Wording for reception/commitment ceremony b/f destination wedding
We are having a destination wedding where we will get married on a Tuesday. We want to have a reception/commitment ceremony before we leave. How do you word an invitation for that. We will have my two little girls sprinkle flowers and we will get up and talk " about our families support, our commitment to each other ect..." all of this without an officiant. Any ideas also on how this ceremony, but not ceremony should go. Thanks
I think it's lovely that you're having friends/family with you in kind of a "send off reception" as you depart for your wedding ceremony at a destination. Perhaps you could call your pre-party a "send off reception" and invite family and friends to join you to "toast your commitment" to each other. During this toast, your girls could open the moment by giving all guests a flower...and then each of you will share you commitment, words of love and joy with each other and your family/guests. Also, you may want to include special words to your children. Happoy wedding day to you both! Annemarie Juhlian, Wedding Officiant & Minister
What a thoughtful heartwarming idea! To the flowers suggested by AnnMarie, you could attach personal notes for your closest family members and friends, telling them how much they mean to you, thanking them for their contribution to your lives. The notes can be rolled up like scrolls and tied onto the flower with a ribbon. You can have a basket somewhere at the reception with colored markets with a message displayed asking each guest to please send you off with a good wish for your life to come by writing and/or drawing a message. That sends you off with a shower of blessings! At the reception, you could create a picture book or storyboard of your relationship. DO do something special for your girls. You can present them with a special gift, inscribed rings, pendents, bracelets or lockets. Speak to them pubically...from your heart, then hug them. They will never forget it. For the sake of your guests, you can face one another and read a statement of love. This will have them all weeping. It can be touching, serious, informal, funny....or all of the above.
At the end of your committment ceremony or at the end of the reception, you can have them all pop streamers and invite them to shout "Bon Voyage".
Wording for reception/commitment ceremony b/f destination wedding
