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Ceremony Thoughts

Woodsy62Woodsy62 member
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in New York-Hudson Valley
Ok, so do you prefer a large church, with a long dramatic aisle or a small intimate church ceremony?  I cant decide!  There are positives and negatives to both.
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  • JSweetieXOJSweetieXO
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    edited December 2011

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  • Bat937Bat937
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    edited December 2011
    I prefer the longer aisle.  I got married in a round church so it had a small aisle.  I came in from the side and did the 'nascar lap' as I called it to make sure I had a walk down the aisle.  If not I would have taken about 5 steps and been at the altar.
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  • MidgetteMidgette member
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    edited December 2011
    I loved our church. It was an old school church. with a 77 ft long aisle.

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  • Riss91Riss91 member
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    edited December 2011
    We had a smaller chapel and we really liked the intimacy (it could still fit over 200 people), but we were more concerned about having the right altar than having a longer or shorter aisle.

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  • TerriandJoeTerriandJoe
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    edited December 2011
    We got married in my church. Traditional ceremony. I have no idea how long the aisle was. But I know the church can seat over 600 people. My parish also has a chapel that has a longer aisle, but only seats about 200.

    I grew up going to that church. My husband has sometimes gone to chapel for mid-day mass. and the chapel is beautiful.

    But, it was important to me to have our ceremony in the church that I knew. That was mine.

    Obviously, that's not always the case depending on where your reception is.

    But the ceremony is the most important part. However, as far as pictures are concerned, it's going to depend on how your photographer shoots. We have maybe a dozen "sweeping view" pictures of the entire church. Most are close up.So the background is there, but its just the immediate background.

    And as a guest, I'd prefer to go to the church that had meaning to the couple. Rather than it being picked because it was "pretty".

    Obviously, if your home church is not feasible for your reception hall, then you would need to find a church. And for that you and FI need to decide what's more important for you - based on your example either a long aisle or an intimate space.

    Not sure if any of this helped. But thought I'd mention it.

    Good luck!
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  • Woodsy62Woodsy62 member
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    edited December 2011
    Ideally, we would love to have it in mine or my Fiances home church but unfortunantly our venue is not close to either (We chose a central location for both our families to travel instead of picking between my hometown or his).  It wouldnt seem right to make guests travel an hour between the church and the venue SO that is why we are trying to find something in the area.

    Therefore, if we are going to have to pick anyway, why not pick a church that has the comfort and look that we would want for our special day? 

    Also, some people do not have a home church but still would like to have a wedding in A church....
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  • Bat937Bat937
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-york-hudson-valley_ceremony-thoughts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:113Discussion:f3153b3b-224d-42bd-b0ca-ae3bc1f763d6Post:74f7b7fa-9d49-40bc-be2d-8a666dd5d1e5">Re: Ceremony Thoughts</a>:
    [QUOTE]  Also, some people do not have a home church but still would like to have a wedding in A church....
    Posted by Woodsy62[/QUOTE]

    That was similar to our situation, my husband is divorced so we could not get married in a catholic church.  I wanted a church wedding so we got married at the chapel at Marist College and had as close to a catholic wedding as we could get. 
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  • Riss91Riss91 member
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    edited December 2011
    Woodsy - are you planning on bringing in your own priest or will you use the priest at the church you choose? If the latter is true, I'd probably pick the church with the priest I felt most comfortable with because a not-so-great priest can really make things difficult for you.

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  • Woodsy62Woodsy62 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well my fiance and I are not of catholic faith so we wouldnt have a priest.  We both have not been to church in a while so we really dont have a connection to a certain officiant - the pastor I grew up with passed away a few years back and he is the only one I would have wanted to conduct the ceremony.  So we have a lot to think about!
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