Wedding Photographers & Videographers at First Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, Johnstown

First Presbyterian Church of Johnstown stands on Lincoln Street downtown, a congregation that describes itself as small but mighty, and a wedding there would mean a traditional sanctuary with a pipe organ. For wedding photos, the church front on Lincoln Street and the downtown blocks around it give your photographer and videographer a city setting for pictures with your family.

Weddings are not mentioned on the church's website, so call the church office at (814) 536-8141 first and ask whether it hosts wedding ceremonies and whether couples who are not members may get married there. If it does, plan the music early: Sunday worship is accompanied by the pipe organ or piano, and the church has its own organist. Ask about the sanctuary's sound and tell your wedding videographer, since organ music and spoken vows need different audio.

This is a PC(USA) congregation with a pastor, elders and deacons, and a monthly Sunday luncheon that says a lot about its hospitality. The church office is open weekday daytimes. Bring your wedding day questions with you: date, guest numbers, rehearsal time and how long the building would be yours.

• Call the church office to ask whether weddings are hosted and for whom.
• Ask about the organist and music for the ceremony.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines in the sanctuary.

A little about First Presbyterian Church of Johnstown

The congregation says its roots in Johnstown and in this church run deep. A building database lists the present neo-Gothic church on Lincoln Street as completed in 1913.