Thank you for your interest in holding your wedding at Clifton Presbyterian Church (CPC).

 

As outlined in the instructions for Booking Your Wedding, we need the following:

 

• a completed Application For the Use of Church Facilities,

• a completed Church Use Agreement – signed by the bride and groom,  

• a completed Application Form A – confirming participation in a minimum of 3 sessions of pre-marital counseling and your check for $750 must be received by the church office.

 

When you receive written notification that your request was approved, the $250 Refundable Security Deposit must be submitted and will be banked before your ceremony will be confirmed on the schedule.

 

Please see the Application form for details of our cancellation/refund policy.

 

OFFICIANTS

Please note that only services conducted by ordained Virginia-licensed officiates can be approved.  CPC is not available for ceremonies conducted by justices of the peace, magistrates, judges or other civil servants.

Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for availability of dates and/or CPC’s Minister’s availability prior to submitting your application.  Please note that the Minister of CPC is only available to officiate at members’ weddings or weddings of those looking for a church home and who are interested in membership at CPC.  The fee for our minister is $500.00, which is due at the wedding.  If you would like to include the pastor in your rehearsal dinner and/or wedding reception, please send an invitation.

For non-members, our Parish Associate, The Reverend Lewis Johnson, at 703-631-2888, is available for referrals.  If Reverend Johnson is not available for the date you requested, the church office can provide additional referrals. CPC welcomes ordained ministers from other churches and denominations to officiate here.  We do require the minister to fill out Application Form A. Out-of-state ministers may only officiate if authorization has been obtained from a Circuit Court in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

MUSIC
If you plan to have organ music, please contact our organist/pianist Tommy Webster at 703-830-3175 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it directly to make arrangements and to verify the fee for the rehearsal and wedding. Please call, even if you are planning to have your own organist/pianist use either of the church’s keyboard instruments. We welcome other forms of live, musical accompaniment provided there is sufficient space to accommodate the performers and their instruments.  Any alternative requirements must be discussed with an audio representative from the church and may require a fee for services.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographs may be taken before and after the wedding ceremony.  The church is available a maximum of 2 hours prior to the ceremony and photographers should limit the amount of time for taking pictures after the service to 30 minutes. We do ask that the designated photographer respects the sanctity of the occasion and takes photographs during the actual wedding ceremony only from a stationary position at the rear of the sanctuary, without flash.  Video taping of the ceremony is permissible provided that the camera is stationary for recording the service itself.

FLOWERS
Flowers, greenery, etc. may be placed on the communion table and on windowsills.  Please see that no moisture comes in contact with the paraments or any wood surface.  Please use clear plastic bases under all flower containers.  The use of aisle runners, rice, or birdseed is not permitted.  If the Bride and Groom so choose, some or all of the wedding flowers and greenery may be left for use in the worship service on the following Sunday.  To do this, please circle the appropriate response on the application form and the church bulletin will announce your name and your thoughtful gift. NOTE: When your wedding takes place near a holiday, our Sanctuary will be decorated for the season.  You can plan your decorations and flowers accordingly.

BUILDING USE
Our Sanctuary, bride’s room/library, etc. are available a maximum of two hours prior to the ceremony for your wedding.  The library on the second floor is available for the bridal party as a dressing room.  The groom’s men may assemble downstairs in classroom #105. Please indicate on the application form whether or not you will need these additional rooms.

If your reception is being held in the Fellowship Hall, your ceremony needs to begin no later than 4:00 p.m. as the premises must be vacated by 9:00 p.m. to allow sufficient time for the room to be cleaned and prepared for its regular use.

PLEASE NOTE
We respectfully request that photographers, florists, wedding consultants, or other members of the bridal party do not remove or reposition the candles, the cross or other pieces of church furniture from their existing placement in the Sanctuary, and that no sticky tape be used on the brass candelabras, pews, or any wood surface in the church. Our wedding hostesses will adjust furnishings as needed and will happily provide any of our decorations desired by the bridal party at no additional cost. If candles are used in the windows, the church provides the hurricane globes and candlesticks, or votive and tea light holders. We also have unity candle sets. The bridal party need supply only the candles. (10” tapers are recommended for use with the hurricane globes.) The church also has 24" glass vases that you may use in the windows with fresh flowers or silks. Please contact our chairperson, Mrs. Peggy Cranston at 703-266-9744 for more information on the items CPC has available for your use or with any questions you may have.

We look forward to sharing a part of your special day with you and helping in any way we can.