WELCOME INTRODUCTION WHY MARRY IN CHURCH? WHICH CHURCH? NEW RULES PLANNING A CHURCH WEDDING MARRIAGE PREPARATION	NEW RULES Recently, the law has been changed and you can now marry in a church where you have a family or other special connection, even if you don’t live there. The new rules mean that an engaged couple are welcome to be married in church in a parish if any of these conditions applies: one of them was baptised or prepared for confirmation in the parish one of them has ever lived in the parish for six months or more one of them has at any time regularly attended public worship in the parish for six months or more one of their parents has lived in the parish for six months or more in their child’s lifetime one of their parents has regularly attended public worship there for six months or more in their child’s lifetime their parents or grandparents were married in the parish. To make use of these new provisions, you need to complete a form which can be obtained from the minister of the church where you wish to be married.