How to choose church wedding readings

All the inspiration you need for choosing fabulous church wedding ceremony readings

If you have chosen to have a church wedding service, you will need to choose suitably religious wedding readings and you may also have the option of including a secular, (non-religious), reading too.

Ideally, all your readings will reflect to everyone how much you love your husband or wife-to-be… but without being too cheesy!

Before your mind goes blank and you feel the familiar onset of wedding planning panic setting in though, we can reassure you that choosing your church wedding readings will be easy and the only rule is that you must make sure you have had them approved by your minister beforehand.

For a huge selection of over 100 poems, readings and biblical passages see our Wedding Readings Poems & Vows book in the shop.

Religious church readings

Let's start with Bible readings, because if you are having a church wedding, you will probably want to include at least one and the minister performing the ceremony will certainly encourage you to do so.

Before you go frantically thumbing through the Bible for inspiration, bear in mind that the very best way to get started with choosing your Bible reading, is to ask the church minister's advice.

Ultimately the choice of Bible texts is up to you, but clergy are always happy to provide guidance and the practice of choosing readings varies not only between Christian churches, but also within them, so the minister who will be conducting your church ceremony is the best person to ask.

They will explain that there are three clear themes that are common to Biblical readings for a church wedding, which are; marriage blessed by God, Love is all you need and Hints for a happy life. They can then guide you to the passages you might like to choose that reflect these themes – not as hard as you feared, is it?

For more information, you can also take a look at our guide to common themes in Bible readings, and also a selection of Old Testament readings, New Testament readings, Biblical readings and religious readings.

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