My FH and I met w/ the priest and the priest is asking for a 700.00 donation plus any enhancements for the ceremony...talk about putting a price on 'donations' ! i really wanted to get married in a church but its looking a bit steep.
Ha anyone's heard of such donation?
dajc23
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Yea churches ask for a lot now. Back in the day it used to be 'donate what you can afford' now its a 'required donation'. My church is about $700 for my ceremony. I'm not sure what you mean by enhancements, but mine includes the music/organist too
CNC4eva3402
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Unfortunatly, Churches are charging a lot now. There was a post a while back and girls were saying their churches were costing them anywhere between $300-900!
AugustBridein09
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I'm not doing a church but our RH for the outdoor ceremony is only $400!
MaggieLuvsJoe
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my church wants a donation of $450, what church are you getting married at? $700 is alot of money to ask for
missjones2007
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if u are a church member then the preist should not charge for weddings......but if youre not then u have to pay a fee but $700 is just plain ridiculous!!!
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I am a church member so the building is free (otherwise $150). I do have to pay a set fee for the custodian ($60, + extra on my discretion because I'm requesting special pew candles), and if I use the organist (which I do not want to) that would be $150 I think. I pay the pastor what I feel is right.
My FH and I met w/ the priest and the priest is asking for a 700.00 donation plus any enhancements for the ceremony...talk about putting a price on 'donations' ! i really wanted to get married in a church but its looking a bit steep.
Ha anyone's heard of such donation?
Ours is a $500.00 offering- But for some reason i dont remember offering that much!!?? haha lol
meli722
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yeah that seems about normal. the church in my neighborhood is between 600- 700, cant remember right now the exact number. my RH is charging 700 too
KristiAnn923
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Are you a parishioner of this church? I know that our chuch has two different prices. We are paying a lot less than $700.
TnJ041809
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mine is $650...such bs
DomesticDeeva
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Wow that's alot.
My church is asking for a $350 'donation' ( I love how they call it a suggested donation lol), and then it's $195 for Pre-Cana (evening classes, not weekend).
Maybe you could check out another church? As long as you're a parishoner, your church can write you a letter of sponsorship for any other church.
GL!
lilpiggy742
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ok...here's my dilema..we are getting married at the RH which is a $500 fee...but now we have to hire an officiant..how much do those run???
Fall BZ 2009
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Not sure how much our church would ask for 'donation' but I sure hope its not more then $500!
coley1027
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that sounds about right. im paying $770 for ours, but if we attend and become members of the church it 'drops substantially'.
lizzzie35
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Ours has a set price of $500 for ceremony, $225 for music, and $25 for rehearsal
lanamanitta
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Ours is $350 for members of parish, $500 for non-members and $235 for music. Rehearsal is included and you pay the ceremony fee at the rehearsal. The music payment and details are due 2 months before.
kimiequa
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ours is free for members, but you have to pay for the organist and vocalist.
frenchy702
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Wow that seems kind of high. Our church told us $500. He didn't even use the word donation... he just said the fee was $500.
