Hi everyone. I just wanted to share what's going on with my church and see if anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice for me! As background, our wedding is 10/16/10 and my fiance and I are both Catholic. Our situation is - we got engaged in Nov '09, reserved my family's church in my hometown the same month for our wedding date. A few weeks after we reserved the church, we found out that the church was going to go through a major renovation in 2010. At that time, the deacon told us that it was expected to be done prior to October, so we should be fine. Now they've just announced "it will be finished before Christmas." When I emailed our deacon to get more information, he says that they have no timeline. but if he were me he'd leave the wedding at the church and trust that if something isn't finished it won't impede our celebration.
Granted, I may be imagining worse case scenarios here, but with no timeline, we could have a church with scaffolding, ripped up carpet, or anything. I know we'll still be married, but I just don't want to have a half-finished church in our pictures, memories, for our guests, etc. With no reassurance that the major renovation will be close to complete, I'm trying to consider what our options are. Has anyone been in a similar situation? It seems that most churches require you to be a member to be married there, is that generally true? Thanks for reading, sorry this was long, and if anyone has any advice I would appreciate it!!