WEDDING CEREMONY PROGRAM

(COCO and RACHEL)

I. Prelude
Music : PACHELBEL’S CANON IN D (INSTRUMENTAL)(Full Band)

II. Processional
Entourage: TAGPUAN (Rachel Joy Corquera and Ruth Avestruz)
Pastor
Pastor Assistant
Parents of the Groom
Bestman
Groom
Principal Sponsors
Candle Sposors
Veil Sponsors
Cord Sponsors
Bridesmaids and Groomsmen
Ring Bearer
Coin Bearer
Bible Bearer
Flower Girls
Maid of Honor
Matron of Honor
Wedding Signages
Bridal March: YOU FIRST BELIEVE (Ruth Avestruz)
Little Bride
Parents of the Bride (Walks halfway and wait for the Bride.)
Bride

III Praise and Worship

Touch the sky (Jahaziel Lipata, Jho Macaya, Aira Sy)
What a beautiful name (Ruth Avestruz, Jahaziel Lipata, Jho Macaya)

III Minister’s Introduction (No music)

Pastor VINCENT: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here this afternoon to celebrate a
commitment of love, a commitment (COCO and RACHEL) believe, is the leading of the
Holy Spirit.
IV Opening Prayer / Scripture Reading

Pastor VINCENT: Who brings this woman to be married to this man?

Father of the Bride: Her mother and I!

Prayer by Pastor VINCENT: Let us pray, Heavenly Father, we thank you for this
wonderful day; and for the presence of the Holy Spirit during this ceremony. We thank
you for what this moment represents, and for what shall transpire as (JO EPHRAIM
LOPEZ and RACHEL ANNE DIAMANTE) commit their lives to each other. I thank you
that Jesus shall be exalted and that every person here will not only witness Your power
and love, at work in (COCO and RACHEL) lives, but that each one present will realize
Jesus’ love and commitment to the Church.

Emcee: Please remain standing for the reading of the Holy Scriptures.

Scripture Reading: (PASTOR MARLON ALBO)

This reading is from the book of Genesis 2:18-24

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable
for him.” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the
birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and
whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.20 So the man gave
names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam [a]
no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep
sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[b] and then closed up
the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[c] he had taken
out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be

called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and
is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Emcee: Please be seated

V. Wedding Address: Pastor (preaching 25mins ) (Evangelistic Approach)

VI Exchange of Vows
Pastor VINCENT: As your hearts are joined together in love, will you please join your
right hands.

(COCO), do you solemnly promise before God and these witnesses, that you will love
(RACHEL), respect her, comfort her, and honor her all the days of your life?

Groom: I do.

Pastor VINCENT: (RACHEL), do you solemnly promise before God and these
witnesses, that you will love (COCO), respect him, comfort him, and honor him all the
days of your life?

Bride: I do.

Pastor VINCENT: Do you COCO, take RACHEL to be your wife, to have and to hold,
from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health, to cherish with devoted love and faithfulness till death do you part?

Groom: I do.

Pastor VINCENT: Do you RACHEL, take COCO to be your husband, to have and to
hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in
health, to cherish with devoted love and faithfulness till death do you part?

Bride: I do.

VII Personal Vows

Pastor VINCENT: You may now share your personal vows with each other.

Groom: (say vow to bride)

Bride: (say vow to groom)

VIII Ring Ceremony

Pastor VINCENT: May we have the rings please. (ring bearer gives rings EMMANUEL
JOHN MONTOJO)
Pastor VINCENT: The rings are symbols of the covenant that groom and bride are
entering into and establishing this day.

These rings are never ending circles, indicating the continuing and eternal love of
God with which you are to love one another. These rings are made of precious metal
(gold), one that is not easily tarnished. This represents how valuable and precious your
marriage covenant is in God’s sight.

Bless, O Lord, these rings that the one who gives it and the one who wears it may
live in your peace and continue in your favor, all the days of their life through Jesus
Christ our Lord, Amen.

Groom: I, COCO take you, RACHEL, to be my 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
to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's Holy Law, in the presence of God I
make this vow.

BRIDE: I, RACHEL take you, COCO, to be my 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
and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's Holy Law, in the presence of
God I make this vow.

IX Coin Ceremony (Coin bearer gives the coins to groom KYSLER AKIHIRO
UNTALAN)

Groom: RACHEL, I give you these coins as a pledge of my dedication to your welfare
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

X Veil & Cord Ceremony

Song: I Do Cherish you (Ruth Avestruz and Rowena Busilacan)

Emcee: May we call on the veil sponsors to place the veil on the couple
- AARON TIAMSON and ELBETHEL MONTOJO.

(Sponsors place veil on COCO's right shoulder and over RACHEL's veil )

By placing the veil over the head of the woman and on the shoulder of the man, we
are affirming the Biblical principle of headship of the man. As we read in the passage,
the woman was taken from the man’s side. Not from his head to rule the man, not from
his feet to be trampled upon by him, but by his side, to be a help and support to him;
from under his arms to be protected by him; and near his heart to be loved and
cherished by him.

Emcee: May we call on the cord sponsors to place the cord.

- BRYAN JAY DIAMANTE and ATTY. CRISTINA GIMENEZ

(Sponsors place the cord over (COCO and RACHEL's) shoulder)

The cord symbolizes that marriage is a lifelong and unbreakable bond. By tying these
two people together, we are affirming the Biblical teaching that God intended marriage
to last a lifetime.

(End Music)

XI Presentation of the Bible (Bible bearer GIDEON LOPEZ give the Bible to Ptr.
VINCENT VICENCIO)

Pastor VINCENT: I present to you this Bible, the written Word of God, it is Spirit, it is
life; it’s a light to your path. Let this be your guide in life and surely you will be blessed
and you will be a blessing to others.

XII Call on Parents:

Pastor VINCENT: May I request the parents to please stand. In the past you have
known (COCO and RACHEL) as individual persons. Now they are joined together in
matrimony. Do you give them your blessing as they now commit themselves to one
another?

Parents: We do.

Pastor VINCENT: And while respecting the priority of this new relationship, will you
nonetheless assure them of your continuing love, good wishes and prayers, and will you
do all that you can to encourage and affirm them as they live their life together?

Parents: We will

Pastor VINCENT: I congratulate you for your constant faithfulness and support for
(COCO and RACHEL) up to this very hour. May that faithfulness remain as long as you
live. You may now take a seat.
XIII Charge to Sponsors

Pastor VINCENT: May I request the principal sponsors to please stand.

When you consented and acted as sponsors of this wedding, you became the second
parents to (COCO and RACHEL). Therefore you have much responsibility to them.

I now charge you to act as caring and loving parents to (COCO and RACHEL) to assist
them in their needs, both material and spiritual, and do all you can to provide them with
the example and counsel that they may need in their life together.

Do you promise to accomplish these duties to the best of your abilities?

SPONSORS: Yes we do.

Pastor VINCENT: Thank you, you may now be seated.

XIV Removal of Veil & Cord

Emcee: May we call on the Cord and Veil sponsors to remove the cord and veil.

XV Unity Ceremony
Emcee: May we call on the candle sponsors (JO GOD-SAVES LOPEZ and RACHEL
JOY LOPEZ) to light the two small candles.

(COCO and RACHEL) have one candle each symbolizing their separate lives. Now
these two candles shall light one candle, a symbol of their new life together, for “the two
shall become one” The spouses will extinguish the small candles after lighting the big
candle.

XVI Honoring of Parents - prepare a speech per parent per couple

XVII Contract Signing

Music: I CHOOSE YOU (CAMILLE SAUREZ)

XVIII Charge to the Bride & Groom

Pastor VINCENT: I charge you (COCO and RACHEL), to keep this covenant not only
as a pledge of faith to each other, but also as a promise to God that you will honor the
vows you made to Him and to one another.
I charge you COCO, to love bride just as Jesus Christ loves the Church and gave
Himself for it.

I charge you RACHEL, to be submissive to groom, as the Church is obedient to the

Lordship of Christ.

XIX Prayer of Dedication

Emcee: Please all stand for the prayer of dedication PASTOR ART

XXI Presentation of Couple / Pronouncement

Pastor VINCENT: And now that we have heard your pledges of affection, and you vows
of fidelity, by the authority conferred upon me by God as His minister, and by the laws of
the Republic of the Philippines, I pronounce you husband and wife. You are no longer
two but one, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN

Brothers and sisters, may I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. JO EPHRAIM LOPEZ.

COCO you may now kiss your bride!

Music: Marriage Prayer (Paule Andaya and Precious Andaya)

Marry Me (Aira Sy)

XXII Picture Taking

Bride & Groom with Pastor

with Parents
with Immediate family of bride
with immediate family of groom
with principal sponsors
with secondary sponsors
with the best men and maid of honor and matron of honor
with the bridesmaid and groomsmen
with the entourage-kids (flower girls and the bearers and signage)
with the whole entourage
with groom’s relatives
with bride’s relatives
with church members
 with officemates
with bride’s friends
with groom’s friends
with everyone

XXI Recessional
The wedding party exits the platform, typically in the following order:

- Maid and Matron of Honor and Best Man

- Bridesmaids and Groomsmen
- Secondary Sponsors
- Flower Girl and Ring Bearer and Signage
-The Ushers return for the honored guests who are escorted out in reverse order of their
entrance.
- Ushers may then dismiss the remaining guests, either all at once or one row at a time.
- Bride and Groom