St Mary’s Church, Hemel Hempstead Wedding Information
A member of the Hemel Hempstead Team Ministry
A church Wedding - What does it involve?
Contacting Your local vicar
Initial contact form
Booking the Date
Paying for your Wedding
Make initial contact
Calling the Banns
Planning the Service
Music
Choir
Bells
Flowers
Photographs
Video
Confetti
Being on time
Rehearsal
For more information see also Church of England Website
Contacting you local Vicar
Wherever you live you may be entitled to be married at St. Mary's
Church. We can advise you about this, following completion of our initial contact form. You will find telephone numbers at the end of this document to contact us.
You will be able to meet with the Vicar to discuss your wedding service - the music, the hymns and the prayers.
Booking the date
St Mary's Vestry is open on Tuesdays from 6.30-7.30pm. You should go
there only after your initial interview with your Vicar, taking with
you your completed booking form. There you will find someone to welcome
you, to book a date and time for your wedding and to receive payment
of the fees. The Vestry phone number is 242585. If you change your
address having booked your wedding, it is very important that you inform
your Vicar.
Paying for your Wedding
A deposit of £50 is taken when you book your wedding. It is possible if you wish, to continue to pay by installments. We ask that you ensure
that you have paid in full not later than four weeks before your wedding.
You can come to the Vestry any Tuesday evening to make your payments.
There is a separate leaflet with details of the current fees. Cheques
should be made payable to "Hemel Hempstead Parish Fees Account".
Calling the Banns
If one of you lives outside our parish, it is your responsibility to
see your local Vicar and arrange to have your Banns of Marriage called
in the church where you live. You should do this about four months
before the wedding. Your local Vicar will then issue a Banns Certificate
which
is valid for three months. You should pass the certificate to the Vicar
who is conducting your wedding. If we do not have that certificate,
we are forbidden by law to marry you.
If either or both of you live in the Hemel Hempstead Team Parish, we
will let you know when and where your banns will be called, so that
you may be present to hear them read.
Planning the Service
The Music
You will need to give careful thought to the music and hymns for your
wedding. You will have plenty of opportunity to discuss these arrangements with your vicar and to take advice from your professional musican and Director of Music. You may listen to a seletion of music on this website to help you in your choice.
Listen to a selection of suitable
Hymns
A selection of
Anthems for Weddings
Listen to some organ
Music to go in and out to
Choir
St Mary's has a traditional robed choir whom you may ask to sing at your wedding.
You can hear them sing
Bells
We have a full peal of 8 bells and a team of experienced bellringers who are more than willing to ring for your wedding.
Flowers
St. Mary's Church provides the flowers at weddings. We have a well established team of flower arrangers happy to ensure that you have appropriate flowers in church for your wedding. We hope that you will allow others to share in your flowers over the weekend. Special conditions apply during
Lent (the six weeks before
Easter). Our team are pleased to discuss this with you.
Photographs in church
Only your official photographer is allowed to take photographs during
the service in church. The Vicar will explain the arrangements for
this when you meet.
Video recordings
There are some rules about this and an extra fee to pay. Please
ask for further information when you see your Vicar.
Confetti
Confetti is welcome, but we do ask that you throw this away from the doors.
Being on time
Your vicar will be happy to advise you in order that your wedding may begin at the arranged time. This is important both for you and your guests and also for the Vicar, bellringers and choir who are also taking part.
Rehearsal
We look forward to welcomimg you to a rehearsal in St. Mary's Church on an evening
shortly before the wedding to familiarize yourselves with the
building
and to run through the service. This rehearsal will be arranged
with
the Vicar
conducting your wedding.
Team Office 01442 253977
The Parish of St Mary and St Paul
The Rector of St. Mary's Vacant
The Vicar of St. Paul's, Highfeld
The Parish of Warners End and Gadebridge
Vicar of St. Alban's, Warners End
The Reverend Pete Stevenson
[t]
01442 251897
email: rev_pete@onetel.com
The Parish of Adeyfield
The Vicar of
St. Barnabas, Adeyfield
The Reverend Richard Graham (Acting Rector)
[t]
01442 253681
email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk
The Parish of Grovehill and Woodhall Farm
The Church of the Resurrection, Grovehill