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THE SCOTTISH WEDDING SHOW - Win tickets!

Elle at Fairydust Weddings — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:09:16 +0100

HERE COMES… THE SCOTTISH WEDDING SHOW

Scotland’s best event for brides-to-be The Scottish Wedding Show will take place at Glasgow’s SECC on 20 & 21 September 2008. The show will bring together over 300 of Scotland’s leading wedding suppliers under one roof who will showcase everything needed to make the big day just perfect. read more »

The Holy Island weddings

Jan Harney — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:40:57 +0100

A trip to Holy Island (Lindisfarne) was on my list of 'things to do before you die' and so our 32nd wedding anniversary last weekend was spent under canvas at Goswick in Northumberland. Whilst visiting the Heritage Centre on the island I chanced upon some weird and wonderful wedding day traditions. read more »

Christmas Carols?

bexsta1982 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:18:01 +0100

Dear Resident Reverend,

we are getting married next dec, and one of our friends suggested having carols instead of hymns? is this an option?

many thanks bex

Blessings abound

Jan Harney — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:55:29 +0100

We do weddings superbly in the Church of England. At the risk of blowing our Parish Trumpet I'd go so far as to say that we are THE experts. We're also pretty good at funerals and fantastic at Thanksgivings and Baptisms (and we don't charge for these latter two services, unlike the civil naming ceremonies that are becoming popular). But what you may not be aware of is that the Church is able to offer a service of Blessing after civil marriage. read more »

Getting married outside my parish?

Rox — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:15:37 +0100

Dear Resident Reverend, read more »

At last it's Friday

Jan Harney — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:04:01 +0100

There is a new and eminently sensible trend for getting married on Fridays. As far as the Church of England is concerned you've always been able to get married on any day of the week. Even on a Sunday as long as it doesn't clash with the times of our Worship services. The only legal requirement is to be married in daylight hours. I think this stems back to the time when brides covered their faces with veils and everyone needed to see exactly who was marrying whom - especially the groom. read more »

Will the Marriage Measure definitely come into effect on 1st Oct 2008?

arowland17 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:57:42 +0100

Dear Resident Reverend,

I have contacted the church of my parent's parish that I and my younger siblings were all christened in, and they said we could marry there either when the law changes, or by applying for a special licence.
As our wedding is not until May 2010, the church are happy to hold the date provisionally while we wait to see what happens with the new Marriage Measure. read more »

Can two Anglicans from England get married in Scotland in a church of Scotland ceremony?

gg5979 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:52:15 +0100

Dear Resident Reverend

Neither myself nor my fiancé want to get married where we grew up and worshipped when we were younger. We have moved around England quite a lot in the last few years and live a long way from our family. We have decided to get married in Edinburgh as it’s our favourite city and has really good transport links for family and friends. read more »

Do we need to change churches?

kikivee — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:52:13 +0100

Dear Resident Reverend,

My husband and i both attend the salvation army church and have been attending thee for 2 years 4 months now, is it possible for us to get married at the church of anglican without changing churches or do we need to be attendees before we are married?

Thank you

Happy Holidays

Jan Harney — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:16:25 +0100

Well it's that time of year again when most of us are destined to sit in hot cars in traffic jams or on suitcases in the airport awaiting delayed flights and hoping desperately to be re-united with said suitcase when actually arriving at the holiday resort. We must be mad! read more »