Wedding Request

Thank you for your interest in being married at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. After familiarizing yourself with our policies, practices, and fees in the Wedding handbook, the first step to reserving the church is to submit this request. Once we receive your form, we will be in touch with a decision within 10 business days.

Wedding Request Form

Name(Required)

First Last

Your Email Address(Required)

Confirm Email Address(Required)

Your Phone(Required)

In order to adhere to the guidelines of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, if a person wishes to remarry after a divorce, clergy must be in touch with the bishop's office.

Unmarried, Widowed, Divorced(Required)

Unmarried

Widowed

Divorced

Are you:(Required)

Baptized

Confirmed

Neither baptized nor confirmed

Church denomination(Required)

Date of birth, including year(Required)

Name of your fiance(e)

Full Name of your fiancé(e)(Required)

First Last

Email address of fiancé(e)(Required)

Phone of fiancé(e)(Required)

In order to adhere to the guidelines of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, if a person wishes to remarry after a divorce, clergy must be in touch with the bishop's office.

Unmarried, Widowed, Divorced(Required)

Unmarried

Widowed

Divorced

Are you:(Required)

Baptized

Confirmed

Neither baptized nor confirmed

Church denomination(Required)

Date of birth, including year(Required)

Relationship to St. Stephen's Church

I am a contributing member of St. Stephen’s with sustained giving for the most recent 3 years.

My fiancé is a contributing member of St. Stephen’s with sustained giving for the most recent 3 years.

My fiancé or I am the child, grandchild or sibling of a contributing member of St. Stephen’s with sustained giving for the most recent 3 years.

If you selected the 3rd option, please provide name of parent, grandparent or sibling in the text box below.

Relationship to St. Stephen's Church

Neither my fiancé/e nor I am a member of St. Stephen’s Church but have a meaningful current or prior connection to St. Stephen’s and/or its ministries. (Examples: Teacher at St. Stephen’s Preschool; St. Stephen’s staff member; core vendor at the farmers market; staff singer in St. Stephen’s Choir; former member of the Virginia Girls Choir.)

Please describe your relationship to St. Stephen’s in the box below.

Size of wedding guest list(Required)

<25

>25-100

>100-250

>250

If >250, please provide anticipated number

Preferred date of the wedding(Required)

Preferred time of the wedding(Required)

Weddings are not held in Lent nor in Advent. To see when Lent begins (the dates change each year), you can visit the Lectionary Page (lectionarypage.net). Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.

Alternate dates and times, if any

I have read and understand St. Stephen's wedding policies and agree to abide by them.(Required)

I agree

I do not agree

Deposit Information(Required)

I understand that St. Stephen's Church is able to accommodate our request to hold our wedding at the church, a non-refundable deposit of $500 will be due in order to reserve the church, clergy, and other staff.

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