Love Divine
Your Wedding at All Saints Kenley
A wedding is one of life’s great moments, a time of solemn commitment as well as good wishes, feasting, and joy. St. John tells us how Jesus shared in such an occasion at Cana, and gave there a sign of new beginnings as he turned water into wine. A church wedding brings out the full flavour of the meaning of the word ‘love’.
How to get started.
The first thing to do is to come along to All Saints Church one Sunday around 10am and have a look round, then contact one of the clergy or the Parish Office Tel; 020 8660 3251 or email office@stbarnabaspurley.org,uk
Your wedding will
probably be conducted by-
Revd. Linda
Williams (Hon Asst Curate) 020-8660-9240
Revd. David Hadley (Hon Asst Curate) 020-8763-6206
Marriage is either by
Banns, your intention to be married being read out over 3 weeks in the church/es of your place/s of residence
Common License, dispensing with the need for banns, but still requiring one of you to be resident in Kenley or a member of our church
Special License, when there are special links with All Saints, despite the fact that you don’t live in the parish or worship at the church at the moment.
Marriage Measure 2008, when you have a ‘qualifying connection’, eg. a parent used to live or worship here years ago for 6 months or more.
See also the Church of England Weddings website; www.yourchurchwedding.org
Spend some time thinking about music. Our organist Eric Beven will help you (020-8657-7983) choose hymns if you want them, and the music for the bridal procession and out of church at the end. Buy a wedding CD to help you. Think also about Bible readings, poems etc. and whether you’d like someone from your family to take part by reading at the ceremony. Please contact Lynn Williams (020-8660-9473) so she can help you in your choice of floral decorations.
Some hymns to start you thinking -
All things bright
and beautiful
Amazing grace
Come down, 0 love divine
Give me joy in my heart
Lord of the Dance
Jerusalem
Lord of all hopefulness
Love divine
Make me a channel of your peace
0 Lord my God (How great thou art)
One more step along the world
Praise my soul the King of heaven
The Lord’s my shepherd
How much does it cost?
Legal Fees (which include publication
of Banns and Service):-
PCC £141
Minister £141
Total £282
Other Church fees:-
Verger £30
Use of buildings utilities £100
Certificate of Marriage £3.50
Total £133.50
Grand total £415.50 Payable by cheque to “All Saints Kenley PCC”
Optional fees according to your wedding service planning:-
Organist £200
Choir
£300
These include fees for any video recording (please advise your
requirements)
Total £500 (Please pay in cash, breaking the choir fees down into 3O x £1O.)
N.B. All fees are due one month before the wedding
Marriage Preparation course
This is a time not
only to prepare for your wedding but also to prepare for your married life
together! At All Saints we invite you to a Marriage Preparation Course held over
2 weekday evenings. The course is
-
Our course secretary Lorraine Kellaway will invite you to come along, and the
evenings will be held at her house with other couples also preparing for their
wedding day at All Saints.
A wedding prayer
Now you will feel no rain,
.
• Fun
• Short!
• Non-threatening!
• Very helpful!
for each of you will be
shelter for the other;
now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be
warmth to the other;
now you are two, but there is
one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place to enter into the days
of your togetherness;
and may your lives be good, be happy, and be long upon this earth.
making Christ known in Kenley
