Readings
Wedding Reading: Perfect for children/step children
One of my clients had the following poem read by their son at their wedding ceremony, he was only 10, but read it perfectly. Such a lovely choice if you have children or are bringing two families together. “All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” by Robert Fulgham All of what…
Read MoreWedding Reading – “A Good Relationship Has a Pattern Like a Dance”
A good relationship has a pattern like a dance and is built on some of the same rules. The partners do not need to hold on tightly, because they move confidently in the same pattern, intricate but gay and swift and free, like a country dance of Mozart’s. To touch heavily would be to arrest…
Read MoreWedding Readings: Civil Partnerships
Continuing on from our series on wedding readings we are finishing with suggestions for a ‘Civil Partnership’. Now you may decide to choose some from the civil ceremony blog post or for some different choices, read on…. I cannot promise you a life of sunshine – Mark Twain I cannot promise riches, wealth or…
Read MoreWedding Readings: Civil Ceremonies
Continuing on from our series on wedding readings I’m now going to talk a little on Civil Ceremonies. The most important thing to remember is you cannot have any reading that includes religious content, so no bible readings and no poems mentioning god. But that aside, the world is your oyster, you can have extracts…
Read MoreWedding Readings: Catholic Ceremonies
Continuing on from our series on wedding readings I’m now going to talk a little on Catholic Ceremonies. Catholic Wedding If you are having a Catholic Wedding then you are not allowed to use poems or non releigious readings (or readings from any other bibles) in your ceremony. Catholic weddings usually include three bible readings…
Read MoreWedding Readings: Church of England
It’s been a while since I’ve posted some readings so I’ve gone through to find some of my favourites from weddings over the last 10 years, yep thats a lot of weddings people! Today I’m sharing my top 3 bible readings. You are normally required to have at least 1 bible reading. The Church of…
Read MoreFalling in love is like owning a dog
I was just reading a real wedding featured over on whimsical weddings where they mention the grooms mother read a poem titled ‘Falling in love is like owning a dog’ by Taylor Mali, well curiosity got me so I did a little search. Reading this poem made me smile and nod my head in agreement…
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A client used this in their wedding May 2009 and I LOVED it so thought it was the perfect one to start my series on wedding readings. I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I…
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