If you would like to arrange a wedding or child baptism then please contact the Parish Office (Tel: 07540 144 016, email:
secretary@stmaryschessington.org) to make an initial appointment. Enquiries relating to adult baptism should be made to the
vicar (see contact details).
NOTE: The Parish Office will be closed - July 23rd-September
1st 2010
Please direct all enquiries to Sarah Oakland, vicar of St Mary's. Tel. 020 8397 3016.
See this document with more information on child baptism.
Wedding Planning and Preparation Evening for couples planning to be married in 2011 at St Mary's, Chessington.
Date TBA. Talk on 'Planning a wedding in church', a chance to ask questions and discuss choices.
Upcoming Weddings and Baptisms
If you are getting married at St. Mary's and would like your names listed on the website then please email webmaster@stmaryschessington.org
or ask Lindsay or Sarah to pass it on.
If you have pictures of your wedding at St. Mary's on the web and would like us to link to them, then send an email to webmaster@stmaryschessington.org.
Julia & Edward's wedding April 2008.
The following may help you in planning your wedding here:
Wedding Fees 2010
St Mary the Virgin, Chessington
-
| Publication
of Banns of Marriage | £22.00 |
| Marriage Service | £260.00 |
| Marriage Certificate |
£3.50 |
| Verger
| £50.00
|
| Administration
| £144.50
|
| Lighting,
heating, cleaning and maintenance | £80.00 |
| Ringing of bells | £40.00 |
|
|
|
| Total cost
| £600.00
|
Deposit on Booking (this is non-refundable in the event of cancellation) £100
Final Payment (we require the
balance of your payment 2 months prior to the date of your wedding) £500.00
The organist’s fee should be paid separately
in agreement with your organist.
COUNTDOWN
TO WEDDING DAY
| TIMESCALE
| ACTION
|
| At least
6 months prior to wedding date | Contact Parish Office to fill in a Banns application. Pay £100 deposit
to St Mary’s, Chessington. (Until your deposit is paid your wedding date cannot be confirmed and may be taken
by another couple.) If applicable, contact church in other place of residency to have banns read there. If either of you are divorced, you
need to make an appointment to see the vicar straight away. You will be invited to an initial planning & preparation evening at
the beginning of the year prior to your wedding. |
|
4 months prior to wedding date |
Contact
Parish Office to make an appointment to see the vicar within the next few weeks to discuss order of service.
|
| 3
months prior to wedding date | See vicar for second meeting.
|
| 2 months prior to wedding
| Pay final
balance. |
| The month before | Your banns will be read for the first 3 Sundays of the month preceding your
wedding, at the 8 o’clock service on the first Sunday of the month and at the 10 o’clock service the following
2 Sundays. |
| The week before | Wedding rehearsal in the church with wedding party.
|
| Your wedding
day | Get married! |
The following links may also be helpful:
www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents
www.yourchurchwedding.org
