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Wedding Program
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Photo by
Daniel Doke
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Wedding
programs are a nice way to outline the events of your
wedding (especially if you are having an interfaith
wedding). It
will allow your guests to follow along with any unfamiliar
rituals that you have decided to include in the ceremony.
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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 four parts to a wedding program:
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1.
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Program Title
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2.
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Order of Service
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3.
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Participants
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4.
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Special Note
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The first section,
the Program Title, includes the bride's name, groom's
name, date and day, time, ceremony location, city and state.
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Order of Service
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This section outlines segments such as: prelude, processional, solo, invocation, readings, marriage
ceremony, lighting of the unity candle, recessional, etc. You can also include music titles with composer, scripture
passages with readers, words for short congregational prayers and
any special notations you may have. 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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