wedding

  1. W

    Wedding Musician - Same Sex Marriage

    Hi, I am new to this forum and find myself here this evening with a very specific situation that I’d be grateful for some insight on. I am a wedding musician and recently accepted a booking through a booking agent. However, I did not do my due diligence and was unaware it was a same sex union...
  2. N

    Performing Christian wedding?

    Hello all! My brother asked me to officiate his wedding because I am: "the only religious person he knows", which I guess is nice. It gives me a good opportunity to witness a little to him and his girlfriend, but also bring a bible message to the wedding. My problem - all the places to get...
  3. R

    Blood Oath Question’s

    I made a blood oath a girl back in high school but never saw her since then and wasn’t the first time I’ve met her I’m pretty sure. Also wondering if other people get haunted for trying to break the oath and if some how I can be with her again. We did it at a young age and we got involved with...
  4. mindlight

    Parable 10 Virgins: Matt 25:1-13

    Have a sermon coming on this passage and would appreciate feedback. The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took...
  5. Heartofsilver

    Anxiety and future mother-in-law

    Hello everyone, My future mother-in-law isn't very compassionate when it comes to people with ADHD more particularly me. Over the summer she offered to help us budget our wedding which was very sweet of her. The three of us for saying they're discussing what we wanted in our wedding that was...
  6. Heartofsilver

    Future in-laws wishy washiness

    Hello everyone, My future in- laws as much as I love them do, do things in a way where I feel anxious. The other night they had my dad over, since we have newly discovered that my aunt has stage four cancer where as we are truly heartbroken. My fiancee's parents invited us over for dinner...
  7. Heartofsilver

    Best Man Issues

    Hello everyone We have been having issues with my fiancee A's best friend J who is his best man. J takes Facebook and politics extremely serious and he replies to a lot of posts online with brute force type of comments and he tears people down on the internet. And yet, he is a professing...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    A Wedding or Funeral?

    “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7:13-14 ESV Jesus Christ is the only gate we can go through...
  9. pantingdeer

    How much should wedding gift be?

    From a family of 5 with 3 full-time workers how much is appropriate to spend on a wedding gift to a close relatives wedding (cousin/niece)? Is €50 about right or as there are 5 people would €50 from every person be more typical? I've never been to a wedding before.
  10. S

    Odd Wedding Question

    Hello, I am new to Orthodoxy, as I have been raised as a non-denominational Christian, and my fiance is Greek Orthodox. Some background: We are planning on getting married next year in the church, and I am 100% on board with having and raising children in the faith. I am contemplating...
  11. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    Hi. I'm engaged to be married and am in the midst of trying to plan our wedding with my fiancée. She is feeling extremely anxious and self-conscious especially about inviting guests. A bit of background: We are both Catholic converts with families that are exclusively Protestant, hers in...
  12. StillSearchingGod

    Marriage

    Hello everyone I found this article and I find myself agreeing with the author. https://themennonite.org/opinion/marriage-ceremonies-bible/ What do you think and why?
  13. Guide To The Bible

    The Parable of the Wedding Banquet Explained

    Matthew 22 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. This is when Jesus and God the Father made the Heavens and the Earth, and prepared a plan for Mankind and Jesus to be together forever. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the...
  14. SunsetRose

    I've always dreaded my wedding day.

    Most girls dream of walking down the aisle one day, with their family and loved ones around them but I sadly dread this day. To sum it up, my family is toxic. They leach off others, they hurt and abuse and they have never provided a loving environment in the 24 years of my life. Because of...
  15. C

    I want a wedding blessed by God, but he doesn't agree.

    I am a little confused regading the future of my relationship. I am 32 and have been together with my boyfriend for 3 years and he is great and shows so much love for me and my 10 year old son. He is 34. My son is from a previous marriage and he asked my BF if we could live with him. I agreed...
  16. K

    Advice for New Marriage

    Hello, I am getting married in a few weeks and recently experienced a giant wrench in our plans. My fiancé is military and his leave was denied about a month before our wedding. Needless to say, it's been tough. However, my parent's have made it worse by becoming extremely angry with both of us...