This Year's Weddings

Our congregation has celebrated two weddings this year.  The first was Ivan & Elisa in May, and the second was Aaron & Iva in August.

Ivan & Elisa's wedding

Couples rent churches, since ours is not big enough to hold a wedding.

Elisa's dad walking her down the aisle

Beginning of the ceremony--After this all the attendants and the bride and groom sit down.

Where U.S. weddings end, here the couple comes back 

into church together for a bit more of the ceremony.

 

At the end of the ceremony there are always photos 

taken with all the guests.  Here is the group from CERC.

 
Parking is very limited at many of the churches we have seen in Singapore.  Each wedding has ushers (with different roles than ushers in the U.S.) who help with the parking, among other things.  It was very difficult getting out of this parking lot--the black car in the center was trying to make its way out among all those other cars, which are parked there.

For Ivan & Elisa's wedding dinner they rented a chalet on the Singapore coast and had an informal buffet dinner with games and fellowship afterwards.  It was a very fun evening.

 

As you may be able to tell, there was a flower theme!

Aaron & Iva were married a couple months later at a different church in Singapore.

Aaron waiting for the bride

Megan was one of the flower girls.

Iva's dad walking her down the aisle

Aaron & Iva

The couple with their flower girls and page boy

Aaron & Iva had a formal Chinese wedding dinner, held at a nice hotel on the Singapore River.  These dinners usually include 8-10 courses of Chinese food, served over a span of a few hours.  

At the dinner

The first course

The dishes are all served on this lazy Susan (not sure that term is used here though!).

As a congregation we are thankful for marriages in the Lord and look forward to at least three more weddings next year, Lord willing.  May God continue to build His Church through these marriages.