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For our church (catholic) which I am not a parish of..
$500 for the church
$10 for the 2 ushers
$125 Church Coordinator
$125 Cantor
$125 Organist
and how ever much you would like to give the priest. So yes, approx. $1000.
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These are my costs for our church ceremony (Anglican):
$200 "donation" to the church
$100 for the organist
$20 Administration fee
$225 for the officiant
$50 donation for flowers (they keep the flowers afterwards)
For a Grand Total of: $595
Good question. I wasn't planning on getting married at a church so I never looked into this. While talking to my parents this weekend, they made it known that they wanted us to have a church ceremony. Since my boyfriend is catholic, and I WAS a catholic, I'm willing to compromise. Definitely curious to see what the associated costs are.
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I'm not sure there is a "normal" charge. It sort of depends on the the demand for the church, the season, and sometimes on whether you are a member. My sister was married in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe; they charged $600 off-season (she was married the weekend of Thanksgiving) and $1000 regular season - the chapel seats about 100 people. If you want to get married on Valentine's Day, it is $6000. We enquired at three different Lutheran churches in our area, and found fees between $500 and $1500 for a Saturday in July, for churches seating between 100 and 250 people. Those prices are not including the officiant, music, or any other services, by the way. In the end we decided to get married at the country club where we are having our reception. No driving for us or the guests, and no facility fee.
For my church (christian) it costed me:
$200 for church - if you are a christian or a member
$250 for pastor - a personal friend
rest I hired my own people to help me being usher and organizing the decorations
total about $450 if you know people that is willing to help you
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sigh...i could have used my father's church for free...but the location did not fit with keeping the wedding in a neutral place for his family.
that said, we went with the chapel of our alma mater. its non-denominational and will be costing us $300 for a 2 hour block. we could have paid double for a 4 hour block but i decided that it wasn't worth it.....we'll just keep the decor there nice and simple.
i've booked our minister, though i havent asked him how much he would like as a donation. lol...i was just sooo happy to find someone willing to marry us! and i'm confident that the rate is not outrageous.
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A thousand sounds about right.
Church Donation: $500
Wedding Coordinator: $125
Cantor: $125
Pianist: $125
Alter Servers: $20
Priest Stripend: ??? (depends on us)
Cali*Boy wants to fly in his friend who is a priest to marry us, so it'll cost a little more for us.
400 dollars for the church which includes custodian and a lovely coordinator who will serve as mistress of ceremony (dunno what that means, honestly lol). about 80 expected donation for pastor as we do not know him nor are members of the church. It's a small town wedding but even the biggest church in downtown was only 500 to rent! I think location really matters though. Good luck!
We are using a historical church that does not currently have a parti, and it's costing us roughly $1000. We are giving our officiant, who is visiting from another state and is a friend of the family, a monetary gift of $200.
Our church is $2000 (Catholic Church - Basilica) 
I am not excited about the price but FIL's are excited about the church so that makes me happy.
$175 for 3 hours - doesn't include anything but use of the space, haven't gotten too far with this part of the planning yet.
Our church (Presbyterian) is $2000. 
And I think it's more for non-members! I almost fell over when the church wedding coordinator told us the price. But I love my church! The preacher is fantastic. I can't imagine having it somewhere else. As with many things wedding related, I take the Scarlet O'hara approach: "I won't think about it now. I'll think about it tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day." And then I just think the same thing tomorrow!
wowza! i had no idea it was so expensive. this makes me even happier that we are both atheists! :) my fiance's parents paid $50 total in the 1970's. so long ago though. it's nice to see how much it might cost for an officiant though.
this is a great question. thanks for asking cinderellasmom.
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Caligirl, are we getting marired at the same church? Same price specs! Hehe ;D
mine will be free since i'm a member, so all that would be left would be the pastor's donation fee or what have you.
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our church rental fee is $1,000 for the chapel (max 400 ppl) as opposed to the sanctuary which i think may be for $2,000 (max like 1000+ people ). also, our fees are higher cuz we're nonmembers... church members pay like half that price.
this fee includes the minister's donation, musician fee, wedding coordinator fee, cleanup, and a wedding seminar.
i think it depends on the churches in your area. this price was on the lower end compared to others so we were happy with this price.
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We are getting married in a chapel (catholic) that is set up specifically for alums of the high school to be married in. It is a "non-functioning" chapel and you must provide everything and includes serious guidelines, but it is classically beautiful. It cost us $1000 for the chapel with a 2.5 hour block. We will donate to the priest what we feel appropriate, he is at a parish that I went to as a child, but I have never met him.
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$2,500 for 2 1/2 hours. includes music, priest, parking.
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Like Damora, ours was also a high school chapel. It cost $300 to hold the ceremony there.
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Our church is about $1000 for non-members or non-active members, and about $500 for members. This covers the fees for the sexton, the coordinator, and the organist.
our church is around $250-300: (lutheran, in los angeles, seats about 150)
$75 for coordinator
$75 for organist
$50 for the custodian
and then $50-100 for the pastor, whatever we decide on.
i was incredibly thrilled when the pastor stated the charges and said "we're not here to make money off young people." i just about kissed him.
Wow- So I guess I''m not the only one who is falling off their seat over the cost of a church ceremony! Thanks everyone for being so open about the church budget,
1000 sounds right...
non members at our catholic church - $1250 + $500 for music
members - $250 + $500 for music
we are semi-new members so we are paying $750 + $500 for music.
it really all depends on location of the church & how long you've been going there. if you have been going since you were a child it's bound to be under $500. if you walk in off the street & say marry me! it's pretty expensive.
Church (christian) $500
Organist $250
What was strange is we had to pay $300 if we didn't use the organist for a sitting fee for someone to sit next to our own organ player.
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I am getting married at a catholic church outside of NYC.
$500 for the church
$250 for music director
$250 for trumpet
Not sure about the Cantor maybe another $200.
PreCana runs about $85.
Plus we have to tip the priest which will probably be $300- we are also inviting the priest to the rehersal dinner and the reception. Keep in mind for catholics you will meet with the priest several times before you get married to go over your pre-cana information and to plan your mass. The priest 95% of the time does not get a part of the church donation.
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I knew there would be a charge/donation but never knew exactly how much it would be. Is a $1000 a normal charge for a church?
If you don't mind could you tell me what you are paying for your ceremony site?
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