Wedding Ceremony Programmes

The wedding ceremony programme is a guide that will inform your guests on how the wedding is to be performed. It contains no religious references and is therefore perfect for civil ceremonies. If you are thinking of preparing your own, then take note

The other day we spoke about missals for religious ceremonies.  For civil ceremonies, there is what is called a wedding ceremony programme so that nobody misses a single detail of what is going to happen on your big day.

Here we tell you what they contain and also give a few suggestions:

• The programmes are usually in a book form, or a type of leaflet that has been folded in half or more times.  You could be original and make it into a pai-pai or a fan so that your guests can use it during the whole day.
• In addition to the names of the bride and groom, the judge or officiant of the ceremony, you could also include the names of the parents or the best man and head bridesmaid, or the witness. Also, if you were to have any, include the names of the bridesmaids and pages.
• Guide your guests through the whole day as if they were taking a walk, tell them when they are going to eat or dance.
• You are certainly going to play music at your wedding, so you can also include the name of each piece in the order that they are to be played.
• In the case of the reading of a special text, or someone singing a song, put it in the programme so that the guest can participate.
• As a final touch, we suggest that you add a few words of thanks to your guests for their attendance and company on this happy day.
  

In order to distribute the programmes, you can entrust it to your family to give them out at the entrance of the church or friends, leave them on the chairs or even in some baskets at the entrance to the church.