[Magdalen] Wedding?

[Roger Stokes]

On 19/05/2018 14:51, Michael Bishop wrote:
> I was very pleased that the service itself was precisely that which 
> any couple getting married in the CofE - whether the smallest village 
> church or a big place like Windsor Chapel. Even the hymns were such 
> that would be sung in ordinary parish churches. Of course there were 
> trimmings like the  choirs and orchestra, but otherwise it was normal. 
> The sermon was, I found, a fine one - and a sermon is officially part 
> of any wedding service (although I confess to not usually preaching at 
> weddings as I have never been convinced that people would listen).

I would normally give an address, though not as long as the one Bishop 
Curry gave or with his dynamic oratory. It helps make the wedding more 
personal rather than simply reading from the book.

Roger