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Your Ceremony

Chapel layout & seating

The short answer

White chairs in rows with a center aisle — 48 set by default, and every guest gets a seat (the two of you stand at the altar). The questionnaire asks how many of your wedding party stand with you. Choose your backdrop there too.

Seating

The chapel is set with white chairs in rows on either side of a center aisle. We set 48 chairs by default; if your final guest count (from your Pre-Wedding Questionnaire) is higher, we add chairs to match — every guest gets a seat, even at a full 70-person Premier wedding (the two of you will be standing at the altar, after all). If your wedding party is standing at the front with you, they won't need chairs — the questionnaire asks how many will be standing, and we set the room to match.

Guests seat themselves — for a ceremony this size, ushers are optional. If you want reserved rows for parents and grandparents, a simple ribbon or a sign on the front rows does it (see decorating the chapel).

Your backdrop

Behind you as you say your vows, you have choices:

  • The chapel as it is — the arched window and clean white walls need no help.
  • The free-standing cross — ours, no charge; just choose it in your Pre-Wedding Questionnaire and we'll have it set for your ceremony.
  • The Decorative Backdrop add-on — lush white floral and greenery pillars framing the arched window. Add it from your couples dashboard.

Accessibility

If any of your guests use a wheelchair or need an aisle seat, text us at (830) 402-5690 ahead of time and we'll make sure the setup works for them.

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