How much did you pay a church to get married in?

My church wants to charge us 400.00 to get married there. My mother is throwing a fit over how much it is and she's saying she's not paying for it.How much did you pay to get married in your church or A church?How much did you pay a church to get married in?
We are getting married in a non denominational church. Originally the church we had was going to charge us $650.00 for their complete wedding package. The website is www.unitywest.org if you wanted to show her that it is a good deal!





We recently changed our mind to a larger church, that we are basically renting. We are supplying our own pastor, and musician. It is $400. I thought it was a really good deal personally!





Good Luck!How much did you pay a church to get married in?
I am an active member of our church (I'm on several committees and a Sunday School teacher) and I was prepared to pay for use of the facilities! Our church charges members $250.00 for use of the sanctuary. It covers the actual costs associated with having a wedding at our church including, but not limited to; lights, heat or air conditioning, having someone onsite in the event of an emergency. The fee also includes use of a wedding coordinator (a volunteer who takes care of helping the florist set-up according to your wishes, invites your photographer over to view the church, check out lighting, walks you through the religious ceremony, and set-up rooms for the wedding party to get ready. The $250 also includes use of our organist (we have a HUGE pipe organ) and the ministers fees.


If one chooses to have a reception in our Fellowship Hall, an additional fee of $400.00 applies. This fee includes a team of women who have reception experience that will work with your caterer (if you like) or will simply handle clean-up, set-up tables, decorate the hall according to your wishes, and a host of other really helpful things!


If you are not a member, the whole gambit will run about $900. But keep in mind, I attend (and was married at) a rather large church. Don鈥檛 expect to get married in a church for free. It actually costs the church money for you to have a wedding there. Be prepared to pay a fee or make a generous donation to off-set those costs.
Well, the church I wanted to get married in was $900-(and it wasn't some big city church. I live in a college town in the midwest, and our population is only a little over 100,000, so it's not like it was some NY church or something; it was just the United Methodist Church). They were booked that day though, so we rented a non-denominational chapel, and it cost us $500, which was a great deal! With the pastor and the organist, it ended up costing $780-(WAY cheaper than what my friend is paying to get married at a local country club at the end of this month!) So $400 is a great deal! Check around at other churches in your area, and your Mom will see that $400 is relatively cheap. Good luck and congrats!
Easy answer. Ask your church how much they always charge for any member to be married there. If 400 is the standard charge, tell your mother to get a grip - if she doesnt like church policy, she can get off her rear and take part in helping to manage the church.
Even though I was a member of the church we were married at and my entire family is a member of the church we still had to pay $75 which compared to the $400 seems cheap!
Ours asked for a $200 donation but I know a lot of our friends paid between $200 and $1,000. Look at it this way. . . if you had it somewhere else you would pay way more than that to rent it.
She was probably more pissed that you had a baby out of wedlock, I bet.
Well.. Most churches I know do it for free...