Check List

We are so nice to you! Here is a list of things you need to check for the church part of your wedding day:

  1. Provisionally book the date: Have you provisionally booked your date through the church office and given us all your contact details, names, addresses, phone numbers, etc? The provisional booking is held for 4 weeks from your enquiry date.
  2. Pick up your wedding pack: Have you visited a 10.30am St. Andrew's Church service? This is so you can introduce yourself to our rector John Currin or our curate Sarah Hayward. They will give you our wedding pack and explain its contencts including the particular legalities relevant to you. Within the pack will be a Banns of Marriage Application Form and if required a Qualifying Connection Form.
  3. Return your Banns of Marriage Application Form: Have you completed and returned the Banns form and if appropriate the Qualifying Connection Form along with a cheque for £100 (non-returnable deposit) made payable to 'Dibden PCC'. This needs to be returned within 4 weeks of your initial enquiry before we can confirm your wedding date and time.
  4. Wedding Planning Meeting: We will write to you giving your the date of the next Wedding Planning Meeting which takes place after a 10.30am service in St Andrew's Church. This will help you with all the organisational details concerning your wedding service including Orders of service, flowers, music, rehearsal dates and times etc... as well as an opportunity to resolve any particular questions you may have. Make sure this date is in your diary!
  5. Book your places on the Marriage Preparation Course: This FREE marriage preparation course (not wedding preparation) is to help you get the best start to your married lives together. The course runs in January/February each year. Call the church office to book your place!
  6. Make your choices: Have you chosen your Bible reading, hymns and entry and exit music? Please let us know your choices. Have you also chosen a friend or relative to read the reading?
  7. Pay the fees: Have you paid us the fees for your wedding? This must take place no later than three weeks before your wedding day.
  8. Put your rehearsal date in your diary: Your wedding rehearsal will take place two days before your wedding day - for example, if your wedding is on a Saturday then your rehearsal will be on a Thursday. The time and date will be in the letter we send you nearer your wedding day. Have you put this date in your diary?
  9. Submit your Banns Certificate: If one or both of you live outside the parish then you must contact your local vicar(s) and ask them to publish your banns of marriage in your local church. Once the Banns have been called without objection you must pick up the certificate issued by the minister and get it to our church office. Without this certificate your marriage cannot proceed. Your banns of marriage will also be published in our church.
  10. Submit your Order of Service for proof reading: Have you given us the draft version of your Order of Service so we can proof-read it, check it and give you the go-ahead to print?