The Wedding: Saturday 22 ^nd August 2020

Welcome to the update page for the wedding between: -

Brian Brendan Michael John Mackenzie-Hanson

and

Hazel Leigh Golder

** We are now Married. **

The Wedding Rings
The ring was originally a symbol of authority, dignity, and social status (James 2:2). In Christianity it is a symbol of an unending commitment to the marriage relationship, wedding rings are a beautiful reminder of the marriage covenant and, by extension, the covenant of Christ with his bride — the redeemed for whom he died

The Wedding Photo Gallery

As soon as more wedding photos become available, they will be added to the Gallery, which will be uploaded here.

Engagement | Wedding_Morning | Entrance_of_the_Bride | Marriage_Service

Readings | Signing | The_Bride_&_Groom

Just_Married | Hob_Stone | Little_Hob_Moor

Reception | Speeches

Friends and family unable to attend the wedding will be able to watch the video. Please let us know if you would like a copy on DVD or USB.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favour from the Lord.
(Proverbs 18:22 NRSV)

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
(Ecclesiastes 4:12 NRSV)

What happened? ...

Due to the Government’s lockdown the wedding has had to be moved to a new date: Saturday 22^nd August 2020. Our wedding took place at the York Baptist Church, Priory Street, York, YO1 6EX.

Date :: Saturday 22^nd August 2020 at 1 pm (Doors open at 12:30 pm)

Venue :: York Baptist Church, Priory Street, York, YO1 6EX

The Wedding Service was followed by Group Photographs at Hob Stone in York, then the Reception afterwards at our Home and Garden^†.

Contents

• Welcome
• Photos
• What happened?
• Itenary
  • Ceremony
  • Zoom Live Stream
  • Photos at Hob Stone
  • Break
  • Reception
• Gifts
• Maps
• Coronavirus Lockdown and Government Restrictions^†
• Notes on Human Rights Laws
• Scriptural Obligations of the Christian
• Timeline
• Parking
• Hotels
• Respondez s'il vous plait
• Links

Itenary

The full itenary was as follows, due to government restrictions we were limited to 30 invitees. Family and friends who were not able to attend still had the option of watching the wedding ceremony via a Streaming Video link on Zoom: -

Congregation began to arrive :: 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm

Wedding Ceremony Commences :: 1 pm
The Bride arrived on time!
Numbers were restricted to 30 people due to Government legislation, which also included: 2m social distancing, use of sanitising gel on entry, a one-way system along the main aisles within the Church, no LOUD conversations, chanting, communal singing (except prefessional singers) or praying (!), and no playing of wind or brass instruments (except professional musicians). Conversations, chanting, communal singing or praying must be conducted quietly (!). Mask wearing was a legal requirement although there were several exceptions, please see below^†.

Zoom live online streaming :: There was a live streaming video of the wedding via Zoom for friends and family unable to attend and who wished to watch the wedding. A copy of the video (on USB or DVD) will be availaible to friends and family upon request. Please request by e-mail to: brian.m.hanson @ outlook.com.

Photographs at “Hob Stone” :: 2:45 pm (approx.)
Group photographs were not allowed on the premises of the Church due to social distancing. Therefeore photographs were taken by the “Hob Stone” on old “Hob Laine,” at Little Hob Moor, off Tadcaster Road, York (http://yorkcivictrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Hob-Moor-Historic-Stray-Nature-Reserve.pdf).

**Break** :: approx. 3:15 pm - 4 pm

Reception: Refreshments & Buffet at our House :: 4 pm - 8 pm (approx.)
Refreshments and a buffet followed at our Home and Garden. A maximum of ** 30 ** people were allowed^†. 1m social distancing advised (according to Oxford University research).

Wedding Gifts & Donations

We respectfully request that instead of wedding presents any gifts would be appreciated as donations to any of the following projects: -

• York Baptist Church (The venue of our Wedding)
• Restore York (local charity providing housing for those at risk of homelessness)
• Our Honeymoon trip to Japan!!!  :-)

Unless, of course, you really insist! ;-)

Maps

• York Baptist Church, Priory Street
  
• Hob Stone, Little Hob Moor

NB Micklegate Bar, near the Church, is closed due to roadworks. Alternative routes were advised; see map. NB Parking is limited on Priory Steet, but there are car parks nearby: Nunnery Lane Car Park | NCP Tanner Row, Car Park. | NCP York Station South (Queen Street) Car Park. See parking information below. Nunnery Lane car park is beside the York wall and close to Micklegate, effectively just the other side of the wall from the Church. See Map.

Icon :: The Wedding at Cana - John 2:1-11

^†Coronavirus Lockdown and Government Restrictions

“Should” :: “Where the guidance states that an activity should take place this is not a legal requirement under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020”

Face coverings
“In England, face coverings are currently required by law to be worn in shops, supermarkets, indoor transport hubs, indoor shopping centres, banks, building societies, post offices and on public transport. From 8 August, face coverings are also required by law to be worn in a greater number of public indoor settings including places of worship, museums, galleries, cinemas and public libraries.
There are valid exemptions for some individuals and groups to not wear a face covering in these settings. In particular, those who are leading services or events in a place of worship, and those who assist them (for instance by reading, preaching, or leading prayer) do not always need to wear a face covering...”

(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-during-the-pandemic-from-4-july)

[NB Anyone with a medical condition or who feels that wearing a mask will do them harm do not need to wear a mask. Note also the UNESCO Constitution: Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights - 19 October 2005, Article 6 – Consent, Parts 1 and 3 given below.]

Mon 22-Jun-2020 and updated on Thu 13-Aug-2020: The government announced that weddings with up to 30 people will be allowed to take place from 4^th July. Social distancing, washing of hands will be enforced and singing will be forbidden. [Hymns will be said or played instead of sung!]

The latest Cabinet office guidance FAQs state the following (Read more about what you can and can’t do)

1.3 What should I still avoid doing?

“It is against the law for gatherings of more than **30 people** to take place in private homes (including gardens and other outdoor spaces).”

2.8 Can weddings go ahead?

“Yes, weddings and civil partnerships will be allowed to take place. You should only invite close friends and family, up to a maximum of 30 people.where this can be safely accommodated with social distancing in place.”

Thu 13-Aug-2020: Government restrictions postponing the increase in the number of people able to attend wedding receptions from 6 to 30 people were lifted with effect from 15^th August: -

“From 15 August 2020 guidance that receptions and other celebrations for weddings and civil partnerships should not take place will no longer apply. Receptions and celebrations may take place in the form of a sit-down meal, but only where they can be done in a COVID-19 secure environment/venue, and we advise there should be no more than 30 people attending.”

Note Points of Human Rights Law: -

• See European Convention of Human Rights (written into English Law) - ECHR Article 9 - Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion!
• Limiting people’s freedom to assemble, work, travel and access services is a breach of human rights. (Countries that have not enforced lockdowns have shown no discernible differences in SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) deaths; moreover, lockdowns have an adverse effect.) See Everlasting Covenant of the Magna Carta AD 1215 §52 and §61 (NB not to be confused with the Act of Parliament of the same name, AD 1297); and the European Convention of Human Rights - ECHR Article 11 - Freedom of Assembly & Association.
• Statute of English Law - Any legislation contrary to the Law of the Christian Bible is automatically Null and Void!
• UNESCO Constitution: Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights - 19 October 2005, Article 6 – Consent, Part 1: “Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice.”
• UNESCO Consitution: UDBHR, Article 6 – Consent, Part3: “In appropriate cases of research carried out on a group of persons or a community, additional agreement of the legal representatives of the group or community concerned may be sought. In no case should a collective community agreement or the consent of a community leader or other authority substitute for an individual’s informed consent.”

  
  

The Fightback Begins...

Thu 02-July-2020: Launch of ACU :: 640 EU Doctors Gather to Discuss the Overreation to COVID and how it’s Damaging Society, and Launch COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee in Germany to challenge the “COVID” narrative -> https://acu2020.org/

English Version :: https://acu2020.org/english-versions/

 

Scriptural Obligations to the Christian: -

• Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.
  Leviticus 23:3 (NRSV)

  It is God’s prerogative to make a holy day; nor is any thing sanctified but by the stamp of his institution. As all inherent holiness comes from his special grace, so all adherent holiness from his special appointment.
  Now, concerning the holy times here ordained, observation of the Sabbath and other feasts, these are God's assemblies, they were to be sanctified and solemnized with holy convocations; it was for the honour of God and his institutions, it was also for the edification of the people in love that the Sabbath and feasts were to be observed as holy convocations.
  Henry, M. (1996, c1991).

• “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
  Matthew 18:20 (NRSV)

  The presence of Christ in the assemblies of Christians. Every believer has the presence of Christ with him; but the promise here refers to the meetings where two or three are gathered in his name, not only for discipline, but for religious worship, or any act of Christian communion.
  Henry, M. (1996, c1991).

• Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
  Hebrews 10:23-25 (NRSV)

  It is the will of Christ that his disciples should assemble together, sometimes more privately for conference and prayer, and in public for hearing and joining in all the ordinances of gospel worship. There were in the apostles’ times, and should be in every age, Christian assemblies for the worship of God, and for mutual edification. And it seems even in those times there were some who forsook these assemblies, and so began to apostatize from religion itself. The communion of saints is a great help and privilege, and a good means of steadiness and perseverance; hereby their hearts and hands are mutually strengthened.
  Henry, M. (1996, c1991).

• “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
  Acts 4:19-20 (NRSV)

Timeline...

Tue 3-Dec-2020: Brian proposed to Hazel.
Sat 29-Feb-2020: Hazel proposed to Brian on leapyear day!
Wed 25-Feb-2020: York Baptist Church booked for Wedding (originally for Sat 27-June-2020).
Thu 19-Mar-2020: Govt. announces that COVID-19 is no longer considered to be a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) in the UK. (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid)
Mon 23-Mar-2020: 12 weeks lockdown announced by PM (expected end by Mon 15-Jun-2020).
Mon 13-Apr-2020: Govt. announces lockdown to continue for another three weeks!
Fri 8-May-2020: Govt. announces some easing of lockdown, small church services and weddings considered from next announcement on 1^st June.
Sun 24-May-2020: The CDC (Centre for Disease Control) downgraded Covid-19 death rate, Coronavirus fatality rate is 0.65% overall (but current estimates fall anywhere between 0.2% and 1%) and 0.004% for those under the age of 70.
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html#box)
(https://www.fort-russ.com/2020/05/new-cdc-stats-coronavirus-fatality-rate-could-be-as-low-as-0-26/)
(https://www.rt.com/usa/489823-musk-cdc-covid-fatalities/)
Sun 31-May-2020: Govt. announces no change to lockdown on marriages.
Sat 13-June-2020: Govt. announces people can now pray individually in churches, but communal assemblies are still not allowed.
Mon 22-Jun-2020: Govt. announces that Weddings with up to 30 people can go ahead from 4^th July; but signing is prohibited and receptions are not advised although the legal maximum of 30 individuals still applies.
Thu 02-July-2020: Launch of ACU :: 640 EU Doctors Gather to Discuss the Overreation to COVID and how it’s Damaging Society, and Launch COVID-19 Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee in Germany to challenge the “COVID” narrative.
(https://acu2020.org/english-versions/)
Mon 20-July-2020: Received confirmation that the Wedding can go ahead on Saturday 22^nd August 2020.
Wed 22-July-2020: Govt. announces up to 30 people are now allowed at small wedding receptions.
Fri 31-Jul-2020: Government restrictions postponed the increase in the number of people able to attend wedding receptions from 6 to 30 people until 15^th August.
Thu 13-Aug-2020: Government restrictions postponing the increase in the number of people able to attend wedding receptions from 6 to 30 people were lifted with effect from 15^th August 2020.

Fri 14-Aug-2020: Last Edited.

Links

York Baptist Church Website: http://www.yorkbaptist.org.uk/
Find us: http://www.yorkbaptist.org.uk/#find-us-section
Street Map: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256823
Little Hob Moor: http://yorkcivictrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Hob-Moor-Historic-Stray-Nature-Reserve.pdf

Our Wedding Notices Page will be updated as soon as more information is available: http://www.mackenzie-hanson.co.uk/wedding.html

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