If you want to be married at Horfield Parish Church but neither of you lives in the parish, there are a few possible options:

(1) If one or both of you have a strong personal or family link with the church and therefore have a qualifying connection, please see below and be prepared to complete the form when you visit the church.

(2) You are entitled to be married here if one of you is on the Church Electoral Roll.
To qualify for this, you must attend worship here regularly for at least six months before the banns are called (“regularly” means every Sunday when this is possible – at least twice a month). You can then be put on the electoral roll.
You are not advised to do this unless you would really like to come to church! Most people who join us for worship in this way have enjoyed being here, and many have gone on to make a fuller Christian commitment.
BUT if you have not worshipped here regularly, you cannot be put on the roll, and you will not be able to be married here!

The alternative is that you can be married in the church of the parish where you do live!

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YOUR QUALIFYING CONNECTION WITH THE PARISH

I wish to rely on a connection with the parish by virtue of one or more of the following: Please tick the relevant statement(s)

• I was baptised in the parish by a Church of England service.

• I have been confirmed by a Church of England service and my confirmation is entered in a register belonging to a church in the parish

• My parent or grandparent was married in the parish by a Church of England service

• I have had my usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months*

• My parent has had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months during my lifetime*

• I have habitually attended public worship at Church of England services in the parish for at least 6 months **

• My parent has habitually attended public worship at Church of England services in the parish for at least 6 months during my lifetime**

* This can apply whether or not you or your parent(s) are still resident in the parish
** This can apply whether or not you or your parent(s) are still attending worship in the parish
Note: In the Church of England Marriage Measure a parent means:
• parent of either a legitimate or an illegitimate child; or
• an adoptive parent (This requires legal adoption); or
• a person ”who has undertaken the care and upbringing” of another person.
For a grandparent one of the above three types of relationship must apply between each generation and the next, i.e. between the grandparent and the parent and between the parent and the person completing the form.

Signed …………………………………………………………………….

Dated…………………………………..