What is a Mormon temple wedding like?
Family and friends are invited to attend the ceremony and are seated surrounding an altar. (These family and friends need to have a temple recommend which they can receive from their local church leaders.) On the walls of the sealing room, there are large parallel mirrors. As the bride and groom kneel at the altar and look at the mirrors, it appears as though they extend for eternity as the mirrors reflect off of each other. A beautiful sight! The bride and groom are dressed in white (the bride in her wedding dress, the groom in white slacks, shirt and tie). They also wear the traditional ceremonial vestments worn during the endowment ceremony that serve as a reminder of the earlier promises they each made to God to follow His commandments. The officiator is an authorized priesthood holder, known as a “sealer.” The sealer welcomes the bride and groom, as well as the friends and family in attendance. He then has an opportunity to give a brief personal statement, often in the form of adv
