If you are planning a religious wedding ceremony, you will want to include hymns as part of the service. Which hymns to include will largely depend on your religious affiliation, personal preference, and clergy’s approval.

You may want to include this as part of your wedding reception checklist.

Something to keep in mind is that there are copyright issues on some popular hymns and in order to publish the words or music to newer hymns, permission may be required.

Copyright in this case only applies to the printing and distribution of the music. It does not apply to the playing of CD’s or MP3’s that are available for purchase, as a wedding is a private event.

There are many places to find the most popular hymns for weddings. A search of the internet will give you a plethora of hits. If you choose little known or obscure hymns, many of your guests and perhaps the choir may not know the words to your songs.

This can lead to uncomfortable moments of silence if words are forgotten or sheet music is not available. If you just want to use the hymns as background music or mood music for part of your wedding then this is not a concern.

So what are some good choices and where can I get music? Choose music that goes well with the sermon your clergy is giving. For Christian weddings, “Amazing Grace” is always a great choice. So is “Come Down O Love Devine” or “Morning has Broken”.

At bibleinsong.com, you can get CD’s of many popular hymns. These CD’s also come with sheet music, so you can either have live music and singers perform your hymns or you can use the CD’s and a professional karaoke machine so that the singers perform to preprogrammed music.

For Jewish weddings, you may want to choose “Solomon’s Song”. Many consider this song, also called Song of Songs, to be the epitome of love songs.

It deserves a place at any wedding, no matter what your religious affiliation. You can find other great music and hymns for your Jewish wedding at jewishmusic.com

Your house of worship will probably have hymn books that you can choose from. This is a great place to start.

If you do not know what they sound like you may want to get a CD or MP3 of some of the hymns to see what they sound like and if they will fit into your wedding theme.

Other options include the internet. Either way you can make your day special and unique through choosing the most popular hymns for weddings at your event.

You can use the most popular hymns for weddings in more ways than just at the religious ceremony. Online retailers such as amazon.com carry many CD’s of wedding hymns and music.

One of the most highly rated of these CD’s is “A Brides Guide to Wedding Music”. This boxed set contains many songs for your wedding. Some use it to decide what to tell the church organist to play.

Others choose some of the tracks as background music for their wedding videos. If you are having a traditional wedding, you may want to play these CD’s while your guests are gathering at the reception.

For a low budget wedding these could be played in lieu of a live band or musicians.

You can see that you can use the most popular hymns for weddings in many ways. From the traditional religious wedding ceremony to the various aspects of the reception and even as background music, these hymns have a place in every wedding.