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The Churches
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churches in which to be married.
The Church of St John the Baptist, Epping,
All Saints' Church, Theydon Garnon,
All Saints' Church, Epping Upland or
The Church of St Alban the Martyr, Coopersale,
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St Alban's Church, Coopersale seats 120 and is situated at the edge
of a village overlooking the Essex countryside. It is a mid 19th
century church, providing an intimate feeling wedding in a rural
location, whilst being easily accessible from the M25 and M11. If
you get married at St Alban's, Coopersale we can provide an organ and
choir. Should you want flowers, please contact us to discuss
this. The church stands in attractive grassed traditional
churchyard with a rural backdrop.
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< The exterior of St Alban the Martyr,
Coopersale showing the porch and garden
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All Saints', Epping Upland seats 200. It is an
older church with part of the present nave dating to the 13th
century. It is found in a very rural location with views across
fields in every direction. The church stands in traditional
churchyard with a rural back drop. It has its own spacious car
park and is accessible from the M11 and M25. If you get married
at All Saints', Epping Upland we can provide an organ, choir and
bells. The church flower arrangers can provide flowers in
consultation should this be required. There is ramped access to
the church.
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The altar and
choir stalls at Epping Upland >
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All Saints', Theydon Garnon also seats 200. This church dates
to the 13th century with additions through the centuries. It is
set amongst fields in the Essex countryside in a traditional churchyard
but is easily accessible from the M25 and M11. All Saints',
Theydon Garnon is found down a quiet cul-de-sac with off road
parking. If you get married at All Saints', Theydon Garnon
there are an organ and choir at your disposal and a newly hung peal of
bells to ring out joyfully. Flowers can be provided on request
and on consultation. There is a ramp to provide wheelchair access
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The
Church
of
St
John the Baptist, Epping is the largest church in the
team and seats 350-400 guests but can also feel intimate with far
smaller numbers. It is a Victorian Gothic building designed by GF
Bodley and the completeness of the architect's vision is to be
recognised in the Grade II* listing. The nave has a
wonderful acoustic that adds greatly to the atmosphere. St John's
has a particularly fine organ and can provide an organist and choir to
accompany
your wedding. There is an eight bell peal to ring out and an
attractive garden outside the church for your photographs. The
Flower Guild at St John's will provide flowers should this be required,
in consultation with you. St John's is found right in the middle
of Epping, a small market town on the outskirts of London, which is easily accessible from the M11 and M25 and
by public transport. It is 10 minutes walk from Epping London
Underground station and many of the local buses stop outside the
church. St John's has also been working on its accessibility and has an
induction loop and ramped access.
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| Interior of the Church of St
John the Baptist, Epping |
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Charges in
2010
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Epping |
Epping Upland |
Coopersale |
Theydon Garnon |
| Banns |
22.00 |
22.00 |
22.00 |
22.00 |
| Certificate of Banns issued at the time of
publication |
(12.00) |
(12.00) |
(12.00) |
(12.00) |
| Service |
260.00 |
260.00 |
260.00 |
260.00 |
| Certificate |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
| Team Fee |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
| Church Fee |
60.00 |
60.00 |
60.00 |
60.00 |
| Verger |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
| Use of Organ and organist * |
159.50 |
124.50 |
124.50 |
124.50 |
| Choir * |
125.00 |
70.00 |
70.00 |
70.00 |
| Video facility fee * |
75.00 |
75.00 |
75.00 |
75.00 |
| Bells* (includes £12 a rope to ringers) |
150 |
150.00 |
n/a |
150.00 |
| Flowers* - costs on application |
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TOTALS
(Excludes certificate of Banns
not issued if called with Team)
* optional costs
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£935.00
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£845.00
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£695.00
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£845.00 |
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What to do next
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 If
you
would
like
to get married in one of the churches of the Epping
Team, please contact the Team
Office either by e-mail
or on 01992 575570 to book an appointment to discuss what you would
like with one of the clergy team. There are regular Saturday
morning appointments to plan weddings, but if this isn't convenient,
please contact us to book another time.
Every year the Team holds a wedding preparation meeting at
the beginning of the year for all couples planning to marry in the year
to help you plan your wedding.
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Bells
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 Bells are available at the Church of St John the
Baptist, Epping; All
Saints', Epping Upland and All Saints', Theydon Garnon. It takes
some time to put together a bell-ringing team, so we appreciate hearing
a few months in advance if you would like the bells to be rung at your
wedding.
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Organ
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 All the team churches
have organs and experienced organists to play at your
wedding. They are very happy to liaise with you and discuss
your musical choices. The organ at St John's Church, Epping is
particularly fine and has just been refurbished to improve its
quality.
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Choir
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 If
you
would
like
a choir to support the singing at your wedding, we can
provide this at all the team churches. All four churches have
choir stalls for the choir and there are robed choirs at St John's
Church, Epping, All Saints', Epping Upland and All Saints', Theydon
Garnon. If you attend a service at St John's Church, Epping or
All Saints' Theydon Garnon, the choir can be seen in action. Simon Winters, the choir master
at St John's, runs a number of other choirs locally.
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Flowers
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 All
the
churches have teams of flower arrangers used to creating displays
for those churches. They would be delighted to decorate the
church for your wedding, should you so wish and will work with you to
your theme and budget.
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Find
out
more
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Find
out more about organising weddings and how the church can help from the
Church of England Website >>> here
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Where
can
I
get
married?
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 If
you
want to marry in any of the parish churches of the Epping District
Team, as listed above, the new Church
of
England rules require you to be able to show one of the
following seven connections with the parish involved.
That one of you:
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was baptised in the parish concerned or
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was prepared for confirmation in the parish or
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has at any time lived in the parish for a period of at least
6 months or
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has at any time regularly gone to normal church services in
the parish church for a period of at least 6 months or
That one of your parents, at any time after you were
born:
That one of your parents or grandparents:
Where
this
list mentions church services - going to normal church services,
baptism, confirmation or marriage - this only applies to Church
of England services.
Even
if
none of the above conditions apply, it may well be possible for you
to marry in one of the Epping Team churches, so please still contact us
to make an appointment to discuss this.
If
you
live within one of the team parishes and are marrying in a church
that's not one of the team churches, your parish church will still need
to read the banns for you. They will also support you as you
prepare for the wedding, and afterwards too, so in this case, please
contact us too.
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