5 Weddings

Several months ago I was sort of commenting to God about how I had only one wedding last year and I wouldn't mind if I could get a few more than that this year... Well, God heard and answered. So far, I've had a total of 8 weddings scheduled for this calendar year, including 1 that was not from the church but just a friend who hired me to direct the wedding of her sister at her father's house. Five of those weddings were all in a row. I've never had two in the same month I don't think, much less 5 in a row! I thought it would be fun to document those.....

Wedding #1: May 21

This wedding was a first for me in many ways - my first job not related to the church. My first outdoor wedding. The location was just beautiful:

This is the backyard of the father of the bride. There were several meaningful things. The couple got married under the arch that the bride's parents were married under. On the left in the picture below is a candle that was lit in memory of the mother of the bride, lit by the the father and sister before the ceremony started. On the right, a sand ceremony that the bride, groom and the bride's children participated in.

The Groom then presented the bride's two girls with rings as he joined their family. It was very sweet and the girls were very surprised.

Wedding #2: May 28 (Photos for this wedding provided by Jeff Tesney Photography)

This wedding was unique in that the couple told me from the beginning that they wanted to involve the wedding guests through corporate worship. As they lit the unity candle, our Worship Pastor led us in the song "Take My Life and Let It Be". It was truly a worshipful moment and I could sense the Holy Spirit's presence - so much so that I forgot to text the caterer when the wedding was over!


Other Unique Elements: The unity candle was a floating candle, which I had never seen before. It's was beautiful! Unfortunately it only came with 6" tapers and by the time we got to that part of the ceremony, the candles had burned down so far that they only had little nubs left to light the unity candle with. But they handled it well. Live and learn.

During the reception, one of the bridesmaids performed an interpretive dance.

Wedding #3: June 4

This bride is a member of our church's orchestra so she had asked a trio of trumpet players to perform at the wedding for the processional and recessional. That was really fabulous! Plus it was fun because I knew one of the bridesmaids and all the trumpet players. :-)

This wedding, like the previous, had their reception at the church. That's a little unusual these days. Our church has an in-house caterer that does all the weddings and events and it's been good working with Chef Jim. At this wedding we FINALLY figured out the best way to set up the fellowship hall for receptions. Yea!

Wedding #4: June 11

This was a fun wedding because the groom was the son of our Worship Pastor and while I didn't meet the couple until we started working together, I knew his parents and several members of the wedding party. But what made this wedding truly memorable to me was the bride. She has an amazing bubbly personality and was so emotional on her wedding day. She was in tears as she walked down the aisle. And when the groom began to recite his vows, she was so excited she couldn't contain herself and was bouncing up and down and laughing! Talk about joy!

Unique Elements: The father of the groom performed the ceremony - that was very emotional and touching. The couple performed a foot washing during the wedding. And they used a custom made aisle runner, shown below.


Wedding #5: June 18
I have to admit by the time this wedding rolled around I was getting rather tired and was very thankful that this wedding was NOT having their reception at the church. :-) The families were SO sweet and the bride was just stunning.

Unique elements: The flower girl's dress had a train. The guest book was a book with pictures from the brides photo session: