Hi all,
I'm getting married May 2015 and we're holding the reception at the Rust Belt Market in Ferndale. We know we will not be able to have the ceremony there, but have been having trouble finding a good ceremony location in the area (Ferndale-Royal Oak-Detroit-Warren-Berkley-Clawson-Troy-Birmingham-etc) location. We are planning to have my aunt officiate the wedding but it will still be a Christian ceremony. We have had a very hard time finding anywhere that will allow us to bring our own officiant, is indoors (or is outdoors but has a backup indoor option in case of crazy Michigan weather), will allow us to marry in their building (we live together and this has been an issue with many churches), will let us hold a ceremony even if we're not holding a reception there, and won't charge us thousands of dollars. I know these conditions weed out a lot of options, but was hoping someone had some idea that may be worth looking into. We will have about 130 people max. We're open to just about anything at this point. Thank you so much for your help!