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by choccybabe | 20 July, 2010 - 14:42

Hello Reverend

Are there any churches in England that are conducting civil ceremonies please?

Thank you.

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by Jan Harney | 22 July, 2010 - 09:04
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Hi Eileen
Civil ceremonies only take place at venues licensed to do them. There is now a wide variety of places that carry such licences and they bring in a Registrar to conduct the ceremony.

An Incumbent (Vicar) is a registrar but we are only licenced for religious ceremonies - in the Church of England it's the service as specified in Common Worship or the more traditional Book of Common Prayer. You can find the wording for these ceremonies on www.yourchurchwedding.org and on the church of england website.

Hope this helps
Kind regards
Jan