Baptism/Weddings/Funerals

Both St Luke's and Moor Lane churches take baptisms, weddings and funerals. These are significant events in any person's life, and as a church we are here to share these times with you.   Everybody's situation is different, so we welcome you to contact one of the pastors to talk with us. 

Baptisms

Baptism is a celebration of God’s love, a mark of belonging to God’s family and a commitment to going together on the journey of faith.

When we talk with people about baptism we talk about

Service of Thanksgiving

Confirmation

Weddings

We are delighted that you are thinking of a Church wedding; the good news is that you can marry here whether or not you go to church or have been christened, provided you meet the legal criteria and fulfill the parish residence or ‘church connection’ legal requirements.  

At St Luke's, we do all we can to make a wedding service the very special day which all couples wish for in our beautiful modern church. 

To find out more,  make an appointment with one of our clergy via the Parish Office.

We look forward to meeting you and having the chance to talk things through.

If you live in our parish and are planning to get married in another Church of England church please download the banns application form print, complete and bring it to us us to arrange to have your banns read here.

To read more about weddings in general, visit the Church of England website.

A Service of Prayer and Dedication after a Civil Marriage

This service is for a husband and wife – already married – who wish to dedicate to God their life together.  For example, where a couple have married in a civil ceremony, or have married abroad, and they wish to come to church to have their marriage "blessed".  This can be a small service, with just the couple and some friends, or a larger service.  See the Church of England website for more details.  Please contact our Parish Office if you want to discuss this.

Thanksgiving for Marriage

Where a husband and wife want to reaffirm their vows together, perhaps to celebrate an anniversary or after a time of separation or difficulty in marriage, then we can offer a service of "Thanksgiving For Marriage".  This too can be a small service, with just the couple and some friends, or a larger service.  See the Church of England website for more details.   Again, please contact our Parish Office if you want to discuss this.

Funerals

If you’ve just been bereaved, your first point of contact will normally be a local funeral director. If you’d like a minister from St Luke’s with Moor Lane Church to be involved in the funeral, or if you’d like to hold the funeral in church, please ask the funeral director to contact us before the date is fixed so we can make sure that someone is available. Once the funeral is booked, the person taking the funeral will arrange to come and meet the next of kin to talk about the arrangements and the kind of service you would like. They might also ask for some details of the person who has died to help prepare a eulogy. The funeral is a time to acknowledge your sense of grief and sorrow, but within us we may continue to carry that sense of grief and sorrow caused by the love we had for the person who died.   After the funeral, we are available in the weeks and months to come.   If this could be of help to you or if we can offer support in any other way, please let us know. 

We also hold a special service on Remembrance Sunday at St Luke’s for those who have been bereaved in recent years and who would like a public opportunity to remember their loved ones.

To read more about funerals in general, visit the Church of England website.