Wedding Ceremony

Two Becoming One

Congratulations on your engagement and upcoming wedding! We are excited to be apart of this journey to marriage with you. Christ Church offers a variety of resources to help you prepare for your new life together.

Church Building

If you would like to know available dates to rent the church building for your wedding ceremony please call Jerry Cambra: 925-785-7555.

You may also be helped by our Wedding Planning Checklist (PDF).

Musicians

If you would like to work with Christ Church musicians please call Jerry Cambra: 925-785-7555.

Minister

Every couple who wants a Christ Church pastor to officiate needs to go through the following process:

1. Qualifying Session - Meet with the pastor for a "qualifying session" in which the pastor will decide whether he or she can officiate. Please fill out the Qualifying Session Worksheet (PDF).
2. Pre-Marital Counseling - If the pastor is able and willing to officiate, then premarital counseling is scheduled.
3. Wedding Minister Agreement - We ask each couple to sign and return a Wedding Minister Agreement which informs you in more detail of the wedding process and lists the specific fees associated with your wedding ceremony.  This agreement ensures we are all agreeing to the same thing.  Please read a generic version of the Wedding Minister Agreement (PDF).

Please email a pastor the schedule your qualifying session.

Pre-Marital Counseling

The opening statement of the wedding service states, “Marriage is not to be entered into unadvised or lightly, but reverently, deliberately, and in accordance with the purposes for which it was instituted by God.” 

Because of this conviction, pre-marital counseling is required of all couples who desire to be married by a pastor at Christ Church. A minimum of three pre-marital counseling sessions will be required before the wedding and then a fourth meeting where the practical details of the wedding are discussed. We also ask each couple to take a pre-marriage course with a mentor couple in their Parish. 

During pre-marital counseling, you will be asked to work through the following resources:

• Right Path Behavioral Profiles (PDF)
• Family Inventory and Genogram (PDF)

In addition to pre-marital counseling, Christ Church hosts occasional discussion groups or seminars for those nearly married and newly married. The discussions are oriented around a few books or DVDs:

• The Couple Checkup (Olson, Olson-Sigg, Larson)
• Saving Your Marriage Before (And After) It Starts (Parrott)
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (Gottman)
• Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (Johnson)
• How We Love: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage (Yerkovich)
• The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle (Mason)

Please view the calendar for upcoming dates and details, and please RSVP on our Online Community Network.