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The Big Day > Church Weddings: How much is the Church

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- CommentAuthorBee
Hi just wondering how much is a church wedding i am going to see the vicar this week would like to be prepared i think it is in the region of £300.

Thanks x
- CommentAuthorloola_hoop
i think about £319 is the MINIMUM they can charge! - ours is £500 starting point, we are still due to have another meeting with the vicar - which reminds me i need to get on an arrange that!! lol xxx
- CommentAuthorDi B 83
Ours is costing £522.50, i think it depends where in the country you live and if you want the bells, choir etc x
- CommentAuthorsbride
Mine is costing £550

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- CommentAuthormrs handforth
mines costing £490 but if i was to have a summer wedding then it would be £410

- CommentAuthorloubylou
it all depends on the church, im sure theres another thread about this and the difference people are paying is quite a big difference.
ours is a methodist church and its costing us £235, thats for, church,minister,organist and steward. we also have to pay a lady seperate for doing flowers for the church,(not that expensive but not sure the final amount) which are left in the church for the sunday service then on the monday they are taken to local sick people and oaps who have no family around , which i am quite happy about and dont mind paying for. x

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- CommentAuthormelvis
its usually a basic cost of £260 for the service and the ministers time and then they add on addional costs such as banns, marriage certificate, heating and electricity, organist, etc etc... all in all ours is £400... thts an anglican church xx

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- CommentAuthorCharlz
Our church is costing £580 but that includes church of england fees plus organist, banns being read etc only things that are extra are bell ringer, flowers and verger (whatever that is) lol. x
- CommentAuthorStevie_Dee
Ours is over £600 more if we want heating which in December is a given. xx

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- CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
Ours was just under £300 for Church, Organ, verger, bell, and flowers. Banns was seperate-£34 each to our own parishes. However it was supposed to be more but we weren't charged for somethings at vicars discretion.

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- CommentAuthorx ashlil x
mine is £780!!!! x
- CommentAuthorKye
Our church is costing £330 and there are loads extras you can have like bell ringing for £90, organist- £60 etc xxx
- CommentAuthorMadam Butterfly
just under £600 includes flowers, banns, choir, bells, organist x

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- CommentAuthorMrs fairytale
£644 that inculeds, choir, banns x2, bells, organist and the flowers that are already in there, but the church flower ladie has asled our clours so she can co-ordinate them xx

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- CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
I will call priest tonight to get appointment to meet with him, as I just moved, but it's a catholic church so I don't know I have read a few threads on other forums saying it is a donation and not a fixed price

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Getting really stressed and excited now
- CommentAuthorserine4andrew
ours is costing £490 which includes bells but doesnt include organist which is an additional £60.00 plus £60.00 for copyright xxx

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- CommentAuthormcewan07
our church (including marrage fees and certficate from registrar) is about £330.I say about as this was last years price not sure what it is this year till i talk to David
- CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
Im getting married in a catholic church and i have to pay £47 for the registrar and then a donation to the church.. Si Im quite lucky. Although the main expense is the organist - her fee is £100!!!!!!!

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- CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
@ekielty do you have to give organist £100 and then donation on top of that? will she play whatever song you choose?

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- CommentAuthorBee
ooh so many different prices aren't there ive no idea now until i see the vicar :-) i have expected £300 or so for the budget hmm should be okay. how did you approach your church my mum says to go in as i was thinking of calling them up. x
- CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
Mines like Ekielty. We have to make a donation to the church, so we're giving £100 and the organist is £50. The lady who does the flowers every week in church has said to us to let her know our flowers, give her the money and she will get them at the market and make them up for us for free (gonna save us a bit). Our church bells are electric so they're doin that for free cos its only a case of flicking a swich. We're currently searching bay of e for pew ends now. x

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- CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
ours is £365 for bells, organist, bands, flowers and an additional £25 for 150 OOS but not going to have them as they look like something my 3 year old can do on the puter so going to do my own

suzi i found some pew ends will post site on your wall soon as i dig it out.....lol

and now the next chapter
- CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
jsut posted the link on you wall suzie mines were pack of 20 for £4.25.........hope that helps

and now the next chapter
- CommentAuthorSian-Louise
lil miss sunshine could I have the link too please :D

My church is costing around £525 xx
- CommentAuthoralanafx
we are getting married in a catholic church too and for us its only a donation. Our priest has told us the usual donation is between £50-£100 although he doesnt expect that hes happy with whatever xx

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- CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
sian link on your wall hon

and now the next chapter
- CommentAuthorLaticschick Holland
mine is £550 includes flowers, organist, and all paper work etc
- CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
My organist is a set fee - i presumed it would be a donation but its not.. We are giving the church £100 donation if we can, then the registrar fee and we have been told that the lady who does the flowers in church will do them that week to incorporate our colour scheme so thats good! xx

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I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! xx
- CommentAuthorMrsSnedden2B
I confussed whats banns? lol i think the church co-cordation said £100 for the church something for the minster i am having an ipod dock lol for my song and no flowers in the church and a donation to the guy that opens the church for us i think i will have to phone my church co-cordation tomorrow as my minster has not even been named lol xx
- CommentAuthorVicky
What are banns?? Our is 627.90 is such a random figure!!
- CommentAuthorCharlz
This is copied off of wiki for the explanation of Banns...

The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as "the banns" or "bans" (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation," rooted in Old French[1]) are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified persons. It is commonly associated with the Church of England and with other denominations whose traditions are similar; the Roman Catholic Church abolished the requirement in 1983.

The purpose of banns is to enable anyone to raise any canonical or civil legal impediment to the marriage, so as to prevent marriages that are invalid. Impediments vary between legal jurisdictions, but would normally include a pre-existing marriage that has been neither dissolved nor annulled, a vow of celibacy, lack of consent, or the couple's being related within the prohibited degrees of kinship.
- CommentAuthorMrsSnedden2B
That clears ot up then lol wonder if the are for the church og scotland to x
- CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
Just Church of England- replaces Notice.

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- CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
I've just been told by my priest that it would be £250 minimum it's a donation £50 for registry then £200 for ceremony , organist is separate but he charges about £60.

Soon to be Mrs Gary Doublé
Everything is now booked
Getting really stressed and excited now
- CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
Oh yes forgot about registrar - thats £40. Ooooh off to look at link for pew ends now! Thanks hun x

is Mrs Suzie Bear!!!!
Gotta be pink!!! :0)
I think I blinked and missed our wedding!! lol
- CommentAuthorStave
I feel like I am being taken here as mine is £900. I dont even know what it includes as it didnt say in the letter, just write the chq payable to XYZ...............

:-(
- CommentAuthorKye
In thought the law of the land was around £290-£330 but i might have picked up that wrong. Mines £330 inc banns, certificates etc but if i wanted bell ringing it would be £110, organist £60 etc so it would prob add up if i had these options xxx
- CommentAuthorKye
This figure is based on a couple living at the same address and marrying outside their own parish and includes:

the fee set by law payable to the church: £262
your marriage certificate: £3.50
having your banns read at the home church: £22
having your banns read at the church where you will marry: £22
your banns certificate: £12
Total legal fee: £321.50

Hope this helps xx
- CommentAuthorStave
Thanks Kye - God only knows what the extra is for on mine. I am gonna email the vicar now x
- CommentAuthorx jade_p x
JaeSin - Mine's expensive as well, it started off at £669 for just the church, but we wanted the choir and the bells so it's gone up to about £790! xx
- CommentAuthorMrs*Maria*Louise
  
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mine is £750 including choir and organist and that's it! £850 if we want the bells which we do but gonna see how our budget goes!!!and then still got to pay for banns at our parish church xx

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- CommentAuthorMrsSnedden2B
I was specking to my church admin person a coouple off days ago, i have to give a donation to the minister, £30 to the beedle, £40 to the organsist and a donation to the church so we are giveing the minister £50 and £90 to the church so £210 all in and we have been told our donation can be payedin after the wedding as we live next door to the treasurer xx
- CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
thats good MrsSnedden2B is it CoE or catholic? My catholic priest said donation should at least be £200 but didn't specify what it includes. I want the bells too.

Soon to be Mrs Gary Doublé
Everything is now booked
Getting really stressed and excited now
- CommentAuthormcewan07
well i just got our new costs through for my church up here in scotland

£150 to the church (as i am non member - £100 for members)
£60 for the organist
£25 parking attendant
£50 for church officer/cleaner (this however i am having for nothing as i know her and she kindly said she would do it for free for me :D

So all in my church service will be £235 , then £70 to the registry office for certificate etc.
- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
ours is £200 hun ( however that is this years price vicar said it may go up £10 or sumting next year)

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- CommentAuthorTara p mrs gibson2b
  
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ours is £450 for the church , vicar, verger, and organist
then £50 for the choir, and £80 for the bells ,
and a small fee for them 2 do the flower :)

soon 2 b mrs gibson !!!!!
- CommentAuthorDeeC
Ours is CofE church. Banns an certificate £34,church service £448 plus £16 for red carpet and £58 for candle array at the front. This is without having to pay for flowers, choir, organist, bells etc which are quite expensive so I think we will just have some flowers!! They charge a fortune for the bells and when I re read it they just play a recording of them!!
- CommentAuthorRoseyB
  
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Ours is £550 including bells and organist and all the usual wedding stuff. We decided against the choir. The flowers are extra but really not expensive at all it'll be around £75 for pew ends and bows etc it's amazing the difference in prices. My aunties church costs more as they don't do many weddings, but mine does loads so is all prepped for them xx
- CommentAuthorFruity_pops
ours is a methodist church and its costing us £350, thats for, church,minister,organist and steward also

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26th August 2011 at 3pm

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