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Details

First Presbyterian Church offers dynamic wedding services to make your special day come true. In addition to the rich history within our church, our sanctuary includes wonderful amenities for weddings, with two distinct indoor ceremony spaces to choose from, as well as our outdoor garden plaza. 

Ceremony Amenities

• Two ceremony spaces 

       Sanctuary:  up to 650 guests

       Plaza: contact wedding coordinator

• One outdoor ceremony space

       Plaza: up to 300 guests

• Two on-site wedding coordinators for both rehearsal and wedding day

• Bride and Groom dressing rooms
• Officiant - one of our pastors or a choice of yours**

• Organ and grand piano available

• Organist/music consultant available

• Complimentary one-hour ceremony rehearsal included

• Livestreaming of the wedding - includes a complimentary digital copy of the entire wedding ceremony

• Your choice of florist, photographer, and videographer (We do not require the use of preferred vendors)

• Adjacent indoor parking garage spaces available

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**Church wedding policy states that online ordination unaffiliated with a church or denomination is not sufficient to approve someone as an officiant for a service at the church.  A friend or family member with online ordination may assist in the wedding service, but a minister who is ordained by and serving (or having served) in a congregation is required as the officiant for the service.​

Sanctuary

Portland Oregon Wedding Venue

Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer

Chapel

Ceremony Fees

Sanctuary Rental

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  • Ceremony Non-Peak (Monday-Wednesday) - $2,200*

  • Ceremony Peak (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) - $2,500 - $2,700*

  • Security Deposit - $300**

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Note: Thursdays are not available for wedding rehearsals or weddings.

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The ceremony fees include:

  • Wedding rehearsal time

  • Four hours of wedding day access time (max of two additional hours of access time available at $125 / hr; access hours are inclusive of the wedding party, vendors, etc. entering and departing the sanctuary***)

  • Separate “get ready rooms” for the wedding party

  • Services of FPC Wedding Coordinators to assist in wedding preparation, rehearsal, and day of wedding details

 

Options

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  • FPC Pastor - $500****

  • FPC Organist / Pianist - $400

  • Professional live streaming of ceremony (audio and video) - $550^

  • Additional wedding day access time(max 2 hrs): $125 / hr

 
 

*Weddings with 300 or more guests may require an additional $200 - $400 added to the base fee

** Weddings with 300 or more guests may require a $200 addition to the Security Deposit. This deposit is refundable after the wedding

 ***Access Hours may be scheduled as consecutive hours between 11:00 am - 8:00 pm Mon-Sat and 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sun

****The fee for an FPC pastor as wedding officiant includes pre-marital counseling and preparation

^Live streaming includes a full digital copy of the ceremony via USB thumb drive

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Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be made in writing.

  • Cancellations made more than six months before the event will receive a 75% refund of rental fees.

  • Cancellations made less than six months before the event will receive a 50% refund of rental fees.

  • Cancellations made within three months of the event will receive no refund of rental fees.

Portland Wedding Venue - Chapel

Plaza

Portland Outdoor Wedding Venue

LOCATION

Located in the heart of Portland, Oregon, at the corner of SW 12th & Alder, within walking distance of many downtown hotels.

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FIND US

Contact Wedding Coordinator Bill Edwards, events@firstpresportland.org

 

 

 

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