Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Bowling Green

A wedding at St. Mark's Lutheran Church takes you just south of the Bowling Green State University campus, to a Bowling Green congregation where music is a big part of worship. The church's own calendar lists weddings in its sanctuary, so that is where your vows, your wedding photos and much of your wedding video will happen. Visit the sanctuary with your photographer and videographer before the day, so they can plan the processional and where to stand during the vows.

Music runs deep here: the church has an adult choir, a handbell choir that plays at worship once a month, a children's choir and instrumental soloists, and its services stream on the church's YouTube channel. Ask whether any of the church's musicians can play for your ceremony, and how sound works in the sanctuary for a videographer who wants clean audio. The calendar has also shown a wedding in another space it calls the FLC and a rehearsal dinner on the evening before a sanctuary wedding, so ask which rooms you could use.

Plan your timing around the congregation's own schedule. Worship is held on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m., Sundays at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. and Wednesdays at noon, so a Saturday wedding ceremony needs to finish and clear before the evening service. The church office at 419-353-9305 is the first call for dates, what the church asks of couples and any fees.

• Call the church office early to check your wedding day date.
• Walk the sanctuary with your photographer and videographer.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and decorating rules.

A little about St. Mark's Lutheran Church

St. Mark's sits on South College Drive, south of BGSU, and runs a campus ministry for university students along with St. Mark's Lutheran Academy.