Our Wedding Story

Item #5284

(July, 1995) Dearly beloved, we are assembled here to greet this happy couple. “Our Wedding” celebrates their special day, whether it is today, tomorrow, a year ago, or maybe even twenty-five years ago. Yhere is no other day in a couple’s life together that creates such a lasting treasury of memories. The bride and groom are standing before the traditional wedding invocation from the Book of Common Worship, used by many denominations. It is interesting that these graceful words are directed not to the new couple, but to the witnesses who have come to share in their joy. Some of the words that are most easily read are “holy marriage,” “reverently,” “happiness,” and “comfort.” There is space left on the cover of the small book so that it may be personalized with names and a date. I gave this couple a traditional English sixpence for luck, though their smiles say they’ve already been blessed with both luck and love.

Dr. Thomas F. Clark