Weddings and Church Use
Brant over at Kamp Krusty was on the air for his radio show and had some interesting conversations.
My favorites:
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My favorites:
Caller: Well, I'm on staff at our church, and there's a good reason we charge $500 for people to use the building for a wedding.
Me: That's what the church charges members who've actually paid for the building over the years?
Caller: Yes. It's really expensive to run the power and clean up and everything.
Me: Of course it is. So if the pastor wants to have a "Let's Celebrate Our Grads!" night in the sanctuary, do you have to pay $500?
Caller: Well, no, because that would be an official church function.
Me: Okay, I'm just curious: Joining members of your church in holy matrimony in front of witnesses and God isn't an official thing?
Caller: No, that's an extra thing.
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Next caller: I can speak for our church. If we DIDN'T charge, we'd have people lined up, wanting to use the place every Saturday for years.
Me: But if they're people who are members, and paid for the building, and it's their's, too, shouldn't it be free and celebrated and --
Caller: It would be too crazy if you just let people do that.
Me: But if they paid for it to start with --
Caller: You have to charge a fee to discourage people from using it.
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posted by mark at
5:43 AM
4 Comments:
Frankly, I've never thought much about this, but it occurs to me that there's a whale of a difference between the sort of church members that you're talking about and the people who show up for baptism, marriage, and funeral--that is, most of 'em.
LOL, the Jones Memorial Carpet (tm) can't handle that extra traffic!
When my wife and I were married at our former church we didn't have to pay. Our pastor was pissed that we didn't pay but there was a long standing tradition that if you were a member you didnt have to pay to use the church for weddings. I guess that all changed when the new pastor came...which is part of the reason we left.
we have SUCH a twisted sense of who owns what anymore. it's crazy to me that pastors are actually trying to keep people AWAY from their church.
but i'm not surprised.
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