Reading: The Rehearsal (The Video Slides)

The Rehearsal
by Henry Reyenga

Things to Talk About Before the Rehearsal

Who is in Charge?

Are there parents or relatives or friends who may try to take control in a way that is undesirable?

What is the game plan?

Things to Talk About Before the Rehearsal

Things to Talk about when meeting with the Bride and Groom: TIME

• Time to gather

• Time to start

• Time to end

Preparing

Wedding Coordinator

Who is in charge? Clarify this.

Suggestions

• Develop Volunteers

• Meet with the Wedding Helpers

Getting to the Wedding Place

• Meet the Staff and Be Very Respectful

• Get familiar with the sound system situations

• Talk to the Photographers and Videographers and clarify expectations

Gather the Bride and Groom

Go over with them in 2 minutes what is going to happen at the rehearsal.

Let them know that they are going to introduce everyone before you get started.

Answer any questions

Gather Everyone

Welcome

Prayer

Introductions

Expectations

The Actual Rehearsal

Place everyone in Position One First

Put tape down where everyone is going to stand

Ask the Bride to approve the Position One placements

Have the Wedding party now go to the back and line up

1.  Seating of the Grandparents
2.  Seating of the Parents except the Father of the Bride
3. Mother’s practice lighting the unity candle

Have the wedding party go to the back and line up

   4. The Groom and the Pastor walk into place

   5. The Groomsmen and the Bridesmaids processional into position one

   6. The Flower Girl(s) and Ring Bearer Practice (talk about the white carpet here)

Have the Wedding party now go to the back and line up

    7. The Music Starts: The Bride’s Mother usually stands and turns around to signal everyone else.

    8.Bride starts walking with her father

    9.The Bride and her father processional even with the mothers

The Ceremony

• Giving of the Bride

• Position Two: The Bridesmaids and Groomsmen go to their position two or stay where they are at)

• invocation and purpose of marriage

• declaration of intent

• EXCHANGE OF vows

• EXCHANGE OF rings

• Lighting of the Unity Candle

• SCRIPTURE READING

• MESSAGE -

• DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE

• PRESENTATION OF GROOM & BRIDE

• RECESSIONAL