Civil Ceremony Brides

picklepick

Thats lovely Bride!

picklepick

I tear up when i read all these poems, I'm gonna be in floods on my wedding day!

Lexxi

Glad I'm not the only one, I'm in floods now! :rotfl:

patchy987

Bride2be24 wrote: »

I have just come across this, is it ok?

'On Your Wedding Day'
Today is a day you will always remember
The greatest in anyone's life
You'll start off the day just two people in love
And end it as Husband and Wife
It's a brand new beginning the start of a journey
With moments to cherish and treasure
And although there'll be times when you both disagree
These will surely be outweighed by pleasure
You'll have heard many words of advice in the past
When the secrets of marriage were spoken
But you know that the answers lie hidden inside
Where the bond of true love lies unbroken
So live happy forever as lovers and friends
It's the dawn of a new life for you
As you stand there together with love in your eyes
From the moment you whisper 'I do'
And with luck, all your hopes, and your dreams can be real
May success find it's way to your hearts
Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys

But today is the day it all starts

this is the reading we had, we were told after by a lot of guests how lovely it was and how it bought a tear to a few eyes

Bride2be24

awww thats great to know thanks patchy987 x

xtinkersx

lauraandclive wrote: »

My two favourites:

I Will Be Here
Steven Curtis Chapman

If in the morning when you wake,
If the sun does not appear,
I will be here.
If in the dark we lose sight of love,
Hold my hand and have no fear,
I will be here.

I will be here,
When you feel like being quiet,
When you need to speak your mind I will listen.
Through the winning, losing, and trying we'll be together,
And I will be here.
If in the morning when you wake,
If the future is unclear,
I will be here.
As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.

I will be here,
And you can cry on my shoulder,
When the mirror tells us we're older.
I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty,
And tell you all the things you are to me.
We'll be together and I will be here.
I will be true to the promises I've made,
To you and to the one who gave you to me.
I will be here.



LOVE THIS!



Yes, I'll Marry You
Pam Ayres

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear,
And here's the reason why;
So I can push you out of bed
When the baby starts to cry,
And if we hear a knocking
And it's creepy and it's late,
I hand you the torch you see,
And you investigate.

Yes I'll marry you, my dear,
You may not apprehend it,
But when the tumble-drier goes
It's you that has to mend it,
You have to face the neighbour
Should our labrador attack him,
And if a drunkard fondles me
It's you that has to whack him.

Yes, I'll marry you,
You're virile and you're lean,
My house is like a pigsty
You can help to keep it clean.
That sexy little dinner
Which you served by candlelight,
As I do chipolatas,
You can cook it every night!

It's you who has to work the drill
and put up curtain track,
And when I've got PMT it's you who gets the flak,
I do see great advantages,
But none of them for you,
And so before you see the light,
I do, I do, I do!

This made me PMSL love it!!

Bride2be24 wrote: »

I have just come across this, is it ok?

'On Your Wedding Day'
Today is a day you will always remember
The greatest in anyone's life
You'll start off the day just two people in love
And end it as Husband and Wife
It's a brand new beginning the start of a journey
With moments to cherish and treasure
And although there'll be times when you both disagree
These will surely be outweighed by pleasure
You'll have heard many words of advice in the past
When the secrets of marriage were spoken
But you know that the answers lie hidden inside
Where the bond of true love lies unbroken
So live happy forever as lovers and friends
It's the dawn of a new life for you
As you stand there together with love in your eyes
From the moment you whisper 'I do'
And with luck, all your hopes, and your dreams can be real
May success find it's way to your hearts
Tomorrow can bring you the greatest of joys
But today is the day it all starts

i love this it bought a tear to my eye are you getting someone to read it or u reading it yourself?

Bride2be24

am not sure as i am not very good at reading out aloud??? was kinda thinking my sister who is bridesmaid????

xtinkersx wrote: »

This made me PMSL love it!!




i love this it bought a tear to my eye are you getting someone to read it or u reading it yourself?

lucylucky

Bride2be24 wrote: »

Because a civil ceremony is non - religious obviously you cannot have readings or music that are religious

so are any of you having readings that are non-religious??

am struggling to come up with some readings for mine and wondered if any of you could suggest any....

Can you not - really?

Nothing from any religion at all?

We had a civil ceremony and some religious (christian) music, but maybe things have changed

Bride2be24

we was given an info pack from the hotel we booked of examples of certain things - music/readings/recommended suppliers etc and it states that because its a civil ceremony we cannot have anything religious and i read up on it too....

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registeringlifeevents/Marriagesandcivilpartnerships/DG_175715 -
A civil marriage ceremony cannot have any religious content, but you may be able to arrange for individual touches such as non-religious music and readings to be added to the legal wording, and for the ceremony to be videoed. The register office where you intend to marry will be able to tell you more about the options available.

A Civil Partnership is legally formed by the signing of the civil partnership schedule. Like a civil marriage, this is also non-religious, but couples who wish to arrange for a ceremony should discuss this with the registration officials.

ellay864

It was made very clear to us that things had to be non religious. There was a thread about non-religious music and it seems some registrars are more picky than others
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2483197=
One piece of music I'm considering is an old classical piece but more well known as a hymn music so I'd need to make sure I told them the proper name of the piece rather than the hymn it's known by.
Do they vet the songs and readings? I'd love to have my son do a reading rather than just follow 'the script'