Order of service - yes or no?

Yes! I definitely think so - even for a civil ceremony. Definitely for church if you are having hymns - you can print the words in.

I think that OOS are a great introduction to the celebration - we are putting in the words to the readings too & more about what is coming up for the rest of the day - timings of photos, directions to the reception venue etc.

That said if you don't want them don't have them! The guests can use the hymn books instead.

What Amethyst said ... we didn't even have a legal ceremony in this country as we got wed abroad, but did an order of 'day' for our humanist celebration with family/friends in the UK - which was more an ice breaker for guests, lots of info about the day, the key people (our celebrant, piper, drummer, tog etc), key timings etc - just a nice little keepsake for folk.

But no, they're aren't a given these days although all the weddings I've been to (church or otherwise) have had them.... so its all down to personal choice!

You can do them very simply to keep costs down too ....

Yes i think they are a necessity! They give some structure to the service, but also make the guests feel more involved and in the loop if you see what i mean!

We printed our own to keep costs down as Mrs snow patroller said, it took a bit of patience and faffing, but it's worth it!

Thanks for the advice ?

Got a while to decide yet - but it's nice to have your opinions

Cheers ladies!

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Ugh, i was hoping for a few no's! I am also struggling with this, we are on a super tight budget, and its an expense we could do without. When I think of all the weddings I have attended, I'm sure they all had them, but I think they are a little wasteful as a lot of them just get left behind after the ceremony. Just noticed the date on this chat... 2009! wowzer! Yeah those order of service things are so 2009! That's it! its a NO! I'm not doing it! There I've said it!

Im not doing them im not having a church wedding though, so no hymns