Wedding Ceremony & Reception Protocol

SEATING DURING CEREMONY

Advice from Local Bride
(Left Side) (Right Side)
Brides’s Family Groom’s Family
Honored Guests Honored Guests
Guests Guests
Altar

CHRISTIAN PROCESSIONAL

Clergyman

Groom and Best Man

Groomsmen

Bridesmaids

Maid of Honor

Ring bearer

Flower girl

Bride’s Father & Bride

For Recessional – order reverses with Bride & Groom leaving first.

JEWISH PROCESSIONAL

Cantor Rabbi
Bride’s Grandfather Bride’s Grandmother
Groom’s Grandfather Groom’s Grandmother
Usher
Groomsmen
Best Man
Groom’s Father Groom Groom’s Mother
Bridesmaidas
Maid of Honor
Bride’s Father Bride Bride’s Mother

RECEIVING LINE (OPTIONAL*)

Bride’s Mother Bride’s Father Groom’s Mother Groom’s Father Bride Groom Maid of Honor Best Man Attendants

*Keep in mind that many of today’s brides are eliminating the receiving line. If you are expecting a large number of guests, receiving lines can take up to an hour to go through and this becomes very tiring on everyone. You can also simplify the receiving line to include only the mothers of the bride and groom, the bride and groom, the maid of honor and bridesmaids. Let the fathers and groomsmen be roving hosts!


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