Weddings at Trinity

You can request a date, time, worship space, and clergyperson with our Wedding Inquiry Form or by contacting the Executive Assistant to the Senior Pastor at (404) 495-8424 or [email protected]. We do not reserve dates more than a year in advance, and do not have weddings the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, January 1, or Easter. Rehearsals are held the day before wedding services and will last approximately one hour. All members of the wedding party, including parents and readers, should attend.

Trinity clergy perform all weddings held at the church and will coordinate six (6) hours of mandatory premarital counseling with each couple getting married here. Guest clergy may participate at the invitation of the Trinity clergy.

Trinity is blessed with beautiful worship spaces, including Dobbs Chapel, which seats 180, and the Sanctuary, which seats 750. Trinity also has spaces available for on-site receptions.

For Trinity members, a Sanctuary wedding costs $3,750 and a wedding in Dobbs Chapel costs $3,250.

For non-members, a Sanctuary wedding costs $5,500 and a wedding in Dobbs Chapel costs $5000.

The wedding fee includes:

• Pastor’s honorarium
• Six (6) hours of mandatory premarital counseling
• Organist’s honorarium
• Wedding Music Consultation
• An A/V technician to manage sound for worship
• A security officer
• Set-up, breakdown, and cleaning of the venue
• Services of a Trinity Wedding Coordinator

Once the church confirms that your preferred date is available and has been approved, a $1,000 non-refundable deposit is due to reserve your wedding date.

The remaining balance is due two weeks before your rehearsal date.

Optional costs include:

• Pew Candles: $100
• Live Streaming: $150
• Unedited recording of the ceremony: $150
• Additional Security: $60 per hour
• Any music in addition to the organ or piano (solo or instrumental)

Trinity clergy use the Presbyterian order of worship for weddings, with room to personalize within this order:

Prelude
Seating of the Families
Processional
Welcome
Statement on the Gift of Marriage
Hymn (optional)
Prayer of Invocation
Affirmations of Family and Friends
Scripture Readings
Homily
Exchange of Vows
Exchange of Rings
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Declaration of Marriage
Charge and Benediction
Introduction of the Couple
Recessional

Trinity offers exceptional music and the expertise of our Director of Music, who should be consulted on all music for a wedding service. Lists of music options and recordings of several samples are available below.

Trinity’s worship spaces are beautiful without any adornment, but you may use pew candles and flowers to personalize them. White paraments will be in place for weddings in the Sanctuary. Trinity has artificial flowers available for use for no additional charge. Many couples elect to work with a florist to add fresh flowers and unique color. Guidelines for florists are found in the florist agreement here: florist agreement form.

For a fee, a couple may choose to have a wedding service live streamed and/or purchase unedited video footage of the service. Many couples also work with outside photographers or videographers to document their weddings. Guidelines about spaces and timing for photography and videography for these vendors are available here: photographer agreement form and videographer agreement form.

Your Trinity wedding coordinator will work with you to establish arrival times for photographers, florists, and the wedding party, generally not sooner than 2.5 hours before the service begins. All photography and clean-up of florists’ material must be complete 30 minutes after the end of the service. Note that Trinity is a substance-free, weapons-free campus. Alcohol and drugs may not be brought onto campus and anyone who is visibly impaired will be asked to leave.

Yes! Trinity has ample parking. However, vehicles may not be left on campus after a wedding.