Church for a Sunday wedding in Minnesota

Question:

Hi Reverend Coleman, Thanks so much for your site and everything it includes! It's helped me a lot in searching for a Minnesota ceremony and reception venue. My fiance and I were thinking about getting married on the sunday of July 4th weekend 2011 (July 3rd) primarily because it would be much cheaper to rent facilities on a sunday but also because it would most likely be a good traveling time for people. The problem we're running into is that we really want to get married in a church or chapel and we are having a hard time finding one that does a wedding on a sunday and on July 4th weekend. We live in the St. Paul/Roseville, MN area and would like to get married in the Twin Cities. Its also important that the ceremony site have air conditioning for comfort and because it is a warmer time of the year. Any suggestions you have would be so great!

Thanks,

Independence Day Weekend Bride

Answer:

Good evening, IDWB,

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

Ooh, that's a tough one...there are very few churches or chapels in the Twin Cities area willing to rent to non-members, and the ones that do, well, they have Sunday services...

That being said, you might want to check out the "Little White Church in the Valley", a historic church built in 1882 in Golden Valley, MN. It is now run by the Golden Valley Historical Society, so it doesn't have Sunday services. It's owned by the city of Golden Valley, and used as a city museum, educational center, historical wedding chapel, and meeting hall. Note that this wedding chapel really small, though - only holds 80 guests, and like most old churches, I would guess it doesn't have air conditioning.

I hope this helps!

Warm regards,

Rev. Tomkin Coleman
Minneapolis Weddings with Rev. Coleman

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