Wedding reading

[andi17]

I'm getting married in October and would love a member of the family to do a reading in church...any ideas for a nice reading...nothing too religious. x

[Hellyon]

I love this, my sister had it at her wedding - I would have had it at mine but it was no frills registry office.

US Two by AA Milne

Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh:
"Well that's very odd 'cos I was too.
"Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.
"Let's go together," says Pooh.

'What's twice eleven?' I said to Pooh,
('Twice what?' said Pooh to Me)
' I think it ought to be twenty-two.'
'Just what I think my self,' said Pooh.
'It wasn't an easy sum to do,
But that's what it is,' said Pooh, said he.
'That's what it is,' said Pooh.

'Let's look for dragons,' I said to Pooh.
'Yes, let's,' said Pooh to Me.
We crossed the river and found a few--
'Yes, these are dragons all right,' said Pooh.
'As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.
That's what they are,' said Pooh, said he.
'That's what they are,' said Pooh.

So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
'What would I do?' I said to Pooh,
'If it wasn't for you,' and Pooh said:
'True,
it isn't much fun for One, but Two
Can stick together,' says Pooh, says he.
'That's how it is,' says Pooh

[andi17]

Yeah thats sweet but a difficult one to read if my reader is a wee bit nervous!! Plus not sure my vicar would understand the Pooh thing!!

[Graham]

"A reading in church" and "Nothing too religious"?

[Hellyon]

Hi Andi, It was a seven year old read it in a Catholic Church when my sister used it so don't rule it out lol!

[Hellyon]

Marriage by Kahil Gibran

Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"

And he answered saying:

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together:

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow

[Mrs. Raven]

If you claim me to be a member of your family I would gladly do the reading for you. I'm sure Dr. Pierce will be more than happy to get rid of me for a day so he could have more time alone with Janet. But don't tell him I said so.

[China Doll]

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Had that ^^^ at my dads wedding. One of my favourties

[Myriad2112]

I prefer the pooh thing

[Mrs. Raven]

Kahil Gibran is one of the masters of poetry. Great choice Hellyon, love it !

[Myriad2112]

Ball & Chain


People listen up don�t stand to near
I got something that you all should hear.
All lies, all the lies she told to me
Make a litte part of history.
I was always taught that boy meets girl,
Fall in love get married and forget the world.
Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way.
Kiss �em on the check and lifes ok.
I don�t feel, no pain. I don�t have, no time
To listen to conflicting points of view.
It�s a crazy world to live alone,
A ball and chain I call my own

People listen up don�t stand to close
I got something that you all should know
Holy matrimony is not for me.
Rather die alone in misery.
I was always taught that boy meets girl,
Fall in love get married and forget the world.
Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way.
Isn�t that what they used to say?
With a girl that you knew,
And the bonds that we grew.
Turned into a ball and chain.
I step into the great unknown,
A ball and chain I call my own.
Crazy world to live alone

With a girl that you knew,
And the bonds that we grew,
Turned into a ball and chain.
I step into the great unknown,
With a ball and chain I call my own.
Because marriage doesn�t work in the world today
It�s an instiution that is in decay.
And if I have love I wish to portray,
I will surely find another way.

Because I was always taught boy meets girl,
Fall in love get married and forget the world.
Nine months later the sweet babys on the way,
Kiss �em on the check and lifes ok.
I don�t feel no pain, I don�t have no time
To listen to conflicting points of view
I step into the great unknown,
With a ball and chain I call my own