{"id":440,"date":"2024-07-25T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brightwatersbenefice.org.uk\/all-hallows\/?post_type=life-event&#038;p=440"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:44:10","slug":"weddings-blessings","status":"publish","type":"life-event","link":"https:\/\/overtonbenefice.org.uk\/st-mary-the-virgin\/life-event\/weddings-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weddings &amp; Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The story of your relationship as a couple may have begun fairly recently or years ago. Either way, getting married is a whole new beginning for you, your family and others in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vows that you make in church, with all your wedding guests present, acknowledge that life has its ups and downs, but that you lovingly commit wholly to each other, sharing all that you have and all that you are with the other, for the rest of your lives. Marriage means that your choices will always include another person in partnership with you, through good times and tough times. But also, you invite the blessing and guidance of a loving God into your relationship too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ab1a5a2b9db3aa42694e08c9103589ba\">Church of England weddings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Church of England church we have some helpful information for those that are planning on getting married. 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