Church vs Ceremony and Reception at the same place?

AmberMCole · May 2012

I can't decide..... I am Catholic and my fiance is christian so it doesn't matter to him. Anyone have any ideas on this? Is it easier to do it all in one place?

SSaltzman87 · May 2012

I'm finding it to be easier to have it all in one spot. For Example, my wedding's going to be at Centennial Lakes Park- it can be tricky to get to even if you're from here lol. I figure it'd be really nice for our guests since once they get there, they don't have to go anywhere else.

Fluffernut · May 2012

Originally I wanted everything at one place. We ended up reserving a park for the ceremony and hotel for the reception, but they are only three blocks apart.

I'm not Catholic, but I was reading a thread about not being married in the eyes of the church if you're not married in the church. I don't know much about it, but if that matters to you, you should maybe talk to your priest.

tpender13 · May 2012

Ditto PP -- is it important to you to have a Catholic wedding? If it is, you'll need to get married in the church. Neither H nor I are religious, so we knew we didn't want to get married in a church. We never considered having the ceremony and reception in different locations.

We did everything right in a hotel so we didn't have to worry about running around and figuring out transportation. Our OOT guests appreciated being able to roll into the hotel and not having to leave until it was time to head home at the end of the weekend.

jennipea382 · May 2012

I also agree with PPs.. if it's important to you to be married in a church, go for it! For us, it isn't important. We are most likely having ours all in one place. It's so convenient. If it goes as planned there will be a shuttle from the hotel so people can just park there and ride over, stay until the reception is over, then ride back. Those driving won't have to potentially have issues finding two places if they're unfamiliar with the area.

goatlady12 · May 2012

We are getting married by our friend that got ordained. My FMIL really wants us to have our marriage blessed by the Catholic church after the fact. FI really wants to do this so I am looking into it. http://www.ehow.com/how_8415357_marriage-blessed-catholic-church.html

orangemell2012 · May 2012

We are doing everything in one location just for logistics sake, it easier to have everyone come to one location and just stay there.

saraschilling88 · May 2012

We are getting married in the church I grew up in, and the reception is a block away so practically the same place.

I agree with PPs, if you want a church wedding have one (and check with your priest if you aren't sure if you need one). If you want it all in one place, do it that way. Whichever way works, just make sure it is what you and your FI agree on.

graysquirrel · May 2012

I think that it is much easier to just have the whole thing at one place. You don't have the issue of having to pack up all of your stuff and moving it and having that cut into picture time. We had such a hectic morning getting ready that having to cart it all someplace else would have been a disaster.

If you want to have a Catholic wedding, def talk to your priest about it. Lots of times the spouse who isn't Catholic has to take all kinds of classes and stuff before they will marry you. If your FI isn't Christian, that may be an issue.

srdavis21 · May 2012

We originally planned to go with ceremony and reception all in one place but once we got into things we decided that it really was important for us to get married in a church (I was Catholic, he was Christian). Since making that decision, my FI went through the classes to become Catholic as well and we are doing a full mass at our home church.

Since we made this change, our guests will have to drive 30 minutes to get from our church to the reception. We know that some will just go directly to the reception and that is fine with us. I don't feel bad, though, having people drive - getting married in our church was one thing that became really important to us. We have kept our guests wants/needs in the forefront of all of our planning so if having them drive 30 minutes is the worst part of the day, so be it!

misscrafty84 · May 2012

We are having them at differenct places, a church wedding and reception at a winery. It's important to us to have a church wedding, and like pp it's a 30 minute drive from church to reception but we are in a rural area so that's pretty typical.

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