How much did you pay to get married in your church?

We paid 300 for the use of the sanctuary

250 for the minister

150 for the pianist

100 for the custodian

So $800 total

Hi date twin!! We paid $950, because it included sound and lighting.

We had a new priest come to the church a couple months ago and he's SUPER old school, doesn't believe that the church should be paid for marrying a couple. Its a suggested donation.

I think we're giving him $100 and the musician $150 (he HAS to be paid for his time)

So far, $200 for the cantor and $200 for the organist. Not sure about the cost of the sanctuary yet.

$1600 and I had to take a $200 marriage class and it doesn't include any music. I think music is like an extra $200-$400

I'm of the same opinion as Maltese's priest it's 0 for us to use the church. We'll give the priest and servers a stipend and we'll pay the organist, but I'm not sure what the organist costs yet, probably about $300.

$350 for church itself

$100 pianist

$150 pastor

$600 total

Outlier here - we paid $2200. This is one of the oldest buildings in the city and they also allow non Catholics to marry here so they don't have a different fee for members. The fee includes everything though, wedding guild, music and organist, altar servers as well as parking for our guests. Renovations sure don't come cheap O_O

I am no longer in a church, but mine runs about 1000.00 when all is said and done.

$500 for our membership

$100 for the wedding coordinator

$100 for the organist

Our sponsor paid the chanter, custodian fees and gave the priest a gift card.

Thanks ladies, its great to have an idea of the average cost.

for our church its $300 for members, $400 for non members, and $150 for the organist plus there has to be a $10/per alter server gratuity on the day of. And the $200 marriage classs

But it really depends on the church and the area. one of the churches we were looking at wanted $700 for the church, $200 for the organist, $20 gratuity per alter server plus we would have had to join as affiliate members and give donations for at least 4 months :/

I am the children's minister of my church. So my pastor said it was free except for the $200 cleaning fee that went straight to the cleaning crew. The sound guy, musician, coordinator were all friends of ours so we gave them gifts instead of their usual fees. I wrote the pastor a check for $100 but he returned it to me saying it's weird because he's my boss. I think ordinarily the church is around $600 (facility, counseling, officiant, sound, cleaning) for members. You can pay another $100 for an organist/pianist or bring in your own.

1400 with musicians

Ours is going to be $475 total (not including a discretionary pastor honorarium) and that includes all music and a day of coordinator. Also, our church is small and only has maybe 2-3 weddings a year so I think that is why they are on the lower side.

I should add that the building is 90 years old in Los Angeles and seats 350 people. We had a morning ceremony for 350 and a dinner reception for 220 in the social hall (we had an off-site lunch reception).

We aren't getting married in a church, but if you want to compare we are paying $2/person for setup and $300 for the officiant, plus $250 for ceremony music so around 850

I cant get married in my own church because of renovations. But it wouldve been free in mine. We have to rent this other churcb which cost 750. but our pastor is still marrying us

We're paying $1500...does not include pre-cana classes

$900 for church

$150 for the priest