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Your Wedding is a very special
occasion, the beginning of a journey as husband and wife.
Your wedding is a chance to be with all of your friends
and family, to share your moment, and where better than
in the setting of a traditional church building
with the church organ, choir, the stain glass windows
and God overseeing proceedings.
The first thing
to do is to contact the Vicar
Ian Brown or the parish
administrator Sue Jones
to arrange a convenient time when Ian can meet you both;
often during office hours on Tuesday evenings 6:30 - 7:30pm
in All Saints Parish Hall.
At this introduction Ian will arrange a date for your wedding
with you, explain the Wedding Ceremony and answer any questions
you may have. Church Wedding Services
can be held at All
Saints Church, Frindsbury
or St.Philip &
St. James Church, Upnor.
A
public announcement of your plans to marry are given on
three Sundays in the Church in the parish(es) where you
live and at the Church you intend to get married in. It
is not a legal requirement to be present at the readings
of these Banns but we would love you to be there when we
read them at All Saints or St.Philip & St.James Church.
After
the initial meeting, Ian will arrange to meet with you again,
usually twice more, to finalise the details of the service,
to discuss the meaning of Christian marriage and the vows
and promises that you will make on your wedding day.
These meetings are for all couples to be married and usually
take place in the spring.
The rehearsal is to iron out any last minute issues and
to ensure that you are completely at ease with the arrangements.
In addition, we arrange a morning sessions for all couples
to be married here with a RELATE
councillor, to lead you through commitment, communication
and conflict in marriage.
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for wedding fees>>
( Note, these prices are indications only and may be subject
to change )
Now
that’s out of the way, let’s continue:
We
are happy to advise you about the music, help you choose
hymns and songs, and we can arrange an organist for you
to play for the wedding.
The
church is regularly decorated with arrangements of flowers.
You may wish to arrange for additional flowers. Please bring
this up when you meet with Ian.
Confetti, in small amounts, is encouraged! but
you may be better advised to save it for the reception venue.
Naturally you will want to record every detail of your wedding,
but flash photography is very distracting and unofficial
video can lead to all sorts of copyright issues.
So
its best to leave this to the professionals.
Ian will discuss with your photographer when and where he
can take photographs and use a video camera ( if required
). Friends
and relatives are politely asked to wait until the end of
the service to take pictures and videos of the happy couple.
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