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.

Gillian Oliver

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Preface

Foreword

Introduction

Moment One: The First Call

Moment Two: The First Meeting

Moment Three: Space to Think

Moment Four: Reading the Banns

Moment Five: The Big Day

Moment Six: The Warm Glow

Moment Seven: First Anniversary

Afterword

Acknowledgements

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.

Couples have more choices of wedding venue than ever before, yet 22% still choose a traditional church wedding. Why do they still choose a church? What do they experience and what can be done to make both church weddings and church itself attractive to couples? Over the last few years, the Church of England's Weddings Project has been trying to help clergy up and down the country answer these questions, and here at last are their findings in a helpful handbook format. The Church Weddings Handbook identifies seven key moments for real missional engagement with couples, beginning with the initial enquiry, through to service planning, the reading of the banns, the day itself and the first anniversary. Exploring each moment in detail with pastoral insight and practical guidance, The Church Weddings Handbook offers a range of trusted resources to transform the way you conduct marriage.

'This book makes me profoundly hopeful.' -- Archbishop John Sentamu, in the Foreword 'Full of splendid insights, all the better for being concise, simple and direct... if we all adopted the attitudes and practices recommended here, we might even see significant growth in church membership among the newly married.' -- Church Times

'Full of splendid insights, all the better for being concise, simple and direct... if we all adopted the attitudes and practices recommended here, we might even see significant growth in church membership among the newly married.'

\["For church leaders guiding couples through weddings", "Addresses challenges in planning church weddings", "You will attract more couples to choose church weddings"\]

This handbook equips church leaders to connect with couples for their weddings.

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Church Weddings Handbook

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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.

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