Wedding hymns

These are questions you need to ask yourselves when choosing hymns for a wedding:

How many hymns are you having?
At what stage in the service will they be sung?
Are the hymns that you want well-known enough so that people will join in?
Do the hymns say the things you want?
Have you agreed with the organist which tunes you are having for the hymns? (Many a couple have been upset when their favourite hymn is sung to the wrong tune!)

Traditional hymns and songs

The following is a list of some traditional wedding hymns with a very brief description of each.

All things bright and beautiful - a hymn of praise celebrating the beauty of God’s creation.
Lead us heavenly Father, lead us - a prayer to God asking Him to guide us, forgive us and to fill us with joy and peace.
Love divine all loves excelling - a hymn offering ourselves to Jesus, asking Him to change us, and help us to live our lives in praise of Him.
Immortal, invisible, God only wise - a hymn celebrating the glory and splendour of God.
Now thank we all our God - a hymn of praise to God for His care of us, and a prayer for Him to look after us.
Praise my soul the King of heaven - a hymn of praise to God, thanking Him for ail He has done for us and for His loving nature.
The Lord’s my shepherd I’ll not want - a version of Psalm 23, which is a hymn reminding us of God’s care for us through good and bad times.