The Castle

1:00 PM · Grace Methodist Church

The order of service

1. 12:30 PM

   Arrival of Guests

   The doors are open. Come in out of the sun; the ushers will find you a pew.

2. 1:00 PM

   Bridal Procession

   The Grace Methodist Choir

   Abigail comes through the west door with her father.

3. 1:10 PM

   Call to Worship and Opening Prayer

   Very Rev. Ebo Arthur

4. 1:15 PM

   Hymn · Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

   The words

   Love Divine, All Loves Excelling · Charles Wesley, 1747

   1Love divine, all loves excelling,Joy of heaven, to earth come down;Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;All Thy faithful mercies crown!Jesus, Thou art all compassion,Pure, unbounded love Thou art;Visit us with Thy salvation;Enter every trembling heart.

   2Breathe, O breathe Thy loving SpiritInto every troubled breast!Let us all in Thee inherit,Let us find that second rest.Take away our bent to sinning;Alpha and Omega be;End of faith, as its beginning,Set our hearts at liberty.

   3Finish, then, Thy new creation;Pure and spotless let us be.Let us see Thy great salvationPerfectly restored in Thee;Changed from glory into glory,Till in heaven we take our place,Till we cast our crowns before Thee,Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

5. 1:20 PM

   Scripture Reading

   Mrs. Efua Essien

   Song of Songs 2:10-13. For, lo, the winter is past; the flowers appear on the earth.

6. 1:25 PM

   Song Ministration

   Ms. Adjoa Ampiah

7. 1:33 PM

   Sermon

   Very Rev. Ebo Arthur

   Through the door: on leaving one house and making another.

8. 1:53 PM

   Exchange of Vows and Rings

9. 2:08 PM

   Signing of the Register

   The Grace Methodist Choir

10. 2:18 PM

    The Charge and Blessing of the Couple

    Rt. Rev. Kow Egyir

11. 2:25 PM

    Hymn · O Perfect Love

    The words

    O Perfect Love · Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1883

    1O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne,That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,Whom Thou forevermore dost join in one.

    2O perfect Life, be Thou their full assuranceOf tender charity and steadfast faith,Of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance,With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.

    3Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,And to life's day the glorious unknown morrowThat dawns upon eternal love and life.

12. 2:30 PM

    Benediction

    Rt. Rev. Kow Egyir

13. 2:33 PM

    Recession

    The Grace Methodist Choir

    Out through the same door, into the afternoon.

14. 2:45 PM

    Photographs in the Churchyard

    Under the flame tree. Then the road up the hill.

4:00 PM · The Headland

The evening at the castle

1. 4:00 PM

   The Gates Open

   Drinks on the lawn, looking out to sea. Find your name at the gate.

2. 4:30 PM

   Entrance of the Couple

   MC Kobina Ansah

   Under the banners, to the great hall.

3. 4:45 PM

   Welcome and Grace

   Mr. Kwesi Ampiah, for the families

4. 4:50 PM

   The Feast

   The menu is below. There is more than enough.

5. 6:00 PM

   Toasts

   The best man and the maid of honour

   Short, by royal decree.

6. 6:20 PM

   Cutting of the Cake

7. 6:30 PM

   First Dance

   As the sun goes down over the water.

8. 6:35 PM

   Vote of Thanks

   The couple

9. 6:40 PM

   Dancing

   Until ten, when the lamps on the hill are put out.

In the great hall

The feast

Where you sit

The tables

Each is named for something on the way here. Your name is at the gate, with your table beside it.

1. 1The Lamp PostThe couple, their parents and the ministers
2. 2The Great TreeFamily of the bride
3. 3The HarbourFamily of the groom
4. 4The StreamThe bridal party
5. 5The MeadowGrace Methodist church family
6. 6The OrchardFriends of the bride
7. 7The HeadlandFriends of the groom
8. 8The Hymn BookColleagues, and the back pew

With thanks

The court

Ministers

Very Rev. Ebo Arthur · Officiating

Rt. Rev. Kow Egyir

Rev. Mrs. Aba Quayson

Rev. Kofi Annan-Forson

Maid of Honour

Ms. Esi Ampiah

Bridesmaids

Ms. Ekua Bentsi-Enchill

Mrs. Araba Dadzie

Ms. Maame Yaa Eshun

Ms. Priscilla Ackon

Best Man

Mr. Joshua Essien

Groomsmen

Mr. Kweku Sam

Mr. Ato Hammond

Mr. Nathaniel Otoo

Mr. Ebo Taylor-Mensah

Flower Girls

Little Miss Nana Esi Essien

Little Miss Ewurabena Ampiah