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Welcome to the Weddings Project

The Weddings Project has been been tasked by the Archbishops' Council to develop and support the Church of England's wedding ministry.

A number of participant dioceses are now investors in weddings with us. At the moment these are the dioceses of Blackburn, Bradford, Leicester, Lichfield, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Ripon & Leeds, Wakefield and Worcester.

The Weddings Project Team is touring each of these dioceses with an intensive two-day presentation. See what Vicars and Bishops are saying about us along the way.

Use the large buttons above to see all sorts of materials produced by the Weddings Project. Some are free for all Vicars, some are just for Vicars in the Dioceses listed above.

All the materials you see on those pages are part of the Project's package of training and resources and have been tried and tested by couples and clergy in Bradford and Oxford dioceses, and at wedding shows around the country.

To speak to someone about the Weddings Project story and system with a view to getting your diocese involved, do please contact: weddings.project@c-of-e.org.uk.

Weddings Best Practice

We’ve learned what makes the difference to couples who come to you for a wedding. Find out more in our best practice guides:

• Guidelines on combining a Marriage Service with Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child, or Holy Baptism, and read more about this new service in the Church of England's Wider Weddings press release.
• Our easy guide to the Marriage Measure, or the House of Bishops legal guidance on the Marriage Measure.
• Why the Church of England is an enthusiastic believer in marriage.
• There could be a marriage care advantage to agreeing to a couple's request to have their wedding filmed. See our latest fact sheet on Top Tips for good Wedding Videography.
• The reasonable and clear guide to charging for a wedding.
• Research for the Weddings Project shows this: When it comes to preparing for marriage, couples prefer a single session. We asked the Revd. Andrew Body, author of Growing Together and Making the Most of Weddings, to devise this single session template. 10 simple steps for thinking about marriage in one session.
• Be better presented at wedding shows: a Top 10 tips resource for organisers.
• Use our free weddings banner ad on your parish web site - an eyecatching way to direct couples straight to yourchurchwedding.org. This smaller box design might be more suitable for your site. If you require a different format, please contact us.
• I've just heard about the Ceremony Planner and I'd like to know more.

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Part of the Project?

View paper resources before ordering:

• Investors in Weddings logo. This is a visible sign to couples that you are a church committed to this area of ministry. Use it consistently on your church website and letterhead.
• Have you seen our marriage preparation invitation card and banns invitation card? To order, see below.
• The Wedding Diary. This online service will help to remind you of when to send your wedding-related greetings and invitation cards to couples.
• Resources overview: a summary of resources that have been produced and the timings for using them.
• Weddings welcome form for you to download, also available in Black and white.

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