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e22161 · #1 02-26-2009, 01:37 AM

Does anyone have a copy of a wedding program for an Episcopal Wedding they can e-mail me. I am lost!!!!!!!!! I don't know where to start. er_elliman@hotmail.com thank you elizabeth

e22161 · #2 02-26-2009, 01:39 AM

I am trying to get a wedding program for Episcopal ceremony emailed to me. Please help. er_elliman@hotmail.com elizabeth

NovemberGal · #3 02-26-2009, 04:29 AM

I'm Episcopalian, and was married in an Episcopal church wedding. I can email you my wedding program, but if what you're really looking for is the Episcopal marriage service, you can find it in the Book of Common Prayer. I'm sorry, I'm not up for typing it out, but I can scan it at work tomorrow and email it to you.

The main thing to note is that if you want to be married in an Episcopal service, you are required to use the exact Episcopal vows from the current edition of the BCP. Other parts of the service are more flexible in the wording. We worked with the priest who married us to craft the service we wanted, taking prayers from other sources (including a New Zealand prayer book) to use in the required parts of the service. I believe the Episcopal church requires that you have premarital counseling (it isn't really counseling, actually--more like guided conversations) with your priest. Ours did; but that may have been a church specific requirement; I'm pretty sure it's a general requirement, however.