Episcopal Weddings

If you are a member of an Episcopal church, wouldn't your officiant be the one to ask?

As a guest I would expect it in a religious ceremony and know it will be a longer ceremony.

I would ask your officiant to make sure.

None of the religious ceremonies I have been to have included a communion, but I have not been to an episcopal ceremony.

Ours told us it was optional, but he prefers that it is offered to the guests. So we will prob decide to have it. It will add sometime, but I don't think many of our guests will come up, so hopefully it won't take too long.

I am Episcopal and my FH is Lutheran and we’re getting married in an Episcopal Church. My FH and I wanted to originally do communion between just the two of us but the minister said then he would want the whole congregation included and we have a big guest list. So we are forgoing communion in our ceremony but it is not required by the church.

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Thanks - I need to clarify that I am not a member of the Episcopal church.

I dont have any answers, but i would ask your officiant...

ive never heard of something like this being required, outside of Catholicism, where the ceremonies have alllllllll kinds of traditions and take forever because of them. but like i said im not Episcopal, and i would ask your officiant if it is/why.

It might also depend on your priest and the type of Episcopal church as well. Some are higher aka closer to Catholicism than others so they might require communion. Also if your priest does just ask that they do stations for it instead of everyone kneeling, which takes longer. Even though in the Epsicopal church everyone is allowed to receive communion (no matter religious faith) people might choose not to go up. It shouldn't add more than 15 mins to your ceremony.

I figure that the OP has got this locked down by now, but for any future readers:
You can review the official wedding service in the Book of Common Prayer, which is utilized by both the Church of England and the Episcopal Church, here: https://www.bcponline.org/
According to the liturgy, communion is not required. However, previous comments are correct in that some Episcopal churches are more conservative than others and would prefer to offer communion. Discuss with your officiant, and bring a printed copy of the service (or better yet, the book itself).
Most Episcopal churches also require a brief period of counseling so that the couple and officiant can get to know each other better; there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss.