Renewing Wedding Vows
Renewing wedding vows is special ceremony in which husband and wife renew their wedding vows. It is celebration ceremony and not a second wedding or wedding anniversary. It is really exciting to reaffirm your commitment to each other in front of your friend, family and children. Renewing wedding vows ceremony is also useful to strengthen your relationship.
Some couple eloped or had a destination wedding. They renew their wedding vows immediately after their wedding. You can also renew your wedding vows to celebrate your 5th, 10th, 25th wedding anniversary. Some couple doesn't have much money at time of wedding or some hard time at their wedding. Such couples want to renew their wedding vows in front of their friends and relatives.
As renewing wedding vows is celebration ceremony and not legal wedding, priest or wedding officiant is not needed to perform it. Someone from your family or your close friend can perform it. Since couple is already married, father should not give her daughter in wedding. Also there is no need of bridesmaids and groomsmen in renewal wedding vows ceremony. Also rings are exchanged in wedding ceremony; it should not be repeated in wedding vows renewal ceremony.
In renewing wedding vows ceremony, invite your family and friends. It can be conducted in churches, chapels, temples or even at home. In renewing wedding vows, couple should express their feelings about their partner and tell also how he or she made you better person. Also pledge to him or her for the future in renewing wedding vows.
Renewing wedding vows ceremony is followed by a reception. In reception, skip the traditional dance such as father daughter dance or groom mother dance. You can have couple's first dance as it symbolizes first dance of the next phase of life. You can also invent your dances.