"Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam...And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva..." The Princess Bride
The Rite of Holy Matrimony was included in our contemporary worship service today at church. According to our pastor, "...the wedding rite is designed to be used within a regularly scheduled worship service, and although many couples choose to have the wedding rite celebrated independently on a Saturday, Mark and Teresa have chosen to be the first couple at our church to be married during one of our Sunday worship services. Their choice shows the importance of our church family in their lives and gives all of us a chance to celebrate with them and their families."
As I sat in church last Sunday reading what the pastor had written in the bulletin about the Rite of Holy Matrimony, I overheard one of the older congregation members protesting about this young couples' choice. He was telling anyone around him who would listen that he felt very strongly that a wedding should take place in a church but just not on a Sunday during a worship service. Sunday worship service should be just for Sunday worship and weddings should be celebrated separate from that time. He went on to say that he would not be attending the service he faithfully attends because that just wasn't right.
I pretended not to hear his rant and took my usual stance--on the fence. Traditionally, yes, church weddings are performed separate from a regularly scheduled worship service. But if a couple desires to share their vows with members of their church family on a Sunday during a worship service, I'm not going to boycott the church service.
Life is short...if you can spend it with your tru wuv, it's definitely a dweam come tru.
Never would have thought about having a wedding on a Sunday morning....yet.....as the blog shows us.....what better time could there be?
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