why me wrote:It is unfortunate that Jack chose to be married in her church. If she would have been married in the chapel much hardship in finding a place would have most likely been avoided since it would have been easier to coordinate the two activities.
Jack did not understand that getting married in the chapel was an option, at least this is the impression that I got reading her posts.
liz3564 wrote:Actually, I think that getting married in the actual chapel is supposed to be avoided, and is very rare anymore. Most of the time, non-temple LDS wedding ceremonies are performed in the Relief Society room. .
Actually chapels used to me a no no and in the past 10 to 15 years it has been ok to use chapels for weddings.
MsJack wrote:That's a really gorgeous chapel, cinepro. Never seen an LDS one like it.
If you look closely, you can see that the chairs on the rostrum are high-backed wooden seats with red cushions (the eight maroon rectangles behind the podium are the seat backs). It makes the people sitting up there look like royalty. I recently attended a stake conference there and the visiting GA even joked about it.
They look like they were taken directly from the set of Robin Hood:
President Hinckley came to rededicate the building in 2004 after it was refurbished (and earthquake-proofed). He gave a really good talk talking about the history of the building. President Packer also spoke at a Stake Conference there and told stories of coming to that building for dances when he was a GI in Los Angeles during WWII. There are old black and white photos of the history of the building in one of the hallways, including old pictures of the "Hollywood Ward" and their black-tie thanksgiving dinners in the cultural hall!
