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Weddings

Planning a church wedding - resources for couples and clergy:

Find out more about having a church wedding - information leaflets and welcome packs
Choose a marriage service - modern, traditional or mixed-denomination
Personalise the service - collections of readings, prayers and poems

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This register of marriage services allows churches to keep a record of all wedding ceremonies conducted, in line with the new requirements introduced in May 2021.

Hardback

£25.00

Wedding Celebration Keepsake Card (pack of 10)

This beautiful card is designed to be given to marrying couples by churches as a memento of their wedding day. It provides space for recording the couple's names and the location and date of the wedding, and includes a prayer of blessing. Available...

Pack of 10 cards

£4.50

Wedding Resources Sample Pack

This pack contains one copy of each of the 'Weddings' range of stationery resources, allowing you to review the materials available and choose the most suitable items for your own ministry. It is also useful for taking to PCC meetings, or for...

Multiple copy pack

£6.50

Wedding Couple's Information Pack (pack of 6)

At the start of their wedding-planning journey, couples are keen to collect plenty of information. This folder of leaflets is ideal for giving to couples considering a church wedding. The folder contains nine leaflets with an additional pocket to...

Multiple copy pack

£18.00

Wedding Congratulations Card (pack of 20)

This card is designed to send to couples after they return from honeymoon, sending warm congratulations from the vicar and everyone at the church. It includes space for contact details and can be sent by either the marrying church or the local...

Multiple copy pack

£6.25

Wedding Anniversary Card (pack of 20)

These greeting cards will help you keep in touch with marrying couples by marking the anniversary of their wedding day. They include a space for your church's details and remind the couple of the church's continuing support, prayers and welcome....

Multiple copy pack

£6.25

Wedding Banns Invitation Card (pack of 20)

These cards invite a wedding couple to hear their banns read in church, whether the wedding happens in your parish or elsewhere. They include a prayer for the couple and a message of welcome, alongside space for your contact details and the three...

Multiple-component retail product

£7.99

Church of England Marriage Services

with selected hymns, readings and prayers

Peter Moger

Provides the complete Common Worship marriage service, plus hymns, readings and prayers to help couples and clergy plan the service with ease. Can also be used as an order of service on the day itself.

Paperback

£7.99

ePUB

£4.99

Making the Most of Your Church Wedding

Ally Barrett

From author and vicar, Ally Barrett, Making the Most of Your Church Wedding is a short, attractive, full-colour guide to the Anglican wedding service aimed at couples planning a church wedding. This church wedding handbook is an essential title for...

Paperback / softback

£5.99

Church Weddings Handbook

The Seven Pastoral Moments That Matter

Gillian Oliver

The findings of the Church of England's Weddings Project, presented in a helpful handbook format. It explores numerous myths about why people choose to get married in church and provides a range of trusted resources for this key area of ministry.

Paperback

£12.99

ePUB

£12.99

Common Worship: Marriage

Presents the Common Worship Marriage Service, the structure for a marriage within a Celebration of Holy Communion and a selection of supplementary texts, including Bible readings, alternative vows and additional prayers. Suitable as an order of...

Paperback

£2.99

ePUB

£2.99

Common Worship: Alternative Services Series One: Solemnization of Matrimony

Church of England

Contains the Series One Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, an alternative marriage service approved for use in the Church of England. Chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their marriage in 2011, it is ideal for couples seeking a...

Paperback

£2.99

From This Day Forward - Rethinking the Christian Wedding

Kimberly Bracken Long

Taking into account dramatic shifts in attitudes toward marriage in recent years, many pastors are confused and frustrated about their role. This book offers a foundational understanding of marriage for today's church. Exploring current...

Paperback

£14.00

Joined by the Church, Sealed by a Blessing

Couples and Communities Called to Conversion Together

Diana Macalintal, Nick Wagner

Couples and Communities Called to Conversion Together

Paperback

£12.99

Inclusive Marriage Services

A Wedding Sourcebook

Kimberly Bracken Long, David Maxwell

As the country moves toward marriage equality for gays and lesbians, couples and pastors are in need of updated language for marriage services. This sourcebook not only provides inclusive marriage services, taking into account a variety...

Paperback

£12.99

Bible's Yes to Same-Sex Marriage, New Edition with Study Guide

An Evangelical's Change of Heart

Mark Achtemeier

In the early 2000's, Mark Achtemeier embarked on a personal journey with the Bible that led him from being a conservative, evangelical opponent of gay rights to an outspoken activist for gay marriage and a fully...

Paperback / softback

£11.99

Readings For Weddings

Canon Mark Oakley, Canon Mark Oakley, Canon Mark Oakley

Readings for Weddings is an inspirational collection of Bible quotations, poems, hymns and prose for secular weddings, church ceremonies and services of blessing. Mark Oakley includes such 'wedding classics' as 1 Corinthians 13 and Khalil Gibran's...

Paperback / softback

£10.99

Road to the Aisle

Gillean Maclean

Sets out information about various ingredients of a church wedding. If you want to arrange a wedding or if you have questions about things like music or the reception, this book provides the answers.

Paperback / softback

£6.99

Creative Ideas for Pastoral Liturgy: Marriage Services and Wedding Blessings

Jan Brind, Tessa Wilkinson

Helps local churches everywhere make the most of the opportunities presented by couples coming for marriage or a wedding blessing. This book offers ideas that help to make the experience of getting married in church joyous, memorable and meaningful.

Paperback / softback

£22.99

Order of Marriage

For Christians from Different Churches

Joint Liturgical Group

Valuable guidance enabling clergy and congregation from different Christian denominations to participate in a marriage service. The JGC consists of representatives from all major churches in the UK and draws on a wealth of liturgical expertise.

Paperback / softback

£4.99

One Love

A Pastoral Guide to the Order of Celebrating Matrimony

Paul Turner

The publication of the second edition of The Order of Celebrating Matrimony provides new liturgical and pastoral opportunities for presiders and parishes. In One Love, Fr. Paul Turner-one of the most reliable experts in Catholic liturgy...

Paperback

£9.99

Thinking Again About Marriage

Key theological questions

John Bradbury, Susannah Cornwall

Thinking Again About Marriage provides a serious but accessible exploration of the Christian theology of marriage and aims to guide readers into the practice of thinking theologically about marriage. Designed for undergraduate students and ordinands...

Paperback

£38.00

ePUB

£29.17

Life Events

Mission and ministry at baptisms, weddings and funerals

Sandra Millar

Baptism, weddings and funerals bring the Church of England into close contact with hundreds of thousands of people every year. Sandra Millar offers many practical suggestions - often from local parish practice - for enriching the quality and depth...

Paperback

£14.99

Marriage Ministry

A complete guide

Paul Thomas

Ordination training in the area of marriage often focuses solely on the development of marriage liturgies. Consequently, many newly ordained clergy are pastorally ill-equipped to exercise this key ministry. This practical handbook addresses all that...

Paperback

£12.99

ePUB

£12.99

More Perfect Union

Understanding Same-Sex Marriage

Alan Wilson

In this important and timely book Alan Wilson argues that allowing gay people to marry is a moral purpose. Wilson says: 'I asked myself "what does God want for gay people?". After re-revisiting the Bible, and more importantly getting to know gay...

Paperback

£9.99

Permanent, Faithful, Stable

Christian Same-Sex Marriage

Jeffrey John

‘I am writing this because I believe we have an absolute duty in the Church to offer homosexual couples not only practical support, but the same theological understanding of their relationship that we offer to heterosexual couples, to help them...

Paperback / softback

£6.99

Inseparable Love

A Commentary on The Order of Celebrating Matrimony in the Catholic Church

Paul Turner, STD

This book provides a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Catholic Church's Order of Celebrating Matrimony. Readers will learn about the history and theology of the elements of the rite and of the pertinent texts in the Roman Missal. Paul...

Paperback

£18.99

Growing Together

A Guide for Couples Getting Married

Andrew Body

Getting married? Growing Together is a practical guide that will help you to develop a shared understanding of your future together through exploring your dreams and expectations of married life and by highlighting some of the key issues that being...

Paperback

£6.99

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