Weddings

Once you have settled on a date, complete the online application.

Lead Pastor Jesse Tink is unavailable to officiate weddings, but we have several licensed pastors on staff and can accommodate visiting pastors, provided proof of credentials is submitted to the church at least one month before your ceremony.

If a visiting pastor officiates, a Prairie Lakes Church pastor will need to approve him/her to perform your ceremony in our facility.

Subject to approval, our pastors can perform weddings off-site (not at a Prairie Lakes Church Campus). Weddings performed outside a 15-mile radius of a pastor’s home campus will be subject to a travel fee.

We book only one wedding per weekend per campus and perform ceremonies on Fridays and Saturdays. The following holiday weekends are unavailable due to demands on our staff and facilities:
    New Year's
    Easter
    Memorial Day
    July 4th
    Labor Day
    Thanksgiving
    Christmas

Plan for success. We provide comprehensive preparation as you begin your marriage consisting of four-six, two-hour sessions.

Meet with your mentor couple. We are blessed to have qualified mentor couples trained to support and encourage engaged couples. Mentor couples will help you develop good communication and conflict resolution skills, which will be put into practice as you discuss various marital issues.

Discuss everything. You will spend time together talking and learning about faith, communication, conflict resolution, finances, sex, gender differences, roles, expectations, and goal setting. Mentor couples draw upon rich, personal, marital experiences to answer questions from both male and female perspectives. 

Use the best tools available. You will complete PREPARE and personality inventories which identify your strengths as well as a third assessment to help you discover your primary love language.  

You'll meet with your pastor 1-2 times before the ceremony. He or she will help you create a ceremony that keeps God at its center and allows your personalities to shine!

Payment information and options will be provided by our wedding administrative assistant once your application is received and processed.

6-18 months prior | Submit your application. Once your wedding is approved, we’ll collect the $250 marriage mentoring fee.

4-12 months prior | Return your signed contract and $300 facility deposit & administrative fee (on-site)/wedding fee (off-site). Once received, we will reserve your wedding date on the Prairie Lakes Church calendar. Until these documents are both received, we can only confirm whether a location and pastor are currently available.

2 months prior | (On-site weddings only) Submit the balance of your payment ($600, includes all staff and facility usage fees). Once received, we will connect you with a wedding ceremony coordinator.

Those held at a Prairie Lakes Church Campus officiated by a PLC pastor. 

• Application & Mentoring Fee | $250 submitted 6-18 months before wedding date
• Facility Deposit/Administrative Fee | *$300 submitted with signed contract ($250 facility deposit, $50 administrative fee)
• Wedding Fee | $600 submitted two months before wedding date

* $250 of this fee will be returned one month after your ceremony, less damage fees if incurred.

Those held at a Prairie Lakes Church Campus officiated by a visiting pastor**

• Marriage Mentoring Fee (optional) | $250 submitted 6-18 months before wedding date. Couples utilizing a visiting pastor are welcome to go through our marriage mentoring program but aren't required to do so.
• Facility Deposit/Administrative Fee | $300* submitted with signed contract ($250 facility deposit, $50 administrative fee)
• Wedding Fee | $350 submitted two months before wedding date

*$250 of this fee will be returned one month after your ceremony, less damage fees if incurred.

**Visiting pastor fee is not coordinated by Prairie Lakes Church. The couple and officiating pastor handle this themselves.

Those held somewhere other than a Prairie Lakes Church Campus officiated by a PLC pastor

• Application & Mentoring Fee | $250 submitted 6-18 months before wedding date
• Wedding Fee | $300 submitted with signed contract (Includes pastor's honorarium and administrative fee)
• Travel Fee | Price varies and is submitted two months before wedding date. Travel expenses are waived for ceremonies held within a 15-mile radius of a pastor's home campus.

For on-site weddings, two months before your ceremony, we will connect you with a wedding ceremony coordinator who will review details about your day, answer questions, and convey pertinent information to our technical and facilities staff. She’ll also oversee your rehearsal and wedding to ensure everything goes smoothly.

• Our facility will be reserved 5:00-7:00PM the evening before your wedding for your rehearsal.
• Everyone involved in the ceremony should attend except for live musicians.
• Bring your marriage license to your rehearsal.
  
• Due to the demands on staff and space for weekend services, we are unable to accommodate rehearsal dinners or receptions of any size without exception.

• Your wedding party will have access to the church 2 ½ hours before your ceremony.
• If you would like to decorate early, you may do so during your rehearsal time.
• Prairie Lakes Church does not have wedding decorations to borrow.
• No tacks, pins, glue, nails, or tape of any kind may be used.
• Only dripless candles, enclosed in hurricane glass, may be used. A unity candle is allowed provided a drip cloth or protective covering is beneath it.

• If you have live music, a sound check will be scheduled two hours before the ceremony.
• Two changing rooms will be available at the church the day of your wedding.
• No items may be stored at our facility overnight.
• Hair appointments must be held off-site.
• You have use of our facility for 1½ hours once your ceremony begins.
• Arrange for someone to remove all decorations, gifts, and personal items from the church immediately following the ceremony.
• Only service animals are allowed in the church building. A service animal is defined as a guide dog, signal dog, or other animal specifically trained to aid a person with a disability.