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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 our Weddings 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.

Please note: weddings at St. Stephen’s Church can be held at 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., or 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Because of the number of other events that take place at St. Stephen’s Church, weddings cannot be held here on other days of the week, nor at an earlier or later time of day.

Wedding Request Form

Name(Required)

First Last

Your Email Address(Required)

Confirm Email Address(Required)

Your Phone (with area code)(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

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)

Full Name of your fiancé(e)(Required)

First Last

Email address of fiancé(e)(Required)

Phone of fiancé/e (with area code)(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

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(Required)

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; provide name below.

We are in the process of becoming contributing members of St. Stephen's Church (enrolled in inquirers classes, pledging, etc.)

Neither my fiancé nor I am a member of St. Stephen’s but have a meaningful current or prior connection to St. Stephen’s or its ministries.* Describe below.

*Examples of a meaningful connection are serving as a teacher at Dogwood Preschool; serving as a staff member of St. Stephen’s Church; serving as a staff singer in St. Stephen’s choirs; you were a member of the Virginia Girls Choir.

*The following examples would not be considered meaningful connections for purposes of this request, you or your fiancé/e are Episcopalian but do not belong to St. Stephen’s Church; you or your fiancé/e attended an Episcopal school such as St. Catherine’s or St. Christopher’s; you or your fiancé/e once lived in Richmond, and you wish to be married in town; you have friends who belong to St. Stephen’s Church; you have attended worship here but have not joined the church.

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

If you selected the 5th option--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--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 (must be a Saturday)(Required)

Preferred time of the wedding (must be 4, 4:30 or 5 p.m.)(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 if 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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