Readings for wedding

Sammy85_2

For a civil ceremony i would have one serious type reading that everyone will gush over and a more funny one that will make people laugh.

We're having a church wedding and im having the above, plus a religious reading.

As to who to ask to do them, we're asking people who we want to be involved in the wedding but we couldnt be bridesmaids/ushers etc.

Bride2be24

ours has to be non - religious and we have opted to have

"On your wedding day"

On your wedding day, you will vow true love, and a new beginning—


With memories to cherish and treasure.


On the days to come when you two disagree—


Those moments will vanish with pleasure.





In all the world, and with all the people you have met—


Through all the words spoken.


You have followed your hearts and let it lead the way—


To where the bond of love lies unbroken.





Now be true and live as friends and lovers—


A new life awaits you.


Stand hand in hand at the alter—


And whisper “I do”.

&

"The art of a good marriage"

A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things...
It is never being too old to hold hands,
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day,
It is never going to sleep angry,
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives,
It is standing together and facing the world,
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family,
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways,
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget,
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow,
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful,
It is not only marrying the right person, it is being the right partner.

fly_dragon_fly

picklepick wrote: »

I'm having one religious and one non-religious reading

This is the religious one my friend has chosen to read:

I Corinthians 13:1-13

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophecy is imperfect; but when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood. So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

i think everyone has this, i went to a wedding and its my fav bible reading and the vicar killed it! luckly my grandpop is a priest and said he would do the reading he has a lovely deep voice and a beautiful reading voice and should make it magical x

Sammy85_2

fly_dragon_fly wrote: »

i think everyone has this, i went to a wedding and its my fav bible reading and the vicar killed it! luckly my grandpop is a priest and said he would do the reading he has a lovely deep voice and a beautiful reading voice and should make it magical x

Its a very popular reading. I was amazed at the number of versions though, our vicar pulled out 4 examples, one really quite a modern interpretation.

minerva_windsong

Generally I think you just choose the ones you want and who you want to read them. AFAIK I don't think you have to have a religious reading if you have a church wedding either - most people do but have a secular one as well.

I love the Edward Monkton dinosaur one (think it's called A Lovely Love Story) that someone mentioned. That and Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ('Let me not to the marriage of true minds...').

Plans_all_plans

It depends entirely on the church/Priest. I know our Catholic Priest wouldn't entertain the idea of any non-religious readings. There may be others, particularly in other Christian denominations who may consider people having one secular reading.

To the OP: you should speak to your Priest and see what he wants you to do about readings and whether they should be biblical or not. Once that's been done, you should pick the readings yourself and tell your readers what they're to read. I wouldnt let anyone else pick the readings at our wedding!

Mrs_Moore_To_Be

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

It depends entirely on the church/Priest. I know our Catholic Priest wouldn't entertain the idea of any non-religious readings. There may be others, particularly in other Christian denominations who may consider people having one secular reading.

To the OP: you should speak to your Priest and see what he wants you to do about readings and whether they should be biblical or not. Once that's been done, you should pick the readings yourself and tell your readers what they're to read. I wouldnt let anyone else pick the readings at our wedding!

Thanks Vicar has said he is happy for a non religious reading/s too, as long as he can check them first so thats good.

So I guess the concensus is that we pick the readings then ask someone to read them?

talulahbeige_2

I did a reading at my brothers wedding and was given the reading

At my wedding we're having 2 readings
1st reading - both myself, OH & Reader made suggestions and we all picked our favourite and agreed on it
2nd reading - my OH is in a band and his fellow band mates are doing it, they have written their own and wont let us see it in advance!!!

SO I would say there isnt any real ettiquette on it, everyone should be comfortable with it tho

maggie111

I had no idea people picked their own readings.

I would HATE someone reading something I hadn't "ok'd" at our ceremony

missknixon

We're having both mum's reading! We asked them to read the ones we have chosen. My mum is doing th4e marriage is that someone mentioned above and the monster-in-law is doing

[FONT=&quot]Reading One – On Your Wedding Day, Author Unknown[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]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[/FONT]

We gave my mum the one she wanted but gave the mil a choice - surprised she chose this but she did! x