We are delighted that you may be considering getting married at Fossoway or having your child or yourself baptised here.  Whilst everyone will have individual queries there are some which will be common to everyone and we try to deal with these below.

Weddings  

If you are planning to get married and wish the Minister to conduct your service, please contact the Minister via the Contacts Page to make an appointment to discuss this with her.

The Minister is available to conduct weddings for all individuals who reside within her parish, or who themselves, or their parents are members of the church, or those who have family associations with the church. Please note that in order to avoid disappointment you should contact the Minister, prior to finalising any date for your wedding.

Marriage Schedule

The bride and groom must submit a marriage notice to the registrar for the district where the marriage is to take place at least four weeks before the date of the wedding. However if the bride or groom has previously been married, they must submit a marriage notice to the registrar at least six weeks before the date of the wedding. N.B. the registrar in Kinross prefers to see couples well in advance and therefore I would suggest that you visit her two months prior to the date of your wedding.

When you visit the registrar you must take with you your birth certificate. If either of you were married previously, you should also take with you your divorce certificate. If you are a widow, or widower, the death certificate of your former spouse will be required also.

The registrar will prepare a marriage schedule, which is necessary for the wedding to take place. Please note the bride or groom must collect the marriage schedule.

Witnesses to the marriage (i.e. the best man, chief bridesmaid must be sixteen years of age or over.

Please note that the wedding cannot take place without the marriage schedule. This must be presented to the minister prior to the wedding ceremony beginning.

Church Arrangements

Flowers

Please discuss your requirements with the Minister.

Organist

An organist will be provided for your wedding ceremony. Please discuss your requirements with the Minister. Please ensure that you contact your organist to discuss your wedding music.

N.B. If you wish to use another organist to play at your wedding, this should be discussed with the minister, prior to making any further arrangements.

Photographs

Brides, please ensure that you turn up in good time for your wedding if you require wedding photographs to be taken prior to the ceremony.

During the wedding ceremony, itself, no photographs may be taken. However, it is customary for an official photograph (i.e. by the official photographer) to be taken as the rings are being placed upon the finger, symbolizing the moment of union. This is welcomed.

Church Fees

The fee, which has been set for your wedding incorporates the following: -

£70 fee for the organist

£30 fee for the beadle/officer

*£150 church fee for non –members

*£100 donation for members & their immediate families

Thus the total costing will either be £250, or £200 if you are a member of the church, or your parents are members.

Please consider completing the “Gift Aid” form. Completing this form does not cost you any more money, nor do we require your tax details, it simply enables the church to recover monies that would go to the tax man.

Please keep in contact with the minister re. arrangements for your wedding. Joanne is happy to support you in whichever way she can.

N..B. if individuals are not financially able to meet the costs of the church, this will not prevent you from being married in church. Please discuss this with the Minister.

Baptisms

Baptisms are conducted in the normal course of morning worship. Should you wish your child or yourself to be baptised, please contact the Minister.