Church & Temple Wedding Venues in Boston

I am an Alumnus of Merrimack College so my husband and I got married at their chapel, Christ the Teacher. We had a wonderful experience. Everyone was very helpful. They held a workshop for couples so we could listen to some of the church musicians we could choose from. The best part of our experience was our officiant, Fr. William Waters, who my husband and worked very closely the year leading up to our wedding. Father Bill was a marriage pre-marriage counselor of sorts for us and he really made us examine the process of marriage, and look beyond just the wedding. Our ceremony was a full mass, which isn't pleasant for most people, but we received so many compliments on how beautiful the church was and how touching, humorious, and personalized our ceremony was.

Father Mitzel is truly special and he helped make our day special. We got to stand before God and commit to each other and Father Mitzel helped us every step of the way.

Molly

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Ada went above and beyond to make sure our simple "lux macabre" ceremony was absolutely epic. She managed to take a garbled account of a vague vision we had and turn it into the perfect surreal reality. From making recommendations to coordinating to simply being unbelievably helpful with any silly questions, Ada and TST are absolute rockstars.

This is the beautiful function hall at The First Parish Church United of Westford, MA. We were married in the church sanctuary and used the hall for the reception. It is a beautiful hall (comparable to a country club function room) with a professional kitchen attached. For a small extra custodian fee you can use the foyer for cocktail hour as well. They allow you to bring in any caterer of your choosing, and to serve beer and wine with a licensed bartender. Our wedding looked amazing with minimal decorations (just white tablecloths and tableware). The hall provides tables and chairs (we used the chairs they had, though if you want a fancier look you might want to rent). The hall easily accommodated 140 for seated dinner with a generous bar/band area and dance floor at one end, and you could probably seat up to 160 for dinner and still have a good dance floor. The fee includes 8 hours of time in the hall, so we had to add extra time in the hall and kitchen for an extra amount. The cost wound up being a bit higher than we expected when we started looking at church halls, but the quality of the space is more like a traditional wedding reception venue. We highly recommend First Parish and the Fellowship Hall for weddings!

I chose First Parish Church in Waltham as our wedding venue, and even though the sanctuary is magnificent, we wanted a smaller informal wedding and chose to get married in their function hall called Whitcomb Hall. My wife is a perfectionist and asked me if I could surprise her with a wedding so she wouldn't obsess about the details leading up to the wedding and during the wedding lol. So I did. The people at First Parish were really wonderful to work with. We chose to get married by Reverend Becky Sheble-Hall, the minister at First Parish and she an I had a great time planning a surprise wedding for my wife. Whitcomb Hall had all the room we needed to set up an area for our wedding ceremony and a separate area for the pre-wedding hors d'oeuvres, a bar and a sit-down buffet dinner with room left for dancing. Because the venue rental fee didn't break the bank, we were able to hire top-notch vendors for the wedding design (decorate the venue and set up the table design, buffet, bar etc.), a lighting designer, plus a caterer for the food buffet and appetizers, a local liquor store for the drinks, a local florist and a specialty baker for the cake. Our wedding designer transformed the space for us into a party atmosphere with lighting and table settings, etc. Our caterer used the commercial kitchen attached to Whitcomb Hall to cook/reheat the meals we had planned. We saved a bunch by tapping into the professional music sound system and I played my playlists via bluetooth from my phone. The whole experience went off without a hitch and we're so glad we chose this venue!

From first booking through to final clean-up TE provided wonderful service and helped us to create a most magical wedding ceremony and celebration. I highly recommend Temple Emanuel as a wedding venue!!

As a non-Catholic, marrying a Catholic at a Catholic church, I was decidedly nervous. Father Mulcahy took away any concerns I had at any time. Our pre-marital counselling was spectacular and he got to know us well enough that our ceremony was really personalized and special. He's got a sense of humor and handled a stray flowergirl's climb up the altar stairs during the homily with grace and a chuckle. The organist was spectacular as well, I couldn't have asked for more. The church is beautiful and they put up their Christmas decorations a week earlier than planned just for us, which made it downright perfect. It was so pretty that we didn't even get church flowers, just pew bows and of course bouquets etc. They say a lot fewer couples are opting for church weddings these days. I am 100% glad we did. It couldn't have been one bit more perfect.