Weddings
Congratulations as you plan for your wedding day. If you would like to be married at St Michael’s please contact Kiki Connor, the Parish Administrator, on 01494 726680 in the first instance. The vicar or another member of the clergy will then arrange to meet with you.
Since October 2008, it is much easier for couples who are planning to get married in the Church of England to have their wedding in the church of their choice.
If you wish to marry in a church that is outside the parish where you or your fiance/e are living, without the need for a Special Licence, you or your fiance/e will need to demonstrate just one of the following ‘qualifying connections’.
That:
- One of you was baptised in the parish concerned (If you were baptised and confirmed at the same time, the provisions on confirmation rather than baptism apply)
- One of you has been confirmed, and was prepared for confirmation in the parish
- One of you has at any time lived in the parish for at least 6 months
- One of you has at any time regularly attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months
Or:
- One of your or your fiance/e’s parents has lived in the parish for at least 6 months at any time after you were born (or, in the case of your fiance/e’s parents, at any time after your fiance/e was born)
- One of your or your fiance/e’s parents has regularly attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months at any time after you (or your finace/e) were born.
- A parent or grandparent of you or your fiance/e was married in the parish.
The Church of England website has other useful information to help you as your plan your wedding day.
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/weddings/#getmarried