Wedding of Cooper Anderson and Lacey Self: October 23, 2021

Prelude

Entrance of Pastor and Groom ***

Seating of Family **

Carolina Anderson- Groom’s Grandma

Marsha Masten- Bride’s Grandma

Seating of Parents**

Pam & Dave Lentz- Mother of Groom & Step-Dad of Groom

Matt Anderson- Father of Groom

Angela Self- Mother of Bride

Processional (Yours by Russell Dickerson):

Bridesmaids and Groomsman

Tyler Guerin/ Alisha Beaumier

Chris Lentz/Kasidy McNeill

Payton Alexander/Kaylee McClimans

Jake Hillsman/Nora Wheatley

Mason Peckman/Michaela Self

Lara Mallett/Ricky Aldaba

Ring Bearers and Flower Girls will process in after the maid of honor / once these are at the front of the church, then they go immediately to sit with their parents.

Ring-bearers

Rhett Mallett

Reid Mallett

Kason Self

Axel Buckley

Flower girls

Henley Mallett

Kyndall Self

Presentation of the Bride (Promise to Love Her by Blane Howard)

The music changes to indicate that the bride is now to process.

Invocation

Friends and family, we are gathered here today before God to celebrate the holy matrimony between Cooper Anderson and Lacey Self. The marriage ceremony is both a solemn and joyous occasion. For it is in this ceremony where two individuals make a vow to each other and, more importantly, before God to blend their dreams, their affections, and their lives. In this way, what was formerly two becomes one. Join me today as we celebrate this union and let us always be an encouragement to them as they make their lives together.

Giving of the Bride

Who gives this woman to be married to this man?

Scripture Reading: Genesis 2:18-25

Genesis 2:18–25 ESV

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Message

Marriage is God’s institution.

Marriage is God’s institution, so it is concrete commitment.

Marriage is God’s institution, so it is complementary companionship.

Marriage is God’s institution, so it is Christ centered.

Exchange of Vows and Rings

Personal Vows/Emergency Vows

Cooper: I vow to you­­­­­­ Lacey before God and these witnesses (repeat), that I will take you to be my lawfully wedded wife (repeat). I promise that I will love you, comfort you, honor you (repeat), and keep you in sickness and in health (repeat). Forsaking all others (repeat), I promise to keep myself entirely for you (repeat) as long as we both shall live (repeat).

Lacey: I vow to you Cooper before God and these witnesses (repeat), that I will take you to be my lawfully wedded husband (repeat). I promise that I will love you, comfort you, honor you (repeat), and keep you in sickness and in health (repeat). Forsaking all others (repeat), I promise to keep myself entirely for you (repeat) as long as we both shall live (repeat).

Ring Vow

Do we have the rings?

Cooper, slide the ring on Lacey’s left ring finger and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed.

Lacey, slide the ring on Cooper’s left ring and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed.

Unity Ceremony and Special by Rob Self

Pastoral Prayer

God’s blessing

Faithfulness

Intimacy

Longevity

Wedding Pronouncement followed by Nuptial Kiss

Cooper & Lacey, according to the vow that you have made here today before God and these witnesses, it is my pleasure to be able to pronounce you as husband and wife. Cooper, you may kiss your bride!!

Bride gets flowers back from maid of honor

Presentation and Introduction of the Couple

It is my honor and my pleasure to be the first to present to you, MR. and MRS. Cooper Anderson.

Recessional (Best Day of My Life by American Authors) of the Wedding Party

Cooper and Lacey immediately recess immediately after the pastor introduces them. Music will begin simultaneously

The wedding Party waits for Cooper and Lacey to reach the back door of the church, then immediately begins their recession, beginning with the best man and maid of honor. Each couple to follow will begin when the couple in front of them reaches the bottom step of the platform.

Recessional of Families (escorted ushers in reverse order as each was escorted into the wedding)

Announcement by Pastor

The wedding ceremony is now concluded, and you are all invited to celebrate at the reception. Please remain seated until the ushers dismiss your row.

Dismissal of Congregation (by ushers row by row)

Postlude

*Ushers and Seating Guests: When guests arrive, meet them at the door of the church asking if they (the guests) were here for the bride or the groom. The usher will offer his arm to the lady involved. The lady’s husband (or companion) will follow the usher escorting the lady to the appropriate pew. All bride guests will be seated on the left side of the church. All groom guests will be seated on the right side of the church. Exceptions can be made if the congregation is visually asymmetrical. Ushers will seat the guests from pew four on back to the final pew. The first pew is left unused, the parents of the bride or groom sit on the second pew, and the third pew is for grandparents and extended family. Ushers will only escort those who need assistance, not everyone to lessen congestion

**Ushers seating Family Members: Ushers will use the appropriate arm to escort grandmothers and/or mothers. If the usher is escorting for the bride’s side of the church, then the usher uses the left arm. If the usher is escorting for the groom’s side, then the usher would use the right arm.