Untitled Sermon

ORDER OF SERVICE:

PRICE/ SAUNDERS WEDDING

@

ARVADA BAPTIST CHURCH

DATE: 07/03/2026 TIME: 3:00 PM

1. PRELUDE: (by Lisa Glazier)

2. USHERS SEAT GUESTS AS THEY ARRIVE

3. WELCOME, SCRIPTURE, AND PRAYER (by Pastor Coon)

(1 Corinthians 13:4-8a NKJV)

4. SEATING OF GRANDMOTHERS(by Layne (Nana) & Ben (Grandma Price))

5. SEATING OF MOTHER (by Ben – Mr. Price following behind)

6. ENTER GROOM & GROOMSMEN & PASTORS

7. PROCESSIONAL: Enter Bridesmaids

8. MOTHERS LIGHT UNITY CANDLE TAPERS

9. AISLE RUNNER (by Nathaniel and Joshua Glazier)

10. BRIDAL MARCH: (Enter Bride and Father) (audience stands)

**SEAT AUDIENCE (Papa)

11. QUESTION: “WHO GIVES THIS WOMAN TO BE MARRIED TO THIS MAN?”(Father responds: “her mother and I”)

12. PASTORAL PRAYER & SCRIPTURE READING: (by Pastor Layne Saunders) (Numbers 6:22-26 and Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJV)

**Bride and Groom unite, arm in arm, then move into position on the platform

13. SPECIAL MUSIC: (title: “The Prayer”)

(musician: Laura Saunders)

14. SCRIPTURE READING AND MESSAGE: (Pastor: Papa)

DEARLY BELOVED, WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER HERE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, AND IN THE FACE OF THIS COMPANY, TO JOIN TOGETHER THIS MAN AND THIS WOMAN IN HOLY MATRIMONY: WHICH IS AN HONORABLE ESTATE, INSTITUTED OF GOD, SIGNIFYING UNTO US THE SUPERNATURAL UNION THAT IS BETWEEN CHRIST AND HIS CHURCH: THIS HOLY ESTATE CHRIST ADORNED AND BEAUTIFIED WITH HIS PRESENCE AND FIRST MIRACLE IN CANA OF GALILEE, AND IS COMMENDED OF THE APOSTLE PAUL TO BE HONORABLE AMONG ALL MEN: AND THEREFORE IS NOT BY ANY TO BE ENTERED INTO UNADVISEDLY OR LIGHTLY, BUT:

Ø REVERENTLY

Ø DISCREETLY

Ø ADVISEDLY

Ø SOBERLY AND IN THE FEAR OF GOD

*INTO THIS HOLY ESTATE, THESE TWO PERSONS COME NOW TO BE JOINED.

-SCRIPTURE READING:

-MESSAGE

15. EXCHANGE OF VOWS: (Papa)

Ben, will you have this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together after God’s ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, trust her, honor, and keep her – in sickness and in health: and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her, so long as you both shall live?

Answer: “I Will”

Aria, will you have this man to be your wedded husband, and to live together after God’s ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, trust him, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health: and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, so long as you both shall live?

Answer: “I Will”

Ben, will you repeat after me the following words?

I, Ben...

Take you, Aria...

To be my wedded wife….

To have and to hold…

From this day forward…

For Better, For Worse…

For Richer, For Poorer…

In sickness and in health…

To love and cherish…

‘Til death do us part…

Aria, will you repeat after me the following words?

I, Aria…

Take you, Ben…

To be my wedded husband…

To have and to hold…

From this day forward…

For Better, For Worse…

For Richer, For Poorer…

In sickness and in health…

To love, cherish, and obey…

‘Til death do us part…

16. Music, Lighting of Unity Candle, Prayer with Parents…… (Special Music (by Siblings Choir): “The Doxology” )

17. RING CEREMONY: (by Pastor Layne Saunders)

Ben, as you give this ring to Aria, you are saying, “Aria, I love you with a love as beautiful and as never ending as this ring.”

Ben, would you repeat these words after me?

            “As a pledge and in token…

            Of the vows between us made…

            With this ring I thee wed…”

Aria, as you give this ring to Ben, you are saying, “Ben, I love you with a love as beautiful and as never ending as this ring.”

Aria, would you repeat these words after me?

            “As a pledge and in token…

            Of the vows between us made,…

            With this ring I thee wed…”

18. “By the power vested in me… I now pronounce you husband and wife” (by Pastor Layne Saunders)

19. KISS

20. “WHAT GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER…” (by Pastor Layne Saunders)

21. INTRODUCTION: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM HAPPY TO BE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE:

MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN PAUL PRICE!

(by Pastor Layne Saunders)

22. RECESSIONAL: Hornpipe from Water Music (pre-recorded)

23. INVITATION TO RECEPTION (by Pastor Layne Saunders)

24. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FAMILY AND BRIDAL PARTY PICTURES (by Pastor Layne Saunders)