Wedding = Chaos (I--The Ceremony)
This will be the first in a series of posts where I describe some events surrounding the wedding of my sister, April, to her long-time love, Landon Butler. Such a thing might sound sane and normal. HA!
Being Lutheran--Missouri Synod, you'd think I'd have been to several Lutheran weddings. Guess again. This was the first. Lutehran church, pastor, service, so you'd think there would be critera on who comes in when... but, no.
No two people had the same idea of what would be done at the service. When you can't get a concensus--
So it looked like my Mom was running the show. Nope. No one was. I escorted in Sheila (Landon's Mom) and my Mom; Dad brought in my sister, gave her away, and everyone remained standing. Pastor didn't announce for all to be seated, motion, or anything else like that. A little less than 200 people stood for half the wedding before Sheila started telling everybody to sit down. Then, Pastor said for everyone to be seated (better late than never).
Now, I had my nice new suit on. Due to my duties, I had a rose on my lapel as well. I was standing at the front of the church after the parents and grandparents had all ceremoniously walked out. Pastor announced the reception and wished everyone well. Given my description at the time, and the pre-established usher-like role, what would you think the guests would do? Wait? That's what I thought. Apparently, the Barbarian Horde is exempt from waiting, so I found myself standing in a church sanctuary with my Mom's sorority sisters, who were waiting for the Horde to clear out.
Being Lutheran--Missouri Synod, you'd think I'd have been to several Lutheran weddings. Guess again. This was the first. Lutehran church, pastor, service, so you'd think there would be critera on who comes in when... but, no.
No two people had the same idea of what would be done at the service. When you can't get a concensus--
So it looked like my Mom was running the show. Nope. No one was. I escorted in Sheila (Landon's Mom) and my Mom; Dad brought in my sister, gave her away, and everyone remained standing. Pastor didn't announce for all to be seated, motion, or anything else like that. A little less than 200 people stood for half the wedding before Sheila started telling everybody to sit down. Then, Pastor said for everyone to be seated (better late than never).
Now, I had my nice new suit on. Due to my duties, I had a rose on my lapel as well. I was standing at the front of the church after the parents and grandparents had all ceremoniously walked out. Pastor announced the reception and wished everyone well. Given my description at the time, and the pre-established usher-like role, what would you think the guests would do? Wait? That's what I thought. Apparently, the Barbarian Horde is exempt from waiting, so I found myself standing in a church sanctuary with my Mom's sorority sisters, who were waiting for the Horde to clear out.
posted by LEN! at 12:53 AM
1 Comments:
No, Pastor Bischof just hasn't had much experience presiding over weddings. This was his first, second, or third. It was more a lack of experience. I'll give a much more accurate representation of him when I discuss rehersal.
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