Thanks for the warm welcome!
Josie...to answer your questions:
- Neither I nor my fiance' attend this church. We're from two different cities and I wanted to get married at "home".
- We had thought about having it at a neutral location, but my fiance' feels very strongly about having a church wedding. I don't think it is fair for me to deny him this. After all, he has chosen a faith and I'm the one who has no ties to any religious denomination.
- Yes, I truly want my mother at my wedding which is why I made a slight adjustment in my plans to have the reception at a dining hall (which was a little more costly than using the church for the entire event)!
The thing that bothers me the most in all of this is that my mother HAS ATTENDED other church weddings before. I would be much easier to follow if she had never attended other people's weddings before.