Sacramental Life
Christ Church Frederica welcomes members and the wider community to mark life’s sacred moments—weddings, baptisms, and funerals—within its historic and holy spaces.
Weddings at Christ Church, Frederica
The marriage of two people is a holy union. It begins with your desire to form a lasting, lifelong partnership with another person in God’s love, and continues throughout your lives as an unfolding process of intentional living and growing together. In a marriage, each of you as an individual and together as a couple, gradually transform and mature in God’s presence and image. A wedding, then, is a sacred ritual that acknowledges and celebrates your desire to enter a lifelong relationship. It symbolizes the ending of former ways of life and other future possibilities, and establishes a particular pathway into the future – one that you promise to travel together.
By uniting within the context of a faith community, you recognize that God is active in the love you feel for one another, and you place your relationship in God’s care. You make your vows before God and the gathered community of family, friends and the Church, and receive the grace and blessing of God to help you fulfill your vows. Your marriage is a sacrament – an outward and visible sign of God’s grace bringing you together and nurturing your love.
Frequently Asked Questions
Members may be married at Christ Church, although non-members may be married under certain circumstances as described in our Wedding Guide. Priority for the scheduling of weddings is always given to anyone who is a member of Christ Church, Frederica (CCF). For a definition of membership, please see our Wedding Guide.
Weddings may be scheduled throughout the Church year except during Advent, Lent, Holy Week, the first week of Easter, and on any major secular holiday weekend.
We are generally able to schedule weddings with at least six months’ notice and no more than 18 months in advance. Premarital counseling is required of all couples.
Getting Started
Please download this helpful guide to Weddings at Christ Church and contact our Wedding Coordinator at to begin your marriage journey with us.
Baptisms at Christ Church
Baptism is the primary sacrament in the Church across Christian denominations. It defines our membership in the Body of Christ and calls us to a certain way of life. Baptism is offered to all persons from infancy through adulthood.
Typically, baptism is offered on several days throughout the year, days the wider Church has established as being particularly appropriate for baptism:
- All Saints Day (or the Sunday after), typically around November 1
- Baptism of our Lord Sunday, typically the Sunday after January 6
- Easter Vigil or Easter Day, which fall in March or April depending upon the year
- Pentecost, which is 50 days after Easter, and often in June or late May
- Whenever the Bishop visits
- Other dates for good cause and in collaboration with parish clergy
- Baptisms are not offered during the season of Lent
There is some preparation for the baptismal candidate or their parents (in the case of young children). If you are interested in baptism, please speak to a member of the clergy.
Funerals at Christ Church, Frederica
The death of a loved one can be one of the most stressful and traumatic times in our lives. At Christ Church we seek to be a source of comfort and strength during those times.
All members at Christ Church have the ability to have their funeral service here. Under certain circumstances, non members may have a funeral service for a loved one.
We have developed this guide that may assist you in the planning of a funeral service at Christ Church. You can download the Liturgical Appendix here.
The first step in your planning should be to reach out to a member of the Clergy. For questions about burial in the cemetery or our columbarium, reach out to our Cemetery Superintendent, Harrison Branch. You may reach him by email at harry@ccfssi.org or by phone, at 912-638-8683, Ext. 105.