{"id":84,"date":"2010-01-29T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T13:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kenwilkie.com\/churchnew\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:56:47","slug":"weddings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.markinchchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=84","title":{"rendered":"Life Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting Married<\/span><\/p>\n

Preliminaries\"\"<\/a>
\nPlease arrange the date and venue of your wedding as early as possible to ensure the Minister is available and you get the date and time you require.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Notice of Marriage
\n<\/strong>Papers that need be completed and submitted to the Registrar for each person include:
\nMarriage Notice Form (M10) (available here<\/span><\/a>)
\nBirth Certificates (original or certified copies.)
\nDivorce Papers, if applicable (Original Decree Absolute or certified copies)<\/div>\n


\nWhere do I submit these documents?
\n<\/strong>These need to be submitted to the Registrar closest to the location of your wedding ceremony (list of Registrars here<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Please contact the Registrar to make an appointment.
\n<\/strong>The Registrar\u2019s Office for the Parish of Markinch is in Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes. KY7 5LT
\nTel: 08451555555 ext. 444607
\nEmail\u00a0 fife.registrars@fife.gov.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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When do I need to submit the documents?
\n<\/strong>Documents need to be submitted to the area Registrar no sooner than 3 months prior to your wedding and no later than 15 days prior to your wedding. It is imperative that you apply within this timescale because if your papers are not with the Registrar 15 days before your wedding day, the Registrar is not obliged to process them and your wedding will not take place.<\/p>\n

Six weeks before your wedding both parties should arrange to see the Minister to discuss the final details of the service and the rehearsal. At the rehearsal the bride, groom, best man, bridesmaid(s) and the bride\u2019s father should be present.<\/div>\n
IMPORTANT: <\/strong>The Marriage Schedule must be brought to the Church by the bridegroom on the day of the rehearsal<\/div>\n
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After the wedding ceremony, you need to return the marriage schedule to the Registrar <\/span><\/div>\n
The schedule is signed during the service by the bride and groom, (the bride uses her maiden name), the minister and the two witnesses. It must be returned to the Registrar within 3 days of the wedding ceremony.<\/div>\n
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How soon after my wedding will I receive the marriage certificate? <\/strong><\/div>\n
You will receive this by post, usually within the month.<\/div>\n
Music in the Church
\n<\/strong>There are usually two hymns sung during the wedding service. 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. Our church organist would like to see you 12 weeks before your wedding to receive and listen to suggestions for your wedding music and hymns.<\/div>\n
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Photographs in the Church<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Please advise your photographer and guests that flash photographs are not allowed during the\u00a0 marriage service. A video may be taken from a fixed, unobtrusive point, the location of the camera must be discussed with the Minister beforehand<\/div>\n
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Flowers in the Church<\/strong><\/div>\n

\n<\/strong>If you wish to leave your flowers in the Church after the service, our Flower Convenor will arrange for them to be distributed to the sick and \/ or elderly within the Parish. Please advise the Minister.<\/div>\n
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Fees – <\/strong>Church Wedding<\/strong><\/div>\n

The minister will advise you of the all-inclusive fee for your wedding. This fee should be paid six weeks before the date of the wedding.<\/p>\n

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Useful Telephone Numbers
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Session Clerk: Bryan Gould
\n2 Woodmuir Terrace
\nNewport-on-Tay
\nFife
\nDD6 8JN
\nTelephone No. 01382 541869\u00a0 or\u00a0 07563 516656
\nemail\u00a0 sessionclerk@markinchandthorntonchurch.org.uk<\/a><\/div>\n
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