We were married at Hyde Park Presbyterian over Labor Day 2022. The church couldn’t be more perfect. It’s an adorable, picture perfect, white chapel. We chose to have a small wedding with 60 guests, but the church aboyt 200. There’s also plenty of parking outside and of course, it’s in a beautiful, historical neighborhood.

Karen was really amazing to work with. She responded to our every question immediately, met us at the church at our request, & was very detail oriented. We knew there would be no surprises on our wedding day when working with Karen- and we were right!

MS. Karen is very accomodating, great at explaining everything and willing to work with your time;.

Full disclosure: my wife and I are actually members of the HPPC, but we originally looked at it first as a potential ceremony site.

Having a church ceremony was important to us and HPPC checked off some pretty big boxes. We toured a lot of venues after we got engaged (Dec. '19), but one thing my wife kept bringing up was how much she wanted to get married in a church. We were both brought up Presbyterian and had been searching on and off for years to find a church. So when we came across HPPC it piqued our interest. And after meeting Karen and touring the place, HPPC was the easy front runner when it came time to decide on a venue.

We joined as members a few months after signing our ceremony contract because we felt that if we're getting married here, we should try to become embedded in the community. On that note, it's been a really rewarding decision.

But that's just us. HPPC is a great even if you're just looking for a venue. And I'm guessing if you're reading this, you're at least considering a church wedding, too. Karen worked well with our month-of coordinator and everything went smoothly on the day-of. Karen had pretty bows she put on the pews to help separate groups for COVID-19 protocols.

The bridal suite in the next building is big enough to accommodate a decent sized group. The groom's area is the multipurpose room behind the chapel. You could get ready there, but we chose to do it at my hotel room nearby and then go back there for pictures.

While it checked off a lot of personal boxes for us, I also think HPPC offers something aesthetically. It's a small, quaint but very pretty chapel in a beautiful historic neighborhood. The white siding, the little steeple, the old pews (I believe they are original), the grass lawn & playground. On a beautiful day -- it was 82 and sunny on our wedding -- it's picturesque.

Which leads to another point: it's a great spot for pictures. I've included some below from our photographer, Eryn Chandler, who I would wholeheartedly also recommend you hire if you're in the market.

Happy venue hunting. It can be the toughest part of planning because it's usually the thing you try to tackle first. Whether or not a church wedding is important to you, I happen to think the HPPC was a nice setting for ours. It was very us. If you want a shabby chic hill country wedding, the HPPC isn't going to be for you. But I believe there's something to be said for a cute spring time church wedding.

If you chose HPPC, I you won't be disappointed.