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Help NEEDED!!!

ChristyPellsChristyPells
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My fiance and I would really like to be married in a church.  The issue is that I am not a member of a church here and we do not want to get married in the church he grew up in.  

Anybody know of any churches (that LOOK like a church - you know with the stained glass and all - not all modern)  who are willing to marry couples who aren't members or at the least who will accept couples to become members but do not ask/care about the living together part???  We found a church I LOVE however their website states you must be a member and if you are co-habitating they want to meet to "resolve this issue"

Thanks so much!
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  • Maggie214624Maggie214624 member
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    edited December 2011

    Are you a particular religion or are you looking for a non-denominational church?

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  • kenzie.lee.85kenzie.lee.85 member
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    edited December 2011
    We are kind of in the same boat. We needed to find a church where we could do premarital counseling, and a lot of them require you to be members, and then when they found out that we were living together it was out of the question! But if youre getting married at the church most of the churches we found were fine with performing the ceremony as long as you did your premarital counseling there. What kind of church are you looking for?
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  • mlharbismlharbis
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    edited December 2011
    What about the Winter Park Chapel (or wedding chapel or something like that). It is a photography company but a really pretty (I think small) chapel on New England. I don't know any details other than that though! My church is really pretty (All Saints Episcopal) but I have idea about the member thing because it wasn't and issue for us.
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  • mlharbismlharbis
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    edited December 2011
    you should meet with that church you saw that you liked anyway. They may just say that about cohabitation and want to just meet you to see if they like you and how religious you are etc to see if they will go with it or not. All they can say is no
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  • Theresa626Theresa626 member
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    edited December 2011
    You really need to tell us what denomination you are looking for.  It makes a big difference.  That said, meet with the church you like.  I'm pretty sure they want to discuss your reasons for getting married and do pre marital counseling, not lecture you on premarital sex.  Even the Catholic church doesn't tell you you can't get married if you are co habitating,.  They just want to make sure you're not getting married only because you're pregnant or because it's the next step in the relationship, etc.  They want your marriage to be for the right reasons.  
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  • ashbosityashbosity member
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    edited December 2011
    Not sure if it totally is what you're looking for, but I got an email from Chapel in the Garden (http://www.tavernandchapel.com/index.cfm) today and it looks really nice and cute. The only thing is it is in Port Orange.
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  • lovetothinkpinklovetothinkpink
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    edited December 2011
    Lake Highland Prep downtown has a beautfil church in there middle school building.I don't know if you have to be a member,but I do know they do weddings.I would just give them a call.That place takes my breathe away whenever I walk in it.
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  • mlharbismlharbis
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    edited December 2011
    I went to Lake HIghland and I completely forgot about their new middle school! It was a church school and so they have a chapel on campus. It is a very pretty chapel. You can call the main number on their website (www.lhps.org) or you could just go over to the middle school campus and see who is around that you can talk to. If they aren't there then I would go to the main campus down the street from the middle school at 901 N. Highland Ave. I bet you just have to give a donation to the school as part of the "fee" for using the chapel, but I have no idea.
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  • bl0ndebunnybl0ndebunny
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    edited December 2011
    Cathedral of Incarnation over by Winter Park. THats wehr eigot married
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  • ajoyfulnoleajoyfulnole
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    edited December 2011
    Try Cathedra of the Incarnation on Edgewater Drive in College Park...  www.theparish.org. It's an Anglican church, but I had some friends get married there and they definitely weren't members, they were living together, and they could pick a minister and service style they liked.  I'm pretty sure it was reasonably priced, too.  It's a super-pretty, red-brick building with stained glass windows and wooden pews. 

    Hope that helps!
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  • shellmybabshellmybab
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    edited December 2011
    Alot of churches (depending on the religion) will let you use their church but make you pay more for it then the members....i know of a church in Osteen that is pretty open about marrying people with all sorts of backgrounds..i believe its a Baptist Chuch
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