Our facility is available to First Christian Church members or non-members who attend our small groups (re:gen, Life Group, Marriage Ministry). To confirm your wedding date, please submit this form as soon as possible. The bride and groom are responsible for contacting all necessary personnel to confirm dates and negotiate fees. All fees are to be paid two weeks prior to the wedding. 

Officiating Ministers:
Since marriage is a covenant between you and God, intended to be a picture of Himself and His love for us, we believe it is of utmost importance to prepare for your marriage even more than for your wedding day. Therefore, we require all couples requesting to use our facility and/or personnel for their wedding to first attend and complete Merge, our pre-married ministry for engaged or seriously dating couples. This 8-week class is designed to give couples a unique opportunity to learn, seek wisdom, and receive Biblical counsel about marriage in a safe and authentic small group environment led by a mentor couple. You can find further information and sign up for the next session at fccgreene.org/marriage. 

Because God is the creator of sex and marriage (Gen 2:22-25), He has provided clear directives in his Word that we are to follow for our own good. Therefore, Merge will include the following material to be discussed with your mentor couple: Premarital Purity Pledge - We ask couples to follow God’s design for sexual purity before marriage (I Cor 6:18; Eph 5:3). The church may decline to officiate the marriage ceremony for couples who choose not to sign the pledge. Cohabitation Statement - We ask couples who are living together to separate into different homes until the wedding ceremony (Heb 13:4). We will work with each couple to help them achieve this. We also ask couples who are dating to not spend the night together or travel/vacation alone. If a couple decides to continue to engage in these activities, the church may decline to officiate the marriage ceremony. Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage - We ask couples who have been divorced without biblical grounds to seek reconciliation with their former spouse (Matt 19:6; I Cor. 7:10-11). The church may decline to officiate the marriage ceremony for marriages outside of these guidelines. The ceremony must be a Christian ceremony conducted by an approved and ordained FCC Pastor. No civil ceremony may be used. No civil official may preside as a wedding officiant; however, a civil official may assist an FCC Pastor in the conduct of the ceremony, provided that said official is a Christian and possesses the legal authority to perform weddings. Payment to the Officiating Minister is not included in the fee and should be negotiated and paid directly to them.

Building Use Guidelines: 
Please read the full Building Use Guidelines here.

Clean Up Guidelines: 

It is the family of the bride and groom’s responsibility to remove all decorations and all personal items from inside and outside of the church after the ceremony. For weddings held on Saturday, all items must be removed no later than 8p. For weddings on days other than Saturday, all items must be removed by the time designated by the Housekeeper and Tech Director.

In order to ensure our facilities are ready for worship on Sundays, it will be required that our Housekeeper, or someone she designates, come in and clean the facilities. The bride and groom will need to contact her to request her availability and to negotiate her fee.

Fee Guidelines: 

Members: There is a fee of $125 for the use of the building only. Any additional fees for cleaning, audio-visual, and any other services requested from the church need to be agreed upon and paid to the individual directly. The wedding party will be authorized to operate the alarm system for opening and closing the building to make it secure. AT NO TIME is the building to be left unlocked without a responsible adult in the building.

Non-members: There is a fee of $250 for use of the Worship Center only. Any additional fees for cleaning, audio-visual, and any other services requested from the church need to be agreed upon and paid to the individual directly. The wedding party will be authorized to operate the alarm system for opening and closing the building to make it secure. AT NO TIME is the building to be left unlocked without a responsible adult in the building.

All fees are due 2 weeks prior to the wedding date.

Date/Times:

Please note that Saturday weddings need to be cleaned up by 8p to allow the church to be set-up for Sunday morning services and no decorating can be done prior to 2p on Sunday for a Sunday wedding. 

Closing Thought: 
We ask that you show respect to all persons involved and be very careful of the time requests made of those who look forward to helping make your wedding a beautiful occasion. Our prayer is that you will have a long life of joy and happiness in your married life together and in your commitment to God.