I need program help! Interfaith brides? Anyone? Anyone? :)

Working on the 'Program Project' now and it's sucking the happy bride-to-be energy right outta me... When I met with the Priest who's co-officiating he gave me a quick (and I mean quick, as if I'd done this before, hehe) run-down of the order of the ceremony (this is a Jewish/Catholic wedding). Does anyone know if this is right? Can anyone give me the order of your ceremony? (Prelude, Processional) 1. Greeting 2. Blessing over the Wine (too soon?) 3. First Reading (still working on this!! advice?) 4. Exchange of Vows 5. Exchange of Rings 6. Second Reading (Corinthians 12:31-13:8a) 7. Lighting of Unity Candle (Ave Maria maybe?) 8. Blessing of Aaron (not sure what this is - eek) 9. Breaking the Glass Recessional... When do 'The Jewish Seven Wedding Blessings' come in? And 'Remembering Those Who Have Died'? We're having a memorial candle for our dads and my brother. Am I missing something? Any help would really be appreciated! I want to finish the program in draft form by next week and send it to the Priest and Rabbi for their 'approval'. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! :)

I need program help! Interfaith brides? Anyone? Anyone? :)

Our is close to that-we are not doing the Jewish part of the ceremony because we are not making it 'religous' because my family is Lutheran and his family is Jewish. But here is our order: Opening Prayer Opening Greeting Vows Reading One Unity Candle Flower Ceremony Ring Ceremony Reading Two Prounouncement of Marraige

I need program help! Interfaith brides? Anyone? Anyone? :)

We just went to a Jewish wedding last month and I saved their program. In it the 7 blessings are done right before the breaking of the glass. I would also put the remembrance's either before or after one of the readings. Hope this helps. :)

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Hi! THe blessing of the wine came after both readings in our ceremony. Are you doing a Ketubah? It is a jewish wedding document/certificate, traditional document that 'protects' the bride by listing in some fashion the husbands responsibilities. THe rabbi will explain the history behind the document, then hand it to the future hubby to hand to you. This is also done b4 the wine. For the Unity candle, the priest made an annoucment to the gathering that we were lighting it as a symbol of 2 lives becomine one, two different backgrounds melding into one, and also in rememberance of those who could not be there to join us on our day especially: my mom and dad. There really is no time to play music for the candle lighting since it happens within a minute or two. Hope I covered it all. Good luck!

Thanks so much, ladies!! Phyl...

We chose a Ketubah, and now FI isn't sure we *need* it. Soooo, I'm leaving it up to him to decide. I gave him 2 more weeks so we don't order it to late! Thanks again!

Interfaith program outline

Here the outline of my interfaith (Jewish/Catholic) wedding ceremony: 1) Opening statement and welcome greeting by rabbi and priest. This is also where the priest said a few words and did a moment of silence for those no longer with us. 2)Bible reading. for our two readings we had the priest read one from the new test and the rabbi read one from the old. 3)Vows (rabbi) 4) ring ceremony (priest) 5) blessing of the wine (rabbi) 6) unity candle (priest) 7) pronouncement 8) the seven wedding blessings (rabbi said them in Hebrew and priest repeated them in english) 9) final blessing/closing remarks 10) breaking of the glass To the best of my memory this is a pretty accurate order of my ceremony. It may look long but it wasn't. I worked so long on my program,I will never forget how stressed it got me (more than any other aspect of the planning). Please feel free to ask any other questions an interfaith ceremony!

Interfaith program outline - Questions...

Could you tell me what readings you used? We`re trying to decide on a 2nd reading. We already chose the infamous Corinthians... Also, did you have any music during the ceremony (Unity Candle Lighting?). Thanks so much!! :)

Interfaith program outline - Questions...

We also used Corinthians. I was also unsure of the second reading. I changed my mind a few times between different readings, poems, etc. It ended up with my Rabbi doing a reading the day of and I actually can't remember (very pathetic, I know) which one he read. My husband doesn't remember either. I'll ask a friend or family member but I might just have to wait to see the video?? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful with this one. As far a the unity candle our moms light the tapers for us and we didn't play any music. I don't think we were missing it either. There wasn't any music played during the ceremony. But you should be very excited. When I walked into the cocktail hour no one could get over how beautiful our interfaith ceremony was! Although hard at times for obvious reasons I had a great time planning the ceremony and it turned out better than I could have EVER imagined. GOOD LUCK and let me know how it all turns out!!

Ketubah

It is a nice touch....and you really dont need to go out an buy one. The rabbi who officiated brought one with him. We are still working on getting it framed and displayed!

I need program help! Interfaith brides? Anyone? Anyone? :)

hey i saw your dilemma and iiwill be in the same position soon.... that is if I ever find a place to have my wedding ceremony... if you don't mind me asking... where are you having your ceremony??

My ceremony is at my reception hall - Coral House *NM*