{"id":77158,"date":"2019-01-08T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77158"},"modified":"2019-01-08T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T00:01:46","slug":"manchester-evening-news-a-cheshire-church-is-offering-couples-the-chance-to-get-wed-for-just-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77158","title":{"rendered":"(Manchester Evening News) A Cheshire church is offering couples the chance to get wed for just \u00a31,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is likely to be the happiest day of your life, but it also guaranteed to be the most expensive.<\/p>\n<p>The average wedding in the UK now costs \u00a330,355, an all-time high, with couples across the UK willing to splurge saying &#8216;I do&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Now a church in Cheshire is offering couples the chance to have a wedding for just a fraction of the usual cost.<\/p>\n<p>St John&#8217;s Church in Hartford, near Northwich, is recognising the huge expense couples face as they enter married life and offering an affordable alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8216;A Grand Wedding&#8217;, for just \u00a31,000, a handful of lucky couples will be be given use of the venue, organist, a two-tier personalised wedding cake, invitation and service stationary, a photographer and flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the package is a catered reception in the church centre for up to 30 guests including a two course meal, with the option to add a further 20 guests for an additional amount.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/church-offering-couples-chance-wed-15641738\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A church is offering couples the chance to have a wedding for a fraction of the usual cost <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlJMFWdoju\">https:\/\/t.co\/JlJMFWdoju<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MENnewsdesk\/status\/1082315909702844417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is likely to be the happiest day of your life, but it also guaranteed to be the most expensive. The average wedding in the UK now costs \u00a330,355, an all-time high, with couples across the UK willing to splurge<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77158\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,98,184,91,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england-coe","category-marriage-family","category-parish-ministry","category-personal-finance-investing","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77161,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77158\/revisions\/77161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}