WEDDING AT THE ROCK
So you're getting married--congratulations! We'd love to help you get this exciting season of life started off right.
Fill out the form and we will contact you within 72 hours with your next step.
Some things to know.
A completed “Request for Pre-marital counseling” form must be received no later than 12 weeks prior to wedding date.
The next step will be to meet with a member of our Pastoral Ministries staff for an initial Pre-Marital Counseling meeting. The purpose of this meeting is for both parties to become acquainted, discuss personal background, family history, life experience, and for the Pastor to share the biblical basis for Christian marriage, and to lay out the expectations and requirements for our pre-marital counseling ministry.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the decision will be made as to whether or not both parties will move forward with premarital counseling at the Rock of KC. Approval or non-approval of the pre-marriage counseling could be determined by the counseling pastor at the time of the meeting or within 24 hours following by either party.
All couples desiring to be married by a member of the Rock Pastoral Staff must successfully complete our Pre-Marital counseling ministry before the officiating minister can conduct the wedding ceremony.
Pre-Marital Counseling sessions at the Rock are led by staff Pastors or trained and qualified marriage mentors. The scheduling and format of the Pre-Marital Counseling sessions will be determined by the counseling pastor or marriage mentors. We require at least (5) counseling sessions prior to any marriage. Our goal is to have 6 counseling sessions – at least 4 of which are before the wedding. And we strongly encourage at least 2 additional sessions during the first year of marriage.
In order to receive pre-marital counseling at the Rock of KC, either the counseling pastor will be officiating your wedding or another staff Pastor (at the Rock or off-site). If you are desiring another person outside of the Rock to officiate your wedding, it will be subject to the approval of the counseling pastor / marriage mentors. Any other arrangements must be approved by the counseling pastor.
