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MADem

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12. I don't. I think it's a welcoming gesture.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 3, 2015, 11:50 PM

Jul 2015

You rent it out to day trippers, and maybe they'll like the place and want to hang around.

It's just a building, at the end of the day. I have a neighbor who lives in an old church. It's a nice building.

The sense of community and warmth doesn't come from the brick and mortar, it comes from the assembled people.

And, nowadays, religious institutions are struggling to stay afloat. If day trippers rent out the church and throw down a couple of grand to have their event, then that's money that can be used to fix the roof, repoint the masonry, repair the glass, paint and polish, that doesn't have to come out of other donations that might be used to help the needy.

I think it is a win-win!

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K&R! hrmjustin Jun 2015 #1

The Episcopalians aren't stupid--it's a moneymaker for them. MADem Jul 2015 #2

Episcopal churches do not marry "church shoppers," okasha Jul 2015 #3

Yes, they do. I will provide you with proof because it would be rude not MADem Jul 2015 #4

That's changed since I left tbe Church, then. okasha Jul 2015 #5

I think it has been this way for quite a while. I attended a wedding of MADem Jul 2015 #6

In my parish one party has to be a member. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #7

Looks like your parish is the exception rather than the rule. MADem Jul 2015 #8

In the diocese of NY the diocese pushes 6 months of counciling. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #9

If they mandate that, it could cut down on the numbers, but I don't think MADem Jul 2015 #10

Personally i think renting a church out is wrong. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #11

I don't. I think it's a welcoming gesture. MADem Jul 2015 #12

They should do the 6 month counciling thing. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #13

I think it depends on the couple. Are we talking two nineteen year olds, or MADem Jul 2015 #14

In my parish every couple goes through it but you make a good point. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #15

In my diocese, okasha Jul 2015 #16

The rules say "baptized" Christian. It looks like those are national rules, so MADem Jul 2015 #17

That is evidently the current rule. okasha Jul 2015 #18