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Who can marry in All Saints' Church Stamford?
Under the current regulations there are three ways you can marry in any Anglican Church;
1. One or both partners living in parish
2. By one or both partners being on the Church Electoral Roll
3. By Archbishop's license
Marriage and the Law - Banns of Marriage
Before you can be married, certain legal formalities have to take place to make sure that you are both free to marry. Usually this is done by the reading of Banns in the parish churches where each of you is resident. There is a fee payable for each of the banns reading.
If at least one of you lives in the Parish of All Saints' with St John's Stamford, your Banns will be read in the parish on the first three Sundays of the month preceding your wedding. Most couples like to be present to hear their banns read, and we look forward to welcoming you to the services when your banns are to be read. We also hope that you will enjoy coming to church on a regular basis in the months leading up to your wedding. To discover more of God's love for you and his purpose for your lives will be a strong foundation for your marriage.
If one of you lives in another parish, your Banns of Marriage will also have to be read in that parish church. It is your responsibility to contact the Rector / Vicar there and make the arrangements for your Banns to be read. He or she will arrange to have the Banns read and then issue you with a Banns Certificate for which a fee is payable to that parish. You must give this certificate to the priest officiating at your wedding as soon as you are issued with it because your marriage cannot legally go ahead unless he has seen it.
- We suggest you contact your local minister about four months before your wedding.
If neither of you lives in the Parish of All Saints' with St John's Stamford you have to make this "your parish" before your Banns can be read. You do this by joining the Parish Electoral Roll. You qualify for this by joining the church family on Sundays at one of our services on a regular basis (not less than once a month) for a period of six months. You will also need to have been baptised. Please join us at our Sunday services as soon as possible so that we can confirm the arrangements for your wedding. We hope that you will find a real welcome in the parish, and that because you have joined in worship here, your wedding will be even more meaningful.
- You will also need to arrange for Banns of Marriage to be read in the Anglican Parish Churches where you both live, as well as in our parish.
If you would like to read the full rules and regulations that are applicable to marriages in the Church of England then there is a detailed item on the Church of England web site, www.cofe.anglican.org
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