Wedding bells

Heading away tomorrow for the Wedding of C & D, and this is one I am really looking forward to. With an average age of 50+ in the congregations, its not often weddings crop up, and when they do its usually children/grandchildren of congregation, who have moved away but are coming back to the church for nostaligia purposes or to prevent parental nagging.

Not so this time. As  regular (i.e monthly) attenders in their own right, I’ve come to know them both over the last 4 years  reasonably well (in addition to D’s parents and remaining family) - we’ve all laughed together, cried together, and shared a wee drink on occasion too. I’m guessing tomorrow will be no different in that respect at least …

Mass Weddings

‘Tis a weekend of weddings. Paul & Jane today in All Saints, and Helen & Danny tomorrow. Today’s event will see me celebrating a Nuptial Mass - the first thing P& J wanted to do as a married couple was celebrate the sacrament, a powerful faith statement from any couple beginning married life. That aspect of the service will be a first for me too, and is one I’m looking forward to. But with a guestlist of 150, how many wafers do I consecrate? That is the big question, and its anyone’s guess how many will recieve communion. Most of the congregation are active Christians, but a huge variety of shades and colours from the rainbow which makes up the body of Christ. We shall wait and see.

Tomorrow will be a completely different affair - a high church pisky and a pentecostalist marrying in the Church of Scotland, and surrounded by clergy from all denominations during the dedication. H & I were at Uni together, and worked together in halls as graduates attempting to fund postgrad studies. Friendships were renewed almost 10 years later (ulp!) following a chance meeting in the local alehouse in Jordanhill. The guest list reads partly as a joint University Hall / Christian Union reunion from St Andrews Uni (mid ’90’s). Its going to be fun, and just a little mad!