Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Mark and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Jim Thorpe

A wedding at St. Mark and St. John's Episcopal Church in Jim Thorpe would take place inside a National Historic Landmark. The Gothic Revival church on Race Street is built of local gray stone trimmed in red stone, set on a terrace in a steep hillside with a square tower at one corner. The parish's own tours highlight Tiffany windows and a carved Caen stone reredos behind the altar. For wedding photos and video, that means stained glass and carved stone behind you, so your photographer and videographer will want to see it before the day.

Inside, the main sanctuary is on the upper level of the building, with the entrance and a small chapel on the lowest floor, which matters when you plan how guests, and anyone using a wheelchair, will arrive. The parish's website does not mention weddings, so call the church office to ask whether weddings are held here, for whom, and what the parish asks of couples. The parish describes itself as inclusive and welcoming to people of all backgrounds, and its Sunday worship follows the American Episcopal tradition, with scripture, hymns and preaching.

Because the church also runs guided tours from late spring through the fall, ask how a wedding date fits around tour days. A wedding videographer will want to know where they can stand without blocking the aisle during the processional, and how sound carries in a stone sanctuary, so a visit together is worth the trip. Ask about photo and video guidelines and whether pictures may be taken outside on the church grounds on the wedding day.

• Call the church office to ask whether your wedding ceremony can be held here.
• Take a guided tour first to see the windows and the reredos.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines, access for older guests and music.

A little about St. Mark and St. John's Episcopal Church

Founded in 1835, the congregation is older than its building; the present church was consecrated in 1869. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1987.