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Wedding Program
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The events of your wedding (especially if you are having an interfaith
wedding) need to be carefully planned. A wedding program will
allow your guests to follow along with any unfamiliar rituals
that you have decided to include in the ceremony. The ushers can
hand out the programs as they are guiding your guests to their
seats. Or if you are looking for a way to include children in
your wedding, have them hand them to your guests as they arrive.
If you want, you can just place them on the chairs or in the pews.
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There are basically four parts to a wedding program. The first
section includes the bride's name, groom's name, date and day,
time, ceremony location, city and state.
This second section outlines segments such as: prelude, processional,
solo, invocation, readings, marriage ceremony, lighting of the
unity candle, recessional, etc.
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You can also include music titles with composer, scripture passages
with readers, words for short congregational prayers and any special
notations you may have.
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Usually there is not enough room to include the entire songs
or readings. If they are not listed in the prayer books, you can
print them on the backside of the wedding program.
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The third section lists the participants in the wedding. You
can list the participants under separate headings (such as "Maid
of Honor", "Best Man", etc.) or you can list everyone under the
same heading (such as: "Wedding Participants"). Remember to use
proper names. Use titles such as Mrs., Ms. or Miss. Do not use
nicknames.
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In the last section you can write your special thanks to all
your guests. You can include a special thank-you message to your
guests who have traveled long distances to be with you on your
special day. You can also honor a deceased relative or friend.
Instead of a personal message, you can have a special prayer or
poem for your guests. This will make a nice keepsake. In this
section you can also include any necessary information for your
guests (such as information regarding the reception).
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You may have your wedding program printed by the business you
ordered your invitations through or you may decide to print your
own. Many office supply stores have specialty paper you can use.
Some even have special wedding paper. When ordering or making
your own wedding program, make sure that you save a few extra
copies for yourself. It will make a nice keepsake for your scrapbook.
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