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katenadjohn
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ceremony site! HELP!
My fiance' and I are having trouble finding our ceremony site. I don't want to get married in my childhood church, it's not an attractive building in the least and would take serious cash to make it pretty and wedding-y, not to mention the maroon carpet that would clash with every color I can think of for our colors (we're thinking deep orange and cream, for our fall wedding). He refuses to get married in Heinz Chapel, the only non-demoniational church that's pretty that I know of, and they force you to use their organist, anyway. We're planning on having an oboe, violin and cello trio, as I and my mother are musicians and we know people who would be willing to do it, and we know their skills. So. Does anyone know of a pretty, affordable church to get married in that's within a half-hour drive of phipps conservatory (reception site)? PLEASE HELP ME!
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Re: ceremony site! HELP!
First Unitarian Church - $500 rental fee, and it's right in shadyside. That's the cheapest you will find, I think. Beautiful, imo, and the decor is definitely neutral. http://www.first-unitarian-pgh.org/Weddings.html
There is also Bellefield presbyterian, http://www.bellefield.org/
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First Baptist, http://www.first-baptist-pittsburgh.org/
All of these are within 2 miles of Phipps.
Best of luck!
and i was unaware that heinz chapel was non denom. it seems pretty darn catholic to me. but what do i know. i'm not a pitt alum, so it was never an option.
why not hold the ceremony at phipp's? it doesn't sound like having a religious ceremony is really the most important thing to you, so why not shell out a bit more to hold the ceremony on site and hire an officiant. that way you can mold the ceremony to your liking.
The inside of the First Unitarian Church is gorgeous. $500 isn't bad, either. The Heinz Chapel is $850 these days.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-pittsburgh_ceremony-3?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:116Discussion:f2a2a98e-b483-4fbb-9272-d6efc8d2df8fPost:9f822fe1-736b-478b-8ea5-dd86033c8076">Re: ceremony site! HELP!</a>:
[QUOTE] and i was unaware that heinz chapel was non denom. it seems pretty darn catholic to me.
Posted by carcrashheart[/QUOTE]
I agree to some extent on your other points, but just to clarify here... Heinz Chapel is not Catholic at all. Catholic Masses can and have been said there, but it is used by lots of others as well. If you ever visit it, its a neat chapel (but personally, I don't think its all that great), check out the stained glass windows--there's stained glass of people like Ben Franklin and Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.
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[QUOTE]A sidenote-- In Response to Re: ceremony site! HELP! : I agree to some extent on your other points, but just to clarify here... Heinz Chapel is not Catholic at all. Catholic Masses can and have been said there, but it is used by lots of others as well. If you ever visit it, its a neat chapel (but personally, I don't think its all that great), check out the stained glass windows--there's stained glass of people like Ben Franklin and Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.
Posted by KatieAnne18[/QUOTE]
yes, i know, i've been there and attended weddings there. they were all very catholic. the church looks catholic. it feels catholic. it just doesn't come off as a very "we're willing to do any denomination here!" though i'm sure they claim that to be the case. i'd be interested to see an event there that wasn't catholic and how it was handled, both on the part of the bride/groom and the chapel.
Maui, November 2011