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Elopement Weddings at Skinner Chapel at Scarritt Bennett Center

We celebrate and affirm love at Skinner Chapel! If you are looking for an elopement, intimate wedding or vow renewal in the Nashville area, Skinner Chapel is an ideal option for your elopement ceremony.

We have the following options at Skinner Chapel.

Skinner Chapel Friends & Family Elopement

The Skinner Chapel Friends & Family Elopement includes up to one-hour use of Skinner Chapel for your elopement wedding or renewal of vows ceremony. The chapel includes 20 chairs for guest seating and a small chancel area with an altar table.  The standing wedding party is limited to couple, the officiant and two attendants, due to space constraints. Rich Events includes the officiant and a coordinator for the ceremony. Upon booking, Rev .Rich will provide the couple with an extensive ceremony samples document to help plan the wording for the ceremony. Rich Events also provides recorded music for the ceremony which includes a very extensive library of songs or will allow the couple to hire live musicians (guitar or violin preferred, harp is allow, keyboards prohibited). Outside ministers are not permitted. Outside wedding coordinators are not permitted. Professional photography is restricted to Rich Events-approved companies which are listed in the contract. Guests are always permitted to take pictures with smartphones or personal cameras, but we do provide direction to personal photography.   The cost of hiring the photographers and the booking process is separate from the Rich Events chapel booking. The cost of hiring a live musician would be separate from the Rich Events fee.

Ceremonies are restricted to Skinner Chapel itself. Photos may be taken in the chapel and in limited sections of the Scarritt Bennett Center campus grounds, under the direction of the Rich Events officiant-in-charge and coordinator. Ceremony bookings are subject to availability of both Rich Events personnel and the chapel. All bookings for the Skinner Chapel Friends & Family Elopement are booked exclusively through Rich Events. The Rich Events officiant and staff will enforce all Scarritt Bennett Center rules and regulations which include but are not limited to prohibitions on smoking, alcohol and the use of sparklers as well as other similar products.

Skinner Chapel is a lovely but small venue. Neither bridal party nor guests are permitted to change clothes before or after the ceremony on property as Scarritt Bennett Center does not provide changing rooms for Skinner Chapel weddings. Due to the limited time of the rental and the size of the chapel, decorations and flowers should be limited and discussed in advance, subject to approval by Rich Events. Any live musicians hired to play will have to be in the vestibule just outside the chapel entrance. Rich Events will provide one preview visit prior to booking the Friends & Family Elopement if requested, which must be scheduled and conducted by Rev. Rich according to his availability. Due to the restrictions on time and space in the chapel and in this package, we encourage our brides and grooms to see each other before the ceremony. This is not a requirement, but a very strong suggestion based in years of experience.

If you choose to hire approved photographers, we encourage our couples to ask their guests to refrain from taking pictures during the ceremony. This can be very disruptive and can ruin many pictures by the professional photographer when a guest’s smartphone or tablet “photo bombs” the moment.

The fee for this package booked 60 days in advance or less is $650.00

The fee for this package booked 61 days or more in advance is $725.00

Please review the rental contract below for complete details.

Skinner Chapel Friends and Family Elopement Wedding Contract 2018

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Skinner Chapel Getaway Elopement 

The Skinner Chapel Getaway Elopement includes up to 30 minutes use of Skinner Chapel for your elopement wedding or renewal of vows ceremony. The couple is permitted to bring up to 6 witnesses, but none are required on the Tennessee Marriage License. The ceremony is officiated by Rev. Brandon Rich of Rich Events or one of his associates. Outside ministers are not permitted.

Professional photography is restricted to Rich Events-approved companies which are listed on the contract. The cost of hiring the photographers and the booking process is separate from the Rich Events chapel booking. Music is not permitted in Getaway Elopements. Witnesses are permitted to take photos with smartphones or personal cameras.

Ceremonies are restricted to Skinner Chapel itself. Photos may be taken in the chapel and in limited sections of the Scarritt Bennett Center campus grounds, under the direction of the Rich Events officiant-in-charge. Ceremonies bookings are subject to availability of both Rich Events personnel and the chapel. All bookings for the Skinner Chapel Getaway Elopement are booked exclusively through Rich Events. The Rich Events officiant will enforce all Scarritt Bennett Center rules and regulations which include but are not limited to prohibitions on smoking, alcohol and the use of sparklers as well as other similar products. Neither bridal party nor guests are permitted to change clothes before or after the ceremony on property as Scarritt Bennett Center does not provide changing rooms for Skinner Chapel weddings.

Rich Events does not provide preview visits or planning meetings for the Getaway Elopement or the Just Married Elopement.

The fee for this package booked 60 days in advance or less is $350.00

The fee for this package booked 61 days in advance or more is $375.00

Please review the reservation request form below for complete details.

Skinner Chapel Getaway Elopement Reservation Form 2018

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Lawfully Wedded Life
Rev. Rich has written a memoir about his early life and many of his adventures in the wedding business. The book releases on August 15, 2018. For more information, please visit LawfullyWeddedLife.com.