throwing my bouquet so I’ll be giving a flower to all the little girls in attendance praying that they countinue to have God lead them.

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I am having my FMIL day a blessing over the bridesmaids before the ceremony. During the ceremony almost all of the music reference God and our commitment to him and his to us. We are doing the braiding of three cords into a cross to symbolize weaving God unto our marriage. At least my vows are going to reference God in them (we are each writing our own). And at the very beginning we are having both sets of our parents do a hands on blessing with the mentioning of between the two couples there is 100years of Christian marriage.

All of the Christian weddings I went to back in New Zealand had songs sung by everyone, not necessarily hymns however. The programs had the lyrics on them for people not familiar with the songs. I didnt find this disruptive at all. As for the communion I have seen this done where either just the wedding couple participate, and once I saw their wedding party and parents be involved. It doesnt take more than 5 minutes. We will be doing this at our wedding, just for the two of us. You really woulsnt need to add too much else if you already have a Christian pastor officiant as the ceremony would likely include biblical verses and message. As for the foot washing, I have never seen this done, and while I like the meaning behind it I would find it very awkward to watch or do. I wouldnt want to be reaching for the floor in my dress or having the hassles of taking my shoes off. But weddings are very individual, if you can fibd something that has a significance for you both and it fits with your personalities then go for it. Make the ceremony your own and have fun with it.

My FH and I are devoted Christians, we don’t want to see each other before so we aren’t praying before, but this is how our ceremony goes:
Processional
opening statements/reading of mark 10: 6-9 (if I remember correctly the exact verses)
unity cross ceremony
private communion with just him and I, while 2 BMs sing a worship song and lead us in worship.
Vows/ring exchange
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processional