Who are you getting to do readings?

A reading was part of the civil service dedicated to my husband's parents. The Officiant was the one to read it

We only have one reading, and although we thought about including someone who was not part of the wedding party, we decided that the best person would be my Dad. I did a reading at his second marriage last year, and he is very well spoken. FH and I are not extremely close with our aunts/uncles/cousins, and close friends are already part of the wedding party, so my Dad seemed like a perfect pick for us.

I think you can have whomever you like do some readings. It is a good way to include someone in the wedding. We are not going to be having any readings but I would pick people who mean something to us and don't have a problem speaking in front of crowds.

It definitely doesn't have to be someone directly in the wedding party doing readings. Our officiants are doing ours but my officiants told me they've had couples family members or close friends (that aren't in the wedding party) do the readings.

We are having our officiant do our readings, which are short.

Quite often it is someone outside of your wedding party who you have do the readings, someone you are close to whom you feel it is important to include. I have done the reading at my brother's wedding and at one of my best friend's wedding, where I wasn't part of the wedding party. I think the other reader at both weddings was a favoured aunt or cousin. That doesn't mean it can't be a member of your wedding party.

We are doing 2 readings in our ceremony and having a member of each of our families do a reading, that way we can incorporate some other people who aren't involved in the wedding some other way. I don't believe that it has to be someone in the wedding parties, it can really be whoever you want to include in the wedding. Hope that helps!