Having a Reading?

eagles347 · January 2011

If so...what are you using? I would like to include a friend in this way, but I am at a loss for what she will read. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

sadou02 · January 2011

I am doing a reading and have a website with some beautiful poems on my favorites. Once I find it Ill post it.

flasweetheart · January 2011

Here are some

1 Corinthians 13:4-13
1 John 4:7-19
Ephesians 5:22-33
Jeremiah 29:11-13

if I find anymore I will come back and post them

sadou02 · January 2011

I found it Eagles. I remember her having a wide selection of poems and excerpts. I loved some of them. The link is http://squirrlyplanning.weebly.com/ceremony-readings.html I particularly liked On love by Thomas Dempis and "A Beautiful Life Together from reflections of marriage". I was also considering The Hands of the Bride and Groom.

I think I have one more site in my favorites. If I find it Ill post that as well.

sadou02 · January 2011

Couldnt find others but found a book titled "African American Wedding Readings" by Tamara Nikuradse. Maybe you can find it at a Barnes and Nobles near by and just flip through or order it through Amazon for as low as $0.98.

Hope this helps.

flasweetheart · January 2011

Here are 4 more

Ruth 1:16-17
Matthew 19: 4-6
Proverbs 18: 22
Proverbs 31: 10-31

sadou02 · January 2011

This site has a list of scripture readings. Hope this helps as well.

http://www.vibrantbride.com/article/id/28/page/3

rodeo417 · January 2011

We are doing a reading. We are doing the poem by Maya Angelou In and Out of Time..

kiyamurph · January 2011

We're having a poem read called "Union" by Robert Fulghum. It's so incredibly perfect and exactly what I was looking for.

Union by Robert Fulghum
  You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.
The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”   Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.   For after today you shall say to the world – This is my husband. This is my wife.

JKeyes2011 · January 2011

I am having some of the kids in the wedding doing the readings, we have 1 Corinthains 13 and Genesis 2:18-24

YasJas2011 · January 2011

My sister is reading a poem for us. It is a poem that our officiant gave to us as opinions.

hatroopes · January 2011

I would love to include my 2 brothers and 2 FSIL's...is that too many?

Not sure what they will be reading yet

mahoganieyes · January 2011

THE KEY TO LOVE
by Robert M. Millay The key to love is understanding…
the ability to comprehend not only the
spoken word, but those unspoken
gestures, the little things that say so
much by themselves. The key to love is forgiveness…
to accept each other’s faults and pardon
mistakes, without forgetting – but with
remembering what you learn from them. The key to love is trust…
though dark doubts lie in hollowed
thoughts, it must shine brightly on with
reassuring radiance that suppresses fear
with faith. The key to love is sharing…
facing your good fortunes as well as the
bad, together; both conquering problems -
forever searching for ways to intensify
your happiness. The key to love is giving…
without thought of return, but with the hope
of just a simple smile and by giving in, but
never up. The key to love is respect…
realizing that you are two separate people
with different ideas; that you don’t belong
to each other, but that you belong with each
other and share a mutual bond.The key to love is inside us all …
It takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients
that will take you to its threshold;
it is the continual learning process that demands a lot of work …but the rewards are more than worth the effort …
and that is the key to love.”

msktn95 · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_having-reading?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:a3861b34-11f8-4bd8-90e4-395a80fbff1bPost:2f502899-428c-4351-998b-75d89a35b9b6">Re: Having a Reading?</a>:
[QUOTE]Here are some 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 1 John 4:7-19 Ephesians 5:22-33 Jeremiah 29:11-13 if I find anymore I will come back and post them
Posted by flasweetheart[/QUOTE]

I plan to have one of my friends do a reading. I have been searching for poems. I am going to read these verses. Thanks for the info. Thanks for Posting this post.

sweets18 · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_having-reading?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:a3861b34-11f8-4bd8-90e4-395a80fbff1bPost:5b4cefeb-f94a-42dc-88e6-1b1c79e1e123">Re: Having a Reading?</a>:
[QUOTE]I found it Eagles. I remember her having a wide selection of poems and excerpts. I loved some of them. The link is <a href="http://squirrlyplanning.weebly.com/ceremony-readings.html" rel='nofollow'>http://squirrlyplanning.weebly.com/ceremony-readings.html</a> I particularly liked On love by Thomas Dempis and "A Beautiful Life Together from reflections of marriage". I was also considering <strong>The Hands of the Bride and Groom</strong>. I think I have one more site in my favorites. If I find it Ill post that as well.
Posted by sadou02[/QUOTE]

This is one of the ones we are using from this exact planning site. We are also going to do 1Corinthians.... it is kind of overused but we love it and FI quoted it when he proposed.

sweets18 · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_having-reading?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:a3861b34-11f8-4bd8-90e4-395a80fbff1bPost:e930994d-6d4c-4164-835c-90eb0b3dc25d">Re: Having a Reading?</a>:
[QUOTE]We're having a poem read called "Union" by Robert Fulghum. It's so incredibly perfect and exactly what I was looking for. Union by Robert Fulghum   You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”   Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.   For after today you shall say to the world – This is my husband. This is my wife.
Posted by kiyamurph[/QUOTE]

I like this one too...

cincy2011 · January 2011

We are having two readers, one will read a scripture and one will read a poem. We are searching for an obscure scripture that still relates to a relationship/marriage and we will start looking for a poem soon.

kiyamurph · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_having-reading?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:a3861b34-11f8-4bd8-90e4-395a80fbff1bPost:e48836be-f331-4e51-a4a3-6fd2230d5f47">Re: Having a Reading?</a>:
[QUOTE]I would love to include my 2 brothers and 2 FSIL's...is that too many? Not sure what they will be reading yet
Posted by hatroopes[/QUOTE]

Honestly I think that's quite a bit of readings. I went to a wedding last year where there were 4 readings and I was ready to fall asleep! Maybe if you have that many readings you can try to keep them really short so your guests aren't sitting there wondering when it's going to be over. Just my $0.02!

eagles347 · January 2011

Thank you all very much! this has been a trmendous help. I love the passages posted here and will review the scriptures. I know that our guests will EXPECT a scripture from us so a part of me wants to shake things up and do a different type of reading. I can't decide though! I will narrow these down and share them with FI and my friend.

krimson19 · January 2011

we ended up having DH's cousin write a poem for the ceremony. and it was beautiful!

@ eagles, yall could do two readings. one could be a scripture and the other whatever yall like.

@hatroopes, i think 4 would be too many. i would limit it to 2.

hisSparklett · January 2011

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[QUOTE]We're having a poem read called "Union" by Robert Fulghum. It's so incredibly perfect and exactly what I was looking for. Union by Robert Fulghum   You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”   Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.   For after today you shall say to the world – This is my husband. This is my wife.
Posted by kiyamurph[/QUOTE]

We are using Union as well. We are having two readings and the other is titled "I like you" but I can't remember the author and it is at home stuffed in my wedding binder at the moment.

JloveB · January 2011

we are not doing a traditonal ceremony and since we are two different cultures and religions we are marrying ourselves (thanks to the self solemnizing laws of colorado)...so I am preparing everything and I want a few short readings,...I write poetry so a friend is reading one of mines that I wrote for my FI, we are going to have two other people read poems, one of Nikki Giovanni's and one of Rumi's.

no religious readings...but we will have a Bible and Qur'an as symbols on our sofreh.

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