Life Events

Our churches are here to serve you: we are here for those most important events in your life. All of our churches - St Oswald's, St Mary's, St Peters, St Barlok's, St John's and Holy Trinity - are available for christenings, weddings and funerals.

For further information please contact the office on 01335 343052 or parishoffice@ashbournechurch.org.uk

If you wish to make an enquiry, please use the links below:

Banns Enquiry Form
Wedding Enquiry Form
Baptism (Christening) Enquiry Form
Funeral Enquiry Form

If you are ready to apply, please use the links below:

Banns Application Form
Wedding Application Form
Baptism Application Form

As a church we want to be there for people at all times of life. However, at key times our church can be involved in a special way, with services for the birth of a child, with weddings and with funerals.

Baptism and Thanksgivings

We regularly offer baptisms and thanksgiving services. We help you to decide which service is more suitable, and we want to make it an enjoyable and accessible experience. Click here for more information on Baptisms and Christenings, and here for a booking form.

Weddings

Congratulations! We love celebrating weddings in our beautiful church. The website yourchurchwedding.org will help you to understand some of the rules surrounding church weddings (we offer support and guidance through the legalities). We will work with you to make your big day beautiful, meaningful and a wondeful celebration of your love and relationship. Click here for more information on Weddings, and here for a booking form.

Funerals

We have a team of clergy who regularly take funerals either in church or in crematoria. We work with funeral directors and families to celebrate the life of loved ones and offer Christian hope for the future. We are keen to support families at a difficult time by offering ongoing pastoral support and twice a year we invite bereaved families into church for a memorial service.

Documents

Downloads

Weddings:

Wedding Application Form Basic Details to register your wedding with us. Note: this is a proposal at this stage and we cannot guarantee your date until you meet with Duncan or another clergy colleague to discuss it. 36 K
Musical Advice A pdf of suitable music, hymns and readings for you to choose from. 276 K
Banns Application Form Banns Application form (if you are getting married elsewhere and need to apply to have your banns to be read at one of our churches) You can email the form back to Claire at ashbournechurch@gmail.com 38K
Generic_Wedding_Service_Sheet.pub Marriage Service Sheet template (in Microsoft Publisher format). This not only gives you the outline of the service, but can be used as a beginning for you if you are planning to print your own Service Sheets. Alternatively, we can do this for you at a very reasonable cost (see below) 139K

Christenings:

Baptism Application Form This form is essential. Without the completion of this form (click the link above), the baptism will not take place. You can email the form back to ashbournechurch@gmail.com.