Grace Marriages roots our hope for marriage in the Gospel of Jesus, the gift of undeserved grace, and an access to a love deeper than one can ever imagine. Marriage allows husbands and wives an opportunity to rehearse the Gospel story each day. Join us as we Prepare, Give Hope, and Enrich the relationships at Grace Community Church for marriages in all seasons.
Prepare // PreMarital Kickoff
PreMarital Prep is one of the most significant investments you and your fiancé can make in your future marriage. Sessions combine coursework and walking alongside a mentor couple to prepare you for the journey ahead. Sessions are offered twice per year, one starting in January and the other in June.
The next kickoff will be June 28, 2026.
Any questions, contact [email protected]
Re|Engage
Are you looking for an opportunity to bring hope back into your marriage in a safe Christ-centered community? Re|Engage is for marriages in their early to even more seasoned stages to reconnect and get rejuvenated.
All sessions will be held at Grace Community Church.
*Re|Engage is the entry point for marriage in need of hope of all different types, but other forms of Biblical counsel are also available by request.
Officiant Request
We are delighted that you would choose to invite one of our Grace pastors to witness and lead this sacred occasion. One or both parties must be either a member of Grace or a regular attender. Click through for more information on requesting a Grace Pastor to officiate your wedding.
Foundations of Marriage
Foundations of Marriage is a one-year guided Community Group for couples at Grace Community married 1 to 5 years. It provides a space to slow down, ask meaningful questions, and build a strong foundation together. Couples gather regularly to talk honestly about the joys and challenges of marriage while learning to grow in intimacy with Jesus, deepen marital oneness, and live out their relationship as a visible “sign and wonder” of God’s love to the world. Each group includes three to five newly married couples and one mentor couple for guidance and support. Contact [email protected] if you’d like more information about an upcoming Foundations of Marriage group.
Officiant Request
We are delighted that you would choose to invite one of our Grace pastors to witness and lead this sacred occasion. One or both parties must be either a member of Grace or a regular attender. Click through for more information on requesting a Grace Pastor to officiate your wedding.
OFFICIATING GUIDELINES
What you need to know about requesting a Grace officiant for your wedding
Congratulations on taking the important step of engagement for marriage. While we make every effort to match you up with the officiant you have requested, please know that schedules can be challenging. In order to serve you best, please consider the following guidelines.
1) Pastors of Grace preform weddings for members or regular attenders of our church.
2) Put in your officiant request early. Requests less than 4 months before your wedding date are difficult to fulfill.
3) Premarital mentoring is also required. Premarital Prep is offered twice a year through Grace Community Church. If you need to make arrangements elsewhere, please explain it in the registration form.
4) As soon as your officiant confirms availability, you and your fiancé will need to meet with him. This meeting usually consists of getting to know you, hearing your stories, and determining whether he can faithfully perform your wedding ceremony.
5) After this meeting, there will usually be one more meeting closer to your ceremony date (usually 1-2 months out) to plan the ceremony and go over ceremony details.
You’ll find that all of our pastors are gracious and kind, and they are looking forward to helping you walk in wisdom as you prepare for the big day. As God is for you, so are we.
Before any pastor from Grace agrees to officiate a wedding, we do have the following guidelines we ask couples to agree to. They are:
1) The Bible speaks caution to Christians marrying non-Christians. Because of this, we believe the couple needs to be on the same page in their relationship with Jesus meaning… if both are followers of Jesus, great! We can do the wedding. If neither are followers of Jesus, we can still do the wedding. But, if one is a follower of Jesus and the other is not, we do not feel comfortable performing the ceremony based on Biblical guidelines. (2 Corinthians 6:14 – 18)
2) 1 Corinthians 6:12 – 20 and 1 Thessalonians 4:3 – 8 talks of the importance of maintaining sexual integrity. As followers of Jesus, we can pursue sexual integrity regardless of if we’re married or single, old or young, have a sexual past we regret or have not had sex at all. Jesus meets us and helps us. Sexual integrity doesn’t mean a person will not struggle (or fail). Sexual integrity is about pursuing wholeness, a daily surrender to God in every area of our lives, including our sexuality. For this reason, when we perform a ceremony, regardless of the sexual history of the couple, from the moment a Grace pastor agrees to doing the ceremony up until the wedding night, we ask the couple to not have any type of sexual contact or intercourse. If the couple has been sexually active with each other, we ask them to stop. If they have not been sexually active with each other, we ask them to continue on that path. We believe God honors our current obedience, regardless of what has happened in the past.
3) If a couple is living together, we ask them to separate and not live together from the time we agree to a pastor doing the ceremony up until the wedding day. If moving out is not possible, we ask that couples not stay in the same bedroom together.
4) Attending the Premarital workshop, and agreeing to prioritize the pre-marital counseling sessions.
Please let us know if there are any questions.
