no you dont have to have one hun we never and it all went great but its your choice xxx

I think they're more appropriate for church weddings. If everyone has a rough idea of where they need to be when, you could probably get away with not having one. If you have info people need to know about how the day is planned out then they can be useful. :)

In a church service they are pretty essential as you have to include all the hymns and the prayers etc. In a civil ceremony it is up to you, you can have a simple one with who is doing a reading and the title of it plus details of what is going to happen after the ceremony re: photographs and drinks and wedding breakfast etc.
But like all the other ladies have said it is totally your choice. X

No you don't have to. I was prepared to make ours but at the meeting with out vicar just before christmas he said that if we chose hymns they have in their hymns books then we don't have to do them as they are already there.

At first I was a bit disappointed as I was looking forward to making them and for the guests to keep them. But now its quite a relief to be honest, dont have to worry bout making them now :) was thinking about doing a keepsake bookmark with a overview of the service (eg. bridal entrance, vows, this hymn title, that hymn title, signing of register...etc.) instead for them to put in the hymn book. But I don't even know if thats worth the hassle! x

It depends really on whether you are having a church wedding or a civil ceremony really. For church its mainly (if you are having hymns) a way of giving the guests the words to sing. Some churches will provide a service where they will provide them for a fee usually around £35 ish but they are just photocopies black and white usually so i think it really depends if you are having a church ceremony, whether you want everything uniformed to your theme and if you want guests to have a memento to keep. Its nice for bridal party and readers etc to keep if their names are in them.
Hope this helps!