Now this was a humanist wedding. How is this different to a normal church wedding? Well the clue is in the title. It was about humans. Its actually about the couple getting married. Without wishing to sound corny, its a celebration of their love for each other. Yes that does sound corny doesn't it, and probably people would say a traditional wedding is the same, but its not. In a traditional service the couple fit in around the service. Of course a humanist service is not going to be for everyone. It requires some imagination when faced with a blank sheet of paper, so if you haven't got much you are probably better off with the traditional one where you just have to remember that hymn you quite liked at school and concentrate on the cake and limo to reflect your personal tastes. And the service reflects the characters of those getting hitched, as there isn't anything else, so one might try and bury that if you don't have much self-confidence. But for my friends, well it was ideal. Apparently Scotland is on of only 4 countries in the world that allows humanist services. If others do its not hard to see the churches losing out in the stampede for the door.
This wedding was lovely. I am used to enjoying the party etc, but not the service. But in this one, we laughed and at points broke into spontaneous applause. It was just nice. Very nice. Everything was relaxed. And the party was good too. Even the ceilidh. This was great venue, as wedding service was at one end, dinner was served in the middle and we could use the back for drinks while the tables were being laid. You know a church makes a great wedding venue when you clear out all the religious paraphernalia. Who would have thought it? So that could be a use for all those redundant churches. (I see the average age of an Anglican congregation is now 61, so logically church weddings will dry up if people find there is a better alternative.)
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