So my pretties,

We’ve decided to change our ceremony venue.

Initially, we’d planned to hold the ceremony in the theatre at the Museum. It would mean we’d having everything under the same roof and the price was right too.

The problems with the theatre: It has stadium style seating which means lots of steps for our parents, grandparents  and  great grandparents whose knees have begun to give out on them. They’d be forced to sit in the back to avoid the steps and that’s the last thing we want. Also, the theater is split into three sets of seats, which means two stairways. Picture seats-aisle-seats-aisle-seats. Two stairways make for an awkward entrance if not coming down in twos. So the bridesmaids and groomsmen would probably look okay, but when my dad walks me down the aisle, more than half our guests will need binoculars to see me.

The new venue is the First Congregational Church of Detroit. It’s about 2 blocks away and has a beautiful sanctuary. It’s a beautiful historical building and guess what – only 1 aisle. There are also separate rooms for guys and girls to get ready. The downside is that it costs about $400 more than the theatre so we’ll have to make up for that cost somewhere else.

Logistics aside there’s something very spiritual and uplifting about being married in a church that I think we would’ve missed out on in the theatre. Because we don’t belong to a church and don’t attend regularly, this was definitely a big part of the reason we chose the theatre initially. It felt sort of hypocritical to be married in a church even though we don’t attend regularly. In the end though, this was the right decision for us as we are Christians and feel that the church is right for us. Their website sums it up just right: You may not belong to this church, but this church belongs to you.

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