United Congregational Church in Norwich, CT

• Home
• Worship
• Programs
• Pictures
• About Us
• Weddings
• Preschool
• Email

How to Find Us

United Congregational Church is located at 87 Broadway in Norwich, CT. The church is just across Broadway from Norwich City Hall, with plenty of parking in an adjacent lot.

For more information, call (860) 889-1363

---

Copyright 2004 United Congregational Church All Rights Reserved

Updated April 10, 2004

---

Your Wedding

Some moments in life are so deep and spiritual, they cry out for a response from inside. Your wedding is a unique and special moment. We want to help you make it the memorable beginning of a lifelong covenant

Weddings can be scheduled with a call to United's pastor, Rev. Jim Eaton. He will be able to check the availability of the date and will set up an initial meeting with you. The purpose of this initial meeting is informational. You will want to see our church home and talk to Rev. Eaton about the kind of service you have in mind. This is a great time to share your vision of your special day.

Weddings take a good deal of preparation. Often much of the focus is on the arrangements. But the most important preparation is your own readiness to be married. To help you think about this, we use a program called PREPARE/ENRICH. This inventory is like taking an x-ray of your relatoinship. It is a structured program for premarital preparation and Rev. Eaton has been trained in its use.

Our premarital preparation program usually involves approximately six hour long meetings with Rev. Eaton. This program has proven to be very helpful in making sure couples come to their wedding ready to begin a new life together. It also serves as a time to create a wedding service unique to you, including wedding vows created especially for you.

The final step in preparation for your wedding will be a rehearsal, usually scheduled the evening before the service. On your wedding day, we will do everything possible to make sure the day and the service are among the most wonderful and special in your entire life.

The Bottom Line

Our standard fee for wedding services at United Congregational is $500.00. This includes the services of the minister to guide you through the service, the organist who will provide music at both the rehearsal and wedding, the sexton who will open and close the building and clean, use of the church for both the rehearsal and wedding and the premarital preparation program. Each wedding is unique and special circumstances may change these fees. One particular cirucmstance is that weddings on holidays such as Christmas, New Years, Easter, Fourth of July, etc. do incur an additional fee.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you do weddings for non-church members?

Yes! Call Rev. Jim Eaton at 889-1363 for information or email him

We want to get married at another location, can you help?

Sure! We will do everything possible to work with your location. We can also help provide some advice about outdoor weddings, if that is your choice

Do you have a lot of rules about photography and video?

We try to be as flexible as possible. A wedding is a worship service so we do ask that no flash pictures be taken during the service. This is not a problem for professional photographers and you should inform your photographer of this. We ask that all videos be done from the back of the worship area in order not to distract or interfere with the service

We have another clergy person who has been important to us, can he or she participate?

Sure! United has a policy that its pastor will preside at weddings, but Rev. Eaton will be happy to invite another clergy person to participate in the service.

We have some non-traditional ideas, can we still get married there?

We're open to discussing your ideas. In generaal, we simply ask that the nature of the place as a church be respected. Feel free to discuss your ideas with Rev. Eaton

We're planning a big wedding, how much space do you have?

United Congregational's worship area seats approximately 260 in pews and there is space for additional seating in chairs. The aisle is approximatley 75 feet long and worship furniture (pulpit, communion table etc.) can be rearranged to adapt to large wedding parties.

We're planning a small wedding, will we feel overwhelmed?

Small, intimate weddings are perfect here. We have held them in the worship area with guests clustered close and in the formal lounge as well (holds about 40).