So yesterday, I decided to review her suggestions and started taking mental notes. The question that came to mind is do we make this a religious ceremony or refrain from it? I had to ask this question because we chose to have our ceremony outside of a church due to my FI's personal feelings about churches and religion in general.
My FI is a true believer in God but is skeptical of the intentions of churches and religions and is not content with their "business" mentality. I have to say that I agree with him on a lot of what he believes. He has been a part of different churches and has seen all sides of them and I have only been involved with one Catholic church in my hometown. I tried a few other Catholic churches (like out by my College) and despised going there for I didn't feel welcomed and they never gave me the good vibes I get from my home church. Just too uptight for me.
Anywho, in reviewing the agenda I noticed that really the only thing religious about her suggestions are the officiant's prayer, the readings, and the wine ceremony (the replacement of communion). I chatted it up with Mr. Roddy and it seems we will be leaning more towards leaving the religious segments in the ceremony. Mr. Roddy himself (my FI not my future FIL) will go through his favorite verses in the Bible and pick out 2 of them for our Mothers to read. All of this has really got me excited with only 99 days to go =)...
So here is a peek at the mock-up ceremony agenda:
Ceremony
- Prelude
- Processional
- Prayer by Pastor
- Readings
- Gathering words
- The Ceremony
- Exchange of vows and exchange of rings
- Announcement of marriage
- Lighting of Unity Candles
- Closing Prayer
- Wine Ceremony
- Bride and Groom thanks family and friends for their love and support.
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