Temple Worship Information For Brides and Grooms Brides should dress in wedding gowns after arriving at the Temple. Dress for Brides: Your wedding dress needs to meet the following requirements: Be white, not off-white, ivory or cream colored. Please avoid colored ribbons, sequins and elaborate ornamentation. Shoes should be white with light soles. Have long sleeves. Have a modest neckline and be modest in design and fabric. Sheer fabric should be lined. Have a removable train or be able to be pinned up or hooked out of the way. If a wedding dress does not meet the guidelines above, you may be asked to wear a dress provided by the temple. Wedding dresses should always cover the sacred garments for the marriage ceremony, photographs, and reception activities. Temple garments should never be altered or removed in order to accommodate the style of the wedding dress. Brides being endowed immediately before their marriage or sealing may wear a white temple dress (available at temple if needed) for the endowment session and then change into the wedding dress before the marriage or sealing. It is not appropriate to have flowers, veil, or a head piece woven into the hair for the marriage ceremony, There are no facilities to accommodate hair dressers in the temple. Dress for Grooms: White temple clothing and shoes are worn for the marriage ceremony. Tuxedos of any color are not appropriate. Guests: Because of limited seating available in sealing rooms, only family members and few close friends should be invited to the ceremony. Those who attend need to be endowed and have a current temple recommend. Guests who do not attend the marriage ceremony may wait on the temple grounds or in the waiting room provided for guests near the temple foyer. The bride and groom should not request that their wedding guests change into white clothing for the sealing. Sunday attire is appropriate for the temple marriage guests. Tuxedos, dinner jackets, cummerbunds, formal head wear, or boutonnieres are not to be worn in the sealing room. Women’s pants, veils, hats, corsages, or formal bridesmaid attire are not to be worn in the sealing room. Wedding guests are encouraged to conduct themselves consistent with the sacred nature and purpose of the temple and temple grounds. (Rice throwing, bubble blowing, car decorating and other worldly activities are inappropriate on the temple grounds.) Exchanging Rings: Exchanging rings is not part of the temple marriage ceremony but may be done in the sealing room following the ceremony. Rings are not to be exchanged anywhere else in the temple or on the temple grounds. Photographs: Photographs may be taken outside the temple following the ceremony. The bride may wear her wedding dress and the groom may wear his tuxedo.

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