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Click here for details on: Marriage, Baptism (Christening), Funerals, Other
For more information or to arrange a Service, please Click Here to contact the vicar
For more information or to arrange a Service, please Click Here to contact the vicar
Marriage is about the joining together of two people. In marriage the two people leave their previous families and become one, a couple, and possibly starting a new family which may become small or large dependent on choice and blessing.
Entitlement:
Anyone who lives in the parish is entitled to be wed in the parish church.
Under English law, anyone else can marry there if they have a strong connection: eg: Family from or living in the parish, a regular worshiper there, etc
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Size: Dymock parish church will seat 150 or 200 at a pinch.
Smaller parties can be made more intimate if required.
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Music:
There is a two manual pipe organ and an electronic piano.
A recorded music player can be made available on request.
Basic Fee: includes Banns, Service and Marriage Certificate:
Extras for optional: Organist, Choir, Bells
(For latest fees, contact the vicar)
Flowers: by arrangement, or you can do your own.
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Receptions can be arranged where you wish,
convenient are the adjacent
Parish Hall or Beauchamp Arms Pub
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Entitlement:
Anyone who lives in the parish is entitled to be wed in the parish church.
Under English law, anyone else can marry there if they have a strong connection: eg: Family from or living in the parish, a regular worshiper there, etc
.
Size: Dymock parish church will seat 150 or 200 at a pinch.
Smaller parties can be made more intimate if required.
.
Music:
There is a two manual pipe organ and an electronic piano.
A recorded music player can be made available on request.
Basic Fee: includes Banns, Service and Marriage Certificate:
Extras for optional: Organist, Choir, Bells
(For latest fees, contact the vicar)
Flowers: by arrangement, or you can do your own.
.
Receptions can be arranged where you wish,
convenient are the adjacent
Parish Hall or Beauchamp Arms Pub
(Return to top)
Baptism (Christening) is the welcoming ceremony into the Church. It's not a 'naming' ceremony, a person's name is given when they are registered at birth, but it's a symbolic 'washing away' with water of one's wrongdoings - which wrongdoings we call 'sin'
Baptism is only performed once in a lifetime but can be done at any age. Traditionally this was, and often still is, done as a small baby, but today people are also baptised as children or adults.
If done at an early age, people can optionally come back when they are old enough to understand for themselves in order to confirm the promises made at baptism on their behalf by their parents and 'Godparents'. That separate ceremony is known as 'Confirmation' when a bishop will ask each person being 'Confirmed' if they "Reject evil and turn to Christ".
Baptism is only performed once in a lifetime but can be done at any age. Traditionally this was, and often still is, done as a small baby, but today people are also baptised as children or adults.
If done at an early age, people can optionally come back when they are old enough to understand for themselves in order to confirm the promises made at baptism on their behalf by their parents and 'Godparents'. That separate ceremony is known as 'Confirmation' when a bishop will ask each person being 'Confirmed' if they "Reject evil and turn to Christ".
A Christian funeral is when we say goodbye to a loved one and commit them to God's care. The Service can be held in church, immediately followed by burial in the adjacent churchyard - or else in a public Crematorium, followed by cremation.
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After cremation, the ashes can be taken by a relative to any legal resting place, or buried in the crematorium grounds, or in a churchyard; eg at the church where the deceased worshipped - with or without a 'Service of Committal'.
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There are national rules governing who can be buried in our churchyard and permitted tombstones, which we are obliged to follow: For further information, click here.
Entitlement:
By arrangement with the Rector or through the
'Funeral Director' providing the funeral arrangements
Basic Cost: As quoted by the Funeral Director
Extras for optional: Organist and/or Choir
(For latest fees, contact the vicar)
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After cremation, the ashes can be taken by a relative to any legal resting place, or buried in the crematorium grounds, or in a churchyard; eg at the church where the deceased worshipped - with or without a 'Service of Committal'.
.
There are national rules governing who can be buried in our churchyard and permitted tombstones, which we are obliged to follow: For further information, click here.
Entitlement:
By arrangement with the Rector or through the
'Funeral Director' providing the funeral arrangements
Basic Cost: As quoted by the Funeral Director
Extras for optional: Organist and/or Choir
(For latest fees, contact the vicar)
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Services for other special occasions by arrangement with the vicar, eg: renewal of marriage vows, blessing of replacement wedding ring, memorial Service for a loved one, blessing of individuals, etc.