Christian Ceremony Songs

Re: Christian Ceremony Songs

• flantastic member

  

  January 2015

  I hadn't used it in our ceremony, and my CCM is old school (although Relient K's "Getting Into You" does go back a ways) but we used Steven Curtis Chapman's "I Will Be Here" as our first dance.

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• manateehugger member

  

  January 2015

  I'm kind of confused about your worshipping God vs. worshipping spouse. None of our ceremony songs had anything to do with marriage/love per se, but rather were about God's goodness and the we love because He loved us first idea.  

  We went with traditional for the most part (plus Pretty Donna by Collective Soul), but "Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone" was played during the unity candle.

  Other options, "When God Made You" - New Song, "Bless the Broken Road" - various covers, "How Beautiful" - Ben Utecht, "Unfailing Love" - Steven Curtis Chapman.

  Many songs by Chris Tomlin might be a good fit.

  
  

  

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• rcher912 member

  

  January 2015

  "God Gave Me You" might be a good one, I've been hearing that on the radio a lot recently. I know Blake Shelton isn't typical Christian worship music, but it's a pretty great song. I also love "Love Can Change the World".

  
  

  Personally, I love the more traditional songs for something like this, maybe because I just know more of them offhand. And you could do a few things to make them feel more contemporary (picking up the tempo, etc).

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• mrscomposer member

  

  January 2015

  My sister and her husband had 'Oceans' for their register signing (last line - 'I am yours and you are mine').  Our two families together lead worship at our home church, so it was the moms and her husband's sister who sang.  Myself and his brother would have been involved, too, but we had to witness

  **The OMH formerly known as jsangel1018**

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• moorewedding530 member

  

  January 2015

  mrscomposer said:

  My sister and her husband had 'Oceans' for their register signing (last line - 'I am yours and you are mine').  Our two families together lead worship at our home church, so it was the moms and her husband's sister who sang.  Myself and his brother would have been involved, too, but we had to witness

  I love that song! That sounds beautiful (:

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• KatWAG member

  

  January 2015

  Are you geting married in a church? Some pastors/ preists/ ministers/ etc will only allow certain types of music.

  I would start there. Ask what type of music has been used in the past.

  

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• moorewedding530 member

  

  January 2015

  I am getting married in a nondenominational church. They're fine with almost anything.

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• holyguacamole79 member

  

  January 2015

  We had "By Your Side" (Porter) for bridal entrance, "How Beautiful" by Twila Paris for the bridal party, "Amazing Love (You are My King)" and "Set Me as a Seal" by Matt Maher for prelude. We had "Your Love IS Extravagant" during communion, and our recessional was "Beautiful One" (Hughes). Our songs mentioned worship, but everyone there knew that we were worshipping God.

  
  
  
  
  

  

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• tpwkalyn member

  

  January 2015

  We are using "Multiplied" by Needtobreathe for when our wedding party walks down the aisle.
  I haven't quite picked out anything else yet, but I really want our ceremony to be a time for us to worship with our families as well as each other as we become "one". 
  
  Also, Dave Barnes does the original version of "God Gave Me You" if you don't want to use Blake Shelton's version.

  
  

  I LOVE @holyguacamole79's idea of "Your Love is Extravagant" & "Beautiful One".
  I also think "Getting Into You" is a really good song to use if you have a unity candle or anything of that sort. I love the line "I'm gonna love you with my life". 

  

  
  

  
  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  February 2015

  David Haas is another good option, especially if you want choral music with meaningful lyrics.  We sang "You are Mine" at my sister's wedding, and "Wherever You Go" is a setting of the text from the book of Ruth.

  
  

  There's also a beautiful modern hymn called "Borning Cry."  I've seen it sung at baptisms and at a funeral, but I think it would also be lovely at a wedding.  It goes through the entire life story: birth, baptism, marriage, and eventually death.  The verse about marriage reads: "If you find someone to share your time/and you join your hearts as one/I'll be there to make your verses rhyme/from dusk 'til rising sun."

  
  

  "The Servant Song" is also lovely.  We sang that at my other sister's wedding.

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• rcher912 member

  

  February 2015

  Ooo, Borning Cry is so lovely. Makes my mom tear up every time. I wonder if we could work that in, somehow.... I'll have to keep that in mind.

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