Readings for church weddings

CD did you actually want a section of the Bible to be read out?

Yes, if I can find something suitable. All the suggested readings I've found so far seem to say things about wives submitting to their husbands in everything, which quite frankly, will be over my dead body ?
I'm kind of presuming that we need to have a bible reading - our booklet from the church states 'it is usual to have at least one reading from scripture in the service'. Perhaps I should actually check this out...

What about John 2 vs 1-11?

Hi not sure if this will be of any help at all but I spoke to our vicar last week and he said I can choose the non bible reading but that he would choose the bible reading as there are only a few suitables ones anyway? so he said not to worry about it as he will choose it and read it ? but I think he did mention corinthians ?!

also you may not agree but I very rarely remember any readings or hyms from a church ceremony (usually looking at the beautiful dress !!) so I dont think it matters if you use the same ones I dount anyone would notice ?

HTH

hely x

Thanks Spring, I have just been looking at that and have put it down as a possible.

Hely08, that's good to know. I really should talk to the vicar and find out. Our banns are being read at the beginning of June so I'll sort it out then. I'm just looking at my booklet and it has details of the service and the pastoral introduction which includes part of the Corinthians reading so it would probably be a bit daft for us to have it as a reading as well.

Hi CD - our vicar emailed me a list of possible readings. We chose Colossians 3.12-17. If you want I can email you the list with the passages, send me your contact details.

We are also having a secular reading - excerpt from captain corelli's mandolin which I love.

Glad that was some help !

I found it really helpful talking to our vicar he answered so many questions and told me the bits to worry about and the bits to leave to him - our banns are not till July but he said we can go over the details and readings etc then. he said they have an example order of service which will help as well.

hely x

Hi ya

I have to say that probably 90% of weddings have Corinthians so it would be nice for your guests to hear something else, it is the most common (still lovely) reading.

I have a list of readings and this is the list I give to my brides. Then if you see something that you are interested in, search for the full reading on here

https://www.biblegateway.com/

HTH

Ruth

x

Genesis 1: 26-28 (Creation)
Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness;
So that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky....

Genesis 2:18-25 (The foundation for marriage)
The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone;
I will make a helper suitable for him....

Song of Solomon 2: 10-14 (Mutual Love)
My beloved spoke and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me....

Song of Solomon 4: 10-11
How delightful is your love, my sister my bride,
How much more pleasing is your love than wine...

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 (Changing times and seasons)
There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heaven
A time to be born and a time to die ...

Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12 (Support and friendship)
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labour.
If they fall down, they can help each other up...

Proverbs 3: 3-12
Let love and faithfulness never leave you...

NEW TESTAMENT

Gospels

Matthew 5: 1-10 (Sermon on the mount)
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside, and sat down. His disciples came to him and he began to teach them saying: He said, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven'...

Matthew 7: 21,24-27 (Judging others)
Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven... Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock...

Mark 10: 6-9, 13-16 (Unity)
But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female'. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh" ...

John 2: 1-11 (The wedding at Cana)
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee... When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine...

John 15: 1-8 (Growing love)
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I am the true vine and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit...

John 15: 9-17 (Love for others)
Jesus said to his disciples; ‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you: now remain in my love

Epistles

1 Corinthians 13: 1-3 (Spritual gifts)
If I speak in human or angelic tongues but do not have love,
I am a only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal...
And now faith, hope and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13: 4-10 (Spritual gifts)
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud...

1 Corinthians 13: 11-13
When I was a child I thought like a child,
I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child...

Ephesians 3: 14-21(Unity and holiness)
I kneel before the father, from whom every family in heaven and
earth derives its name...

Ephesians 4: 1-6 (Unity and holiness)
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love...

Romans 8: 31-35 (Hope for the future)
What then shall we say in response to these things?
If God is for us, who can be against us?...

Romans 12: 9-13 (Life together)
Let love be sincere. Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another...

Philippians 4: 4-9 (Thanksgiving)
Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again, Rejoice.
Let your gentleness be evident to all...

Colossians 3: 12-17 (Respecting one another)
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience...

1 John 3: 16-19 (Duty and love)
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us...

1 John 4: 7-12 (Duty and love)
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God...

Psalms

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want,
He makes me lie down in green pastures...

Psalm 37
Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong...

Psalm 84
How lovely is your dwelling place...
Even the sparrow has found a home
And the swallow a nest for herself...

Psalm 95
Come let us sing for joy to the Lord...

Psalm 128
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
who walk in obedience to him...

Psalm 139
Lord you have searched me and you know me,
You know when I sit and when I rise
You perceive my thoughts from afar...

We're having colossians vs 12-17 from list above. I thought the words were really nice and everyone has 1 Corinthians so wanted something different!

Just realised were having exactly the same readings as diamondsareagirlsbestfriend!

I love that captain corelli extract too!

Thank you but I don't want to post my email address on here as I don't have one that doesn't contain my name! I will try and set up a trash mail account over the weekend though and come back to you then if that's OK?

Thank you to everyone else for all the other suggestions, they are really helpful x

This has been a really helpful thread for me, thank you.

I love the Song of Solomon readings, and the Ecclesiastes ones - that's narrowed it down considerably!

xx