Pre-Marital & Wedding Resources

Ethos Church offers a Pre-Marriage Course in the format of a Grow Class, which follows the Alpha Pre-Marriage curriculum. This course will be offered multiple times a year. The course is facilitated by older and more seasoned couples in our church family. It is designed to strengthen your relationship's foundation for marriage and connect you with other couples in the same life stage. We recommend that all Ethos couples getting married go through this class prior to their wedding.

Learn more about Alpha’s Pre-Marriage Course here.

All couples are required to complete pre-marital counseling prior to the wedding day. If you are not currently participating in pre-marital counseling but are looking for a pre-marital counseling referral, we would be happy to provide you with this! You can request counseling referrals by filling out the Care Form. *If there are extenuating financial circumstances please let our staff know.

Please fill out this Wedding Request Form form to tell us more about you as a couple, your involvement with Ethos, and your upcoming wedding details.

We will get back to you within one month of your submission of this form to determine if a pastor is able to officiate your wedding. This is based on pastoral availability and the location of your wedding.

If a pastor is able to officiate your wedding, here are some important logistics:

• The officiating pastor will meet with the couple prior to the wedding day.

• The officiating pastor will both attend the rehearsal and perform the wedding ceremony.

• An honorarium of $400 will cover the pastor’s time and gas. If the wedding requires an overnight stay or travel, there will be additional costs. *If there are extenuating financial circumstances, please let our staff know.

Below is a list of books that we recommend to couples working toward marriage. These include:

• The Meaning of Marriage, by Tim and Kathy Keller

• You and Me Forever, by Francis and Lisa Chan

• The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman