Today's blog comes after a discussion with a bride over what aisle should be used when the particular church does not have a center aisle. With that said I have decided to do a blog and hopefully answer several questions about what to do and what is etiquette for the ceremony.
Seating Parents:
The parents of the bride always sit in the first pew on the left, facing the pulpit; the groom's parents, in the first pew on the right. If the church has two aisles the bride's parents sit on the right side of the left aisle (As they Enter Church from the back), and his parents sit on the left of the right aisle. This way, they are both seated in the center section of the church.
Seating of Immediate Family:
Behind the front pews, several pews on either side of the center aisle are reserved for Immediate family. The people who are to sit there can be given a pew card to show the usher or the usher my keep a list of guests to be seated in the first few pews.
Seating of Guests:
The ushers show all guests to their places. They should ask any guests they do not immediately recognize whether they wish to sit on the bride's side (the left) or the groom's side (the right). Just as the reserved pews are divided more or less evenly, so should the rest of the church be divided.
In taking the guests to their seats, each usher should offer his bent right arm for the women guests to hold on to, with their escorts walking behind them.
The Ceremony:
Once the bride reaches the front of the church she let's go of her father's arm, transfers her flowers to her left hand and gives or father gives her right hand to the groom.and the brides arm goes through the left arm of the groom.
Just a quick bit of information on the ceremony, based on questions that I am asked frequently and info that I thought would be most helpful.
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