Weddings at Bedford Alliance Church

Congratulations on your engagement! We believe your wedding should be the happiest time of your life. We rejoice with you and are eager to make it a day to remember. May your wedding be one of the happiest and most beautiful memories!

Wedding Policies & Information

Securing Your Wedding Date

Once you’ve confirmed your wedding date is available by either using the form on this page or by contacting the church office, we ask that you pay a deposit to secure your wedding date. The deposit amount for non-members is the $500 building fee. The deposit amount for members is $100, which will be applied to the required fees. Please either mail or drop-off a payment along with a completed wedding contract, which can be obtained by contacting the church office. Checks should be made payable to Bedford Alliance Church.

Wedding Rehearsal

Your wedding rehearsal may be scheduled for the day before your wedding after 2:00 pm. You may choose to also have your rehearsal dinner on church grounds, but then you must pay the $50 wedding rehearsal custodial fee.

Pastoral Requirements

Bedford Alliance Church requires that a licensed minister of the state of Michigan perform wedding ceremonies at our facility. We have several staff pastors who are available to perform ceremonies. Our staff pastors are also available to perform ceremonies at locations other than our church. If you use one of our staff pastors, the premarital counseling fee becomes required. If you are not using a staff pastor, your performing minister must receive approval from our elder board. For our elders to approve your officiant, they must know the officiant’s name, if they are a pastor, their church’s name, their church’s statement of faith, and whether they will perform premarital counseling with you.

Building Policies

Bedford Alliance Church does not allow any lit candles during wedding ceremonies other than the unity candle. Rice, birdseed, confetti, etc. may not be thrown in or around the building. If you wish to use items in place of these, please have them approved by our facility manager. We are a smoke-free facility and the use of alcohol, drugs, and controlled substances is prohibited on our grounds. It is the responsibility of the bride and groom to ensure these policies are adhered to by those in the wedding party and wedding attendees.

Wedding Screens

We have white panels that are used during weddings to hide the instruments on our stage. This prevents us from having to tear-down and set-up before and after every wedding. If you would prefer that the stage be empty and not use the wedding screens, you must pay the $200 stage clearing fee. Please note that depending on our stage design, certain items may not be removed. Our worship pastor will work with you to determine the stage design for your wedding. If you would like to see examples of the wedding screens, you can set up a time to come see them or we can send you images of them in use.

Media Requirements

All audio files you wish to have played before, during, or after your wedding ceremony must be provided to the chruch in mp3 format (ex. files on a USB drive). We are unable to play CD's in our facility.

We have two large screens in our sanctuary that can be used to play videos before, during, or after your wedding ceremony. All video files must be provided in .mp4 or .mov format (ex. files on a USB drive). We are unable to play DVD's in our facility.

Video Recording

We offer the opportunity to have your wedding ceremony recorded via one of our sanctuary cameras. This is not a professional videography serivce; rather it is a simple recording of the activities on the stage. If you choose to use this service, you must pay the $100 fee. This fee covers a person to operate the camera, making sure nothing is missed on the stage as well as final editing of your wedding video.

Wedding Fees

Fee Fee Amount Required?
Building Use
(Members) $0
(Non-Members) $500
Wedding Coordinator $200
Sound/Lighting Technician $100
Custodian $100
Staff Pastor
(Members) $250
(Non-Members) $350
Premarital Counseling $100
(Only if using Staff Pastor)
Musician $150
Videographer $100
Stage Clearing $200
Rehearsal Dinner Custodian $50

Check the availability of your wedding date.


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FAQ's

First, check to make sure your wedding date is available by filling out the form on this page or call the church office at 734-847-3364. If your date is available, our office manager will meet with you to go over booking, deposit, fees, and payment.
Yes, we ask for non-members to pay the $500 building fee as a deposit and members to pay $100 that will be applied to the required fees.
The deposit is required at booking and the remaining fees are due one month prior to your wedding date.
Any fees you pay are refundable up to one week prior to your wedding date. The only fee that is non-refundable is the premarital counseling if you’ve already completed the counseling.
Our stage is set-up with instruments and equipment that is needed for our Sunday morning services. We prefer to leave this equipment set-up and hide it by using white screens. If you don’t want to use the white screens and prefer us to remove all our equipment, you must pay the extra stage clearing fee. Contact the church office for a picture of the screens or make an appointment to come see them.
We don’t have many restrictions when it comes to decorating for your wedding. However, we don’t allow the use of lit candles other than a unity candle. We also don’t allow any materials that will leave a mess to be thrown inside or outside our building (rice, birdseed, confetti, sprinkles, glitter, streamers, flower petals, etc.)
We don’t allow outside individuals to run our equipment. The sound technician also runs our light board; the sound/light technician is not an optional fee.
You aren’t required to use one of our staff pastors as your officiant, but we do require that a licensed minister of the state of Michigan perform the ceremony. If you are using someone outside of our church, they must receive approval from our elder board. For our elders to approve your officiant, they must know the officiant’s name, if they are a pastor, their church’s name, their church’s statement of faith, and whether they will perform premarital counseling with you.
Our staff pastors are available for performing ceremonies outside of Bedford Alliance Church. However, the $250 fee for members and $350 fee for non-members still applies as does the $100 premarital counseling fee. There may be additional mileage charges as well depending on the distance of the ceremony.