Did you get married in a church?

[WDWAurora]

It was important to both of us to be married in a church. My church that I grew up in is ugly (mauve carpet, pee yellow walls) and it has 2 aisles-no center. It just wasn't an option. I wanted to get married at the chapel at the local college, but it was taken for our date so we got married at a church right across the street from my high school, which was a little funny. My pastor did insist on counseling us, which was a little weird since we'd been together so long and I'd been trained to do pre-marital counseling, so I knew all the questions in advance! We were really happy with the church though, and its fellowship hall was great for the reception.

 

[Pam]

We had a winter wedding in the Church my great-grandfather built. It was the same Church my grandparents and parents were married in.

Coincidently the Church is right across from my parent's house and I grew up attending the Church.

We renewed our vows on our 14th wedding anniversary at the Excalibur Wedding Chapel in Vegas, with our 2 children standing up with us.

 

[dismom9761]

We were married in the church where we are members.

 

[JennaTX]

We got married in my parents house. They had just moved about a month before the wedding, so we had just joined the church there, and our wedding was moved up 6 months (DH was in the Navy) so it was just a family/close friends wedding, but the pastor at our new church married us at the house...so it was kind of both.

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Nope. We had a nice, small wedding in my dh's grandmother's living room. It was actually quite nice. And yes, Dh's parents were really upset by this. But we already had so many problems with his parents by then that it didn't really phase either of us. We celebrate 6 years of marriage next month and are still going strong despite the problems we have had with them over the years.

 

[jgmklmhem]

We got married in a small chapel that was located at my college (Birmingham-Southern). It is a weird chapel in that it is circular and we were actually facing the opposite families for the service.

 

[foolishmortal]

My dw and I got married in a bar!!!!

Now let me explain as I am sure it sounds bad...lol

We were young and already engaged, but my wife's father passed away when she was little and her mother doesn't exactly make alot of money, so Instead of having the brides side pay for things we were holding off until WE could afford it. Now my dw is from a somewhat religious family, but my side goes by the rule that church is for funerals, weddings and baptismals. So needless to say I wasn't all up on the church wedding anyway, but whatever dw wanted

Well we got engaged on x-mas and had planned about a year and a half to 2 year wait for the ceremony, Guess what....we were married on Valentines day the very next year. We had won a contest to get married on v-day, and they paid for EVERYTHING. They set us up in a room and a limo, bought the family the food and drinks, and even sent us to Vegas for honeymoon!!!!!

More than we imagined anyway, and we were more than pleased with the way things were handled. And guess what everyone on both sieds says was the best/funnest wedding they have ever been too??????????

GET MARRIED WHEREVER YOU BOTH WANT TOO, IT'S YOUR DAY NOT YOUR FAMILIES!!!!!!!

 

[Twinprincesses]

nope we got married in a church and marched right across the hall to the reception.

 

[swea_pea1]

We got married in my parish church but DH and I are both practicing Catholics. I not a big fan of people getting married in a church just for show and then now going again.

I wholeheartedly agree with this, although I do hold out hope that the couple will be so moved by the Mass that they'll return - someday.

DH and I are both practicing Catholics so there was no question. We got married in the Church where I was baptized, had my First Holy Communion, and my Confirmation. During the ceremony, the priest said it was the first wedding he officiated in a long time where he didn't have to give directions on when to sit, stand or kneel.

It was right for us, but not the right path for everybody. Do whatever is right for you as a couple. The wedding lasts an hour, but the marriage lasts a lifetime

 

[mill4023]

We're Jewish (I converted) and we were married at a State Park in Oregon that is at the confluence of 2 rivers. Very romantic... We had a small reception in my parent's backyard. We were married 23 years ago.

Out of curiosity, which park?

I guess technically DW and I were married in a church. Silver Bell Chapel in Las Vegas. Just celebrated our 11th anniversary this month.

 

[Simba's Mom]

We got married on a golf course, on the 10th green-me in jeans, DH in dockers and a golf shirt. Only ones there were justice of the peace, golf pro, and owner of the golf course. Our "reception" consisted of a drink in the golf course's lounge. His family lived 1100 miles away and didn't even know. I was on the "outs" with my family, so they neither knew nor cared. 23 years later, and we're happier than ever!

 

[nativetxn]

We married in the University of Houston Chapel. Does that count as a church?

 

[WDWLVR]

It was right for us, but not the right path for everybody. Do whatever is right for you as a couple. The wedding lasts an hour, but the marriage lasts a lifetime

Very true!

On a related note when my BIL and his future wife were ready to get married they wanted to go to City Hall but my MIL wanted them to get married in a church (don't ask me why as they don't go). Anyway they kept going round and round about it. I suggested Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL where I grew up. He is a big Frank Lloyd Wright fan. So that's where they got married. It was a non-demonination ceremony. They made sure to tell they officient that they wanted no reference to God. They just celebrated 8 happy years. To my in-laws they got married in a church. To them they got married in a cool Frank Lloyd Wright building. Everyone was happy!

 

[melanie18]

I didn't vote because my answer is both! We were married in WDW by a notary at the Grand Floridian and 2 years later we were married again at our catholic church. We were asked to be godparents, thus the reason for the 2nd ceremony.

 

[candykisses]

DH and I are both Catholics and were married in my parish church. It was a beautiful mass. I'm glad we were married in church and wouldn't change anything if we had to do it over again.

 

[Garfield]

Yes, my wife and I were married in a non-denominational church in Long Grove, Illinois. Both of us were raised Catholic. These days, I consider ourselves semi-practicing Christians.

 

[Catzeyes]

No, we got married in the garden of a hotel right next to the beach. We did however have a religious service and were married by our pastor.

 

[krdisneybound]

We were married in DH's church here in Ft. Lauderdale. He was one of the original starters of the church over 40 years ago and many of the same people are involved. Very intimate and beautiful with only our special friends around. Not just everyone that we knew, which would have been several hundred. Great decision on both of our parts.

We wrote our own vows and that was special also.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

We got married in a wedding chapel, not a church.

 

[vettechick99]

We eloped and got married at a B&B by a judge. Who officiated was really the least of our parents' concern.