Wedding Ceremony Checklist
All your efforts planning and organizing your wedding evolve around this most special moment, the wedding ceremony, the time when you declare your love to each other and actually become husband and wife. Whether religious or not you can instill spirituality in the way you arrange everything for the moment when you say “Yes, I do”.
In order to help you take everything into account for the ceremony of your wedding, have a look at the checklist below with the things you don’t want to miss.
Don’t feel overwhelmed by all the ideas pointed out here. Just pick the ones that best suit your dream wedding.
- Set a budget
- Start about 9-12 months in advance
- Choose church or other venue for ceremony
- Check fee / gratuity for officient or clergy and site
- Documents needed for the conduction of ceremony
- Choose ceremony program
- Select best man, maid of honor, brides maids, grooms men, or “witnesses”
- Organize organist/music, groom/parents/bridal party and bride entrances
- Choose readings / prayers
- Choose vows or come up with your own
- Choose decoration (altar, pew bows, flowers, candles, archway…)
- Choose lighting
- Organize unity candle
- Organize rings, ring pillow and ringbearer
- Organize flower girl basket
- Organize pen for signing marriage license
- Organize chairs and table for ceremony if necessary
- Think about the distribution of people (especially of family members)
- Organize photographer / videographer
- Organize car / limousine
- Check / organize parking possibilities for guests
- Rehearsal a few days before with bridal party
Tip #1: If you wish to have a non-religous ceremony but don’t want to be necessarily married by a clerk at a courthouse, there are several options for you. See this website for more information.
If you liked this checklist, take a look at our most dateiled and complete wedding timeline checklist.
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