Fr. Paul Maynard
Rector of Christ Church
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Anglican Rules, Provincial Laws, and Points of
Protocol
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The wedding will be conducted according to the rites of the Anglican
Church of Canada, in the form of The Book of Common Prayer
(1962) or The Book of Alternative Services (1985). For
details re: music, etc., see The Book of Alternative Services,
p. 527.
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Applicants must be baptized. If neither person is baptized, the
couple cannot be married in the Anglican Church. If only one is
baptized, the matter may be referred to the Bishop.
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The Rector of Christ Church will be fully responsible for the
conduct of the service and all wedding activities that take place on
Christ Church premises.
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The Christ Church organist is the organist and music director at all
Christ Church weddings whenever there is music of any kind.
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Couples must apply no less than 30 days before the proposed wedding
date, unless special permission is granted by the Bishop.
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Applicants must have formal marriage preparation sessions with Fr.
Kevin, or show signed documentation of marriage preparation
elsewhere. In either case, the Rector may deny the
application for pastoral reasons; that is, if the couple does not
seem suitable or ready for marriage. So please do not send out your
wedding invitations before you have been assured that Fr. Kevin will
in fact marry you. Please also note that it is the responsibility
of the couple to call the parish office in plenty of time before the
wedding to arrange the marriage preparation sessions.
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Divorced persons applying for marriage must show legal documentation
of the divorce to the Rector. Be prepared for a serious discussion
of the previous relationship and the divorce, with both applicants
present.
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No person under 16 years of age may marry. Persons 16 or 17 years
of age may marry only with the written permission of their
parents/legal guardians. Consent forms are available for this
purpose at the Municipal Office.
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Applicants must purchase their own marriage licence at an Ontario
Municipal Office. The licence must be purchased within 3 months of
the wedding, and must be forwarded to the Rector before the
rehearsal. (See the attached documents Requirements for
Obtaining a Marriage Licence and Marriage Licence
Application.)
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All weddings at Christ Church are public services. The priest may
officiate at weddings outside of parish premises only with the
Bishop’s permission. Outside weddings will also be conducted
according to Anglican guidelines and according to the same fee
schedule (including the booking fee and the church donation fees in
full).
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Full payment according to the Christ Church fee schedule will be
made no later than the wedding rehearsal, or the wedding may be
cancelled.
We accept the preceding rules, laws, and protocols, having read them
carefully:
Signature of the Bride: __________________________________ Date:
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Signature of the Groom: _________________________________ Date:
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Wedding
Application
Groom’s Name:
_____________________________________________________________________________
(First)
(Middle) (Surname)
Date of Birth: ___________ Place of Birth: __________________
Citizenship: ________________
Father’s Name: __________________ ______ Mother’s Name:
___________________________
Address:
________________________________________________________________________________
(Street)
(City) (Prov/State) (Postal
Code)
Telephone: ( ___ ) ______________ ( ___ ) ______________
(Home)
(Work)
Occupation: _______________________ Marital Status:
Never
Married Divorced Widowed
Baptized: Yes No Date of Baptism:
_______________________
Regular Communicant: Yes No Denomination:
_______________________________________
Current Home Parish: ___________________________________ Rector:
______________________
Bride’s Name:
__________________________________________________________________________
(First)
(Middle) (Surname)
Date of Birth: ____________ Place of Birth: _________________
Citizenship: ________________
Father’s Name: ___________________________ Mother’s Name:
____________________________
Address:
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Street) (City) (Prov/State) (Postal Code)
Telephone: ( ___ ) ______________ ( ___ ) ______________
(Home)
(Work)
Occupation: ____________________ Marital Status:
Never
Married Divorced Widowed
Baptized: Yes No Date of Baptism:
________________________
Regular Communicant: Yes No Denomination:
_______________________________________
Current Home Parish: ___________________________________ Rector:
______________________
Couple’s Anticipated Telephone Number & Address after the Wedding:
( ___ ) __________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
(Street)
(City) (Prov/State) (Postal
Code)
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The Wedding
Wedding
Date & Time: ___________________ Rehearsal Date & Time:
_____________________
Marriage Preparation
: ___________________ Marriage Licence Number:
___________________
Service Form: Book of Common Prayer, pp. 563-572
(Traditional language):
Yes
or
Book of Alternative Services,
pp. 528-550 (Contemporary language):
Yes
Holy Communion: Yes No (Although Holy Communion is
not mandatory, couples are strongly encouraged to receive Communion at
the time of their marriage.)
Bible reading choices are printed at the end of this
application. The bride and groom shall choose the readings and may
invite family members and friends to read any of the Readings or the
Psalm.
The First Reading: ____________________ Reader:
_____________________________
The Psalm: ___________________________ Reader:
_____________________________
The Second Reading: _________________ Reader:
_____________________________
The Gospel (if Communion is desired): ________________________ (read by
the priest)
If, besides organ music, other music is desired, it must be distinctly
Christian music, conforming to the style of Christ Church and chosen in
consultation with Fr. Paul and organist Tom Skinner (905-991-8242).
Please indicate you wishes here:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Several optional prayers in the marriage liturgy refer to the
“procreation, care, and upbringing of children.” Do you want these
prayers to be included: Yes No
Witnesses (two are required, in addition to the priest):
1. ___________________ Telephone: ( ___ ) ________ Address:
____________________________
2. ___________________ Telephone: ( ___ ) ________ Address:
___________________________
First Usher: _____________________________ Second Usher:
_____________________________
Wedding Party Number (not including bride & groom): ______
Ring Bearer: ___________________ Flower Girl: ____________________
Approximate Number of Guests: ______
Photographer: Yes No Video: Yes No (stationary videotaping is permitted during the service)
Please note that no photography may
take place during the ceremony or interfere with any part of the wedding service.
Pictures may be taken, however, during the processions in and out
of the church, and after the wedding the wedding party is welcome
to come back into the church for more picture taking.
Christ Church Sunday Flowers, if available: Yes No
(no extra charge)
Christ Church Pew Bows: Yes No
(no extra charge)
Christ Church Candelabra: Yes No ($80)
Following the ceremony and registration, we would like the priest to
introduce us to the congregation as:
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Marriage Fee
Schedule
Booking fee
$60
Wedding fee for those who attend regularly
(i.e.,who have attended at least 12 services
in the past
year) $140
or
Wedding fee for those whose parent/s
have attended at least 12 services in the past
year $240
Wedding fee for those who are not regular attendees $340
Altar Guild (for preparing church & decorating) $60
Caretaker (for cleaning before & after wedding) $60
Organist (music at rehearsal & wedding) $100
Candelabra (down aisle & at front) $80
(optional)
Reduced Fee for Chapel Weddings
If you have 10 or less guests, 2 witnesses only (and no
wedding party), no rehearsal, no organist, and no decorations, you may
be married in the St. Francis Chapel or the St. Martin Chapel on a
Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, subject to all
the Anglican rule, provincial laws, and points of protocol listed on
page 2. The booking fee is $60 and the wedding fee is $140.
Please Note
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The booking fee of $60 is non-refundable and is required at the time
of booking the wedding.
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Extra flowers, special pew bows, other musicians, etc., must be
provided by and paid for by the bride and groom by their own
arrangement, and subject nonetheless to the approval of the Rector.
No flowers may be placed on the altar.
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All musical choices must conform to the rubrics of The Book of
Alternative Services (p. 527), as interpreted by the Rector.
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All arrangements, including those pertaining to decorations and
music, must be made before the rehearsal.
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All required fees must be paid at or before the wedding rehearsal,
in cash, and in separate sealed envelopes addressed to the
categories listed above. A receipt will be provided at the wedding.
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Rev. 9
September 2009
Requirements for Obtaining a Marriage Licence and Marriage Licence Application:
www.city.niagarafalls.on.ca/city_hall/departments/clerks/marriage_licences
A. Suitable Readings
Genesis 1:27-28
& 31a
A reading
from the book of Genesis
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of
God he created them;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God
said to them,
‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it;
and
have dominion over the fish of the sea and
over the birds of the air and over
every living thing that moves upon the earth.’
God saw everything that he had
made, and indeed, it was very good.
And there was evening and there was morning,
the sixth day.
The word of the Lord.
Tobit 8: 5b-8
A reading
from the book of Tobit
So
she got up, and they began to pray and implore that they might be kept
safe.
Tobias
began by saying,
‘Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors,
and blessed
is your name in all generations for ever.
Let the heavens and the whole
creation bless you for ever.
You
made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve
as a helper and
support.
From the two of them the human race has sprung.
You said, “It
is not good that the man should be alone;
let us make a helper for him
like himself.”
I now am taking this kinswoman of mine,
not
because of lust,
but with sincerity.
Grant that she
and I may find mercy
and that we may grow old together."
And they both said, 'Amen, Amen.'
The word of the Lord.
Romans 12:1-2
& 9-13
A reading
from the letter to the Romans
I appeal to you
therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your
bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will
of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Let
love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love
one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour.
Do
not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.
Rejoice
in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute
to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.
The word
or the Lord
1 Corinthians 13
A reading
from the letter to the Corinthians
If
I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I
am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And
if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all
knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do
not have love, I am nothing. If
I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may
boast,
but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love
is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant
or
rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or
resentful; it
does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things.
Love
never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for
tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
For
we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part;
but
when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When
I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned
like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For
now we see in a mirror, dimly,
but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will
know fully, even as I have been fully known.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these
three; and the greatest of these is love.
The word of the Lord.
Ephesians 3: 14-19
A reading
from the letter to the Ephesians
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that,
according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened
in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in
your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray
that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that
surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The word of the Lord
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Colossians 3: 12-17
A reading
from the letter to the Colossians
As
God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear
with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive
each other; just as the Lord
has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above
all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in
perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in you hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to god. and whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
The word of the Lord.
1 John 4: 7-12
A reading
from the letter to the Colossians
Beloved,
let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is
born of God and knows God. Whoever
does not love does not know God, for God is love. God’s
love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the
world so that we might live through him. In
this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his
Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved,
since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No
one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his
love is perfected in us.
The word of the Lord.
B. Suitable Psalms
Psalm 67
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
That
your way may be known upon earth,
your liberating power among all nations.
Let
the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with integrity
and govern the nations upon earth.
Let
the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Then the earth will yield its fruitfulness;
and God, our God, will bless us.
God shall bless us;
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Psalm 112
O praise the Lord.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord :
and greatly delights in his commandments.
His children shall be mighty in the land :
a race of upright men who will be blessed.
Riches and plenty shall be in his house :
and his righteousness stands for ever.
Light arises in darkness for the upright :
gracious and merciful is the righteous man.
It goes well with the man who acts generously and lends :
who guides his affairs with justice.
Surely he shall never be moved :
the righteous shall be held in everlasting remembrance.
Glory to the Father and to the
Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Psalm 148
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
O praise him in the heights!
Praise
him, all his angels;
O praise him, all his host!
Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you stars of light!
Praise
him, you highest heavens,
and you waters that are above the heavens!
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
for he commanded and they were made.
He
established them for ever and ever;
he made and ordinance which cannot be passed
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
Psalm 150
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in firmament!
of his power.
Praise
him for his mighty acts;
praise him according to his abundant
goodness.
Praise him in the blast of the ran's horn;
praise him upon lute and harp.
Praise
him with the timbrel and dances;
praise him upon the strings and pipe.
Praise
him on the high-sounding cymbals;
praise him upon loud cymbals.
Let
everything that has breath praise the Lord.
O praise the Lord.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
C. Suitable
Gospel Passages
Matthew 5: 1-10
A reading from the
Gospel according to St. Matthew
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and
after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to
speak, and taught them, saying:
‘Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Blessed
are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
‘Blessed
are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
‘Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be
filled.
‘Blessed
are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
‘Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
‘Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
‘Blessed
are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven
The word of the Lord.
St.
Matthew 22:35-40
A reading from the Gospel according to St. Matthew
and one of them,
a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the
law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘ “You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is
like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.’
The word of the
Lord.
St. Mark 10: 6-9
A reading from the Gospel according to St. Mark
But from the
beginning of creation, “God made them male and female.” “For this reason a man
shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall
become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God
has joined together, let no one separate.’
The word of the
Lord.
St. John 2: 1-11
A reading from the Gospel according to St. John
On the third day there was a wedding in
Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited
to the wedding. When
the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’
And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is
that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever
he tells you.’ Now
standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of
purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus
said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the
brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take
it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had
become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants
who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine
first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk.
But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana
of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
The word of the Lord
John 15: 9-12
A reading from the Gospel according to St. John
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved
you; abide in my love. If
you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept
my Father
