Preparing for your Wedding in
Markinch Parish Church

Preliminaries

• Please fix the date of your wedding as early as possible to ensure the Minister is available and you get the date and time you wish.

• The Minister will confirm the availability of an Organist.

Notice of Marriage

Each party must publish their intention to marry at the local Registrar’s Office. As this notice has to lie for fourteen days, arrangements should be made for this approximately  6 to 8 weeks before the date of your wedding. you should take your Birth Certificates to the Registrar’s as these will be required.

The Registrar’s Office for the Parish of Markinch is in Albany House, Glenrothes.   (Telephone number  01592  414900)

IMPORTANT: The Marriage Schedule which you will be given after publication must be brought to the Church by the bridegroom on the day of the wedding.

Marriage

Around three weeks before your wedding both parties should arrange to see the Minister to discuss  the final details of the service and to arrange for a rehearsal if this is desired. At the rehearsal the bride, groom, best man, bridesmaid(s) and the bride’s father should be present.

Music

There are usually two hymns sung during the ceremony. Processional music is normally played while the bride enters and leaves the Church.
The Organist should be consulted in musical matters relating to your service.

Photographs

Please advise your photographer and guests that flash photographs are not allowed during the  marriage service. A video may be taken from a fixed, unobtrusive point, the siting of which must be discussed with the Minister beforehand.

Charges

• Our fees for the use of the Church, Organist and Church Officer are £180.

• Members on the Roll at Markinch will be allowed a discount of £50.

• All charges  are payable to the Session Clerk no later than two weeks prior to the wedding ceremony.

Flowers

If you wish to leave your flowers in the Church after the ceremony, our Flower Convenor can arrange  for distribution to the sick and / or elderly within the Parish. Please advise the Session Clerk when arranging payment.

Useful Telephone Numbers

Minister: Rev Alex Forsyth
The Manse
7 Guthrie Crescent
Markinch
Telephone No.   01592  758264
email:  minister@markinchchurch.org.uk

Session Clerk: Ian Watt
25 Leslie Mains
Leslie
By Glenrothes
Fife KY6 6GE
Telephone No. 01592 743887
e-mail:  sessionclerk@markinchchurch.org.uk

Church Officer: Gavin Brown
10 Hill Terrace,
Markinch
Telephone No. 01592  756976

If there is anything at all of which you are uncertain please do not hesitate to contact the Minister or Session Clerk.

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