First. Is this for you or for a child/infant? If it is for an infant, there are some priests and churches who would give a baptism ASAP if the child's life is in danger.

But, I'm assuming this is for you, so...

Second. Have you been baptized at any time in your life? If so, the majority of Christian churches will not "re-baptize" you. If you have been baptized before (even as an infant) and are looking for a new baptism, you are very limited in the churches that would consider doing this - as most Christians consider a "second baptism" by water to be pretty much a theological impossibility/nothing.

Third. Do you have a personal set of beliefs about the manner of baptism (sprinkle, pour, dunk)? Most Christians accept all as valid, but some only accept full immersion. So, how wet ya wanna get?

I'm willing to get into an argument about this, but generally speaking you can just be baptized by any other Christian and it doesn't quite matter who exactly does the drippin'. It's pretty much only Baptist and more fringe-y churches that give a shit and will re-baptize people. Although debates on this have ranged widely, the Council of Trent in the 12th Century pretty much canonized into the Western tradition that it's main thing was that the right trinitarian words were used.

My wife and I got married in the Broderie Room back in early June of 2014. We had a small group of about 15 people and I thought the room looked great, but it was pretty warm inside. They had fans running which helped, but it also made it nearly impossible for anyone to actually hear anything since there was no PA system to use (can’t remember if we had the option or not to bring one). Anyway, the room was completely blocked off though during the time we had it rented so that was nice… no prying eyes watching us. Overall for a small group it worked pretty well.

I performed a wedding ceremony at Phipps about 15 years ago. While I wasn’t involved in the planning, I can say that everyone involved on the day of the ceremony was helpful and friendly and the couple who got married had no complaints either.

They have some gluten free options in their Sunday brunch, but I don't know what the menu looks like on other days.

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This is large to fairly large

Fee, donation, alms, whatever. It’s all the same thing. There may not be a set cost, but there is definitely an expectation of a donation. Just like eating out. Nobody is forced to tip, but in reality you have to tip.

Also, OP mentions not regularly attending a Christian church. There’s no specifics. If they were raised Baptist, I have to venture a guess that they would have to accept the teachings of the Lutheran or Catholic dogmas and be indoctrinated into a specific denomination before getting baptized.

Fine by me.

According to the school directory he was an assistant principal. 🤮

Something like an 18 inch snow deficit.

The point was you are probably already indoctrinated if you’re asking to be baptized, and I cannot think of a Christian church that charges a fee for baptism. There may be a tradition of making a donation to the church if you can afford it, but there’s not a fee.

They're not shut down, but if you read between the lines they are shutting down

Churches don’t do that for free. That will cost some amount of money. And they don’t allow anyone to just randomly get baptized. They’ll need to go to classes and get indoctrinated into their specific religion and vouch for their sincerity about being baptized and all that.

Got married in August last year. Did the special events Hall. It was a beautiful wedding and the price is very reasonable for what you are getting. It made a big impression on our out of state guests. I would highly recommend it to anyone else!

We decided to our ceremony at Phipps (Broderie Room) and reception elsewhere. We only did so because we weren’t impressed with the reception options Phipps offered for the price. The communication from the wedding coordinator was lackluster at best but overall it wasn’t a terrible experience.

Edit to add: We got married there in 2021.

Thank you that might be good! She’s not vegan, believe it or not, just full of allergies

Thanks!!

Indoctrination? Pay fees? Huh?

Allegro Bakery is vegan but not gluten free. They have soups and salads.

For what it is worth, every so often Phipps has a Pop-up Wedding Offer, inclusive, though for relatively small weddings.

I don't know how that is, but I have been to catered events at Phipps (much larger) and they were quite nice.

No problem

She is! I scored in the mother-in-law department

We were married there almost 15 years ago. We had a great experience overall, but the food options were pretty limited as you had to choose from a list of catering companies. If I had to do it again, I definitely would. Be prepared because the dates were booked a long time in advance.

I really don’t understand how they could possibly make it any easier to understand. They tell you the rate and length of term in giant letters on the sign up page. They are required to send 3 separate warnings starting three months before your term ends. They have no early cancellation fees, and you can switch at any time.

Do people just pay no attention at all to their mail, their finances, or their utility bills?

I honestly can’t understand how anyone could be confused or shocked by this.

A yearly signup for 30% lower rates is like the simplest thing possible.