Wedding Information: Packer Memorial Church
Reserving Packer Memorial Church, Lehigh University,
for
a wedding is restricted to the following persons:
- Lehigh students, alumni, faculty, and staff and their immediate
family
members (mother, father, sister, brother, grandparents). For a Roman
Catholic
wedding, bride or groom only must be a graduate
of
Lehigh to be eligible.
- Alumni requesting the University Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Lloyd H.
Steffen. (610-758-3877)
- Alumni requesting the Newman Center Chaplain, Rev. Wayne
Killian,
(610-758-4148) and for whom the university is considered their parish.
- The chapel is not available for non-religious wedding
ceremonies
by
a judge or justice of the peace.
- Weddings must be reserved through the office of the
university
chaplain only .
Reservations for 2008 are on-going at this time - all calls and emails are returned in the order which they are received. We are currently booking for 2009 but some dates for 2009 will remain unavailable until university events are in place.
ATTENTION
TO ALL WEDDING PARTIES
Now that the
pedestrian walkway has replaced the road between Packer
Church and Packard Lab, the following applies to weddings and other
events in the Church regarding vehicle/limo access. Please make
sure you inform your driver of these new regulations prior to arriving
on campus:
- Vehicles
may use the pedestrian walkway to drop-off and pick-up
passengers at Packer Church prior to your wedding and directly after
your wedding.
- Drivers
must
be mindful of the pedestrian nature of this area and proceed slowly,
with caution. The recommended approach is to access
the walkway from
the west via Memorial Drive, proceed east and then north to Packer
Church. The
alternate access would be to proceed south from Packer
Avenue on the Pedestrian walkway. If this route is chosen, the
vehicle
must exit the area by going west to Memorial Drive, exiting onto
Brodhead Avenue.
In
either case, vehicles must not remain
parked in front of the church during the event.
Limo/trolley/shuttle bus parking during
the wedding can be on Packer Avenue or in the paved area between Packer
Church and the Philosophy building.
- Anyone not adhering
to this parking regulation will be subject to fines and/or towing.
- Packer
Avenue will be
the only source for parking of your guests.
- Handicapped
parking will continue
to be available in the Chandler parking lot.
- If use of
the handicapped entrance is needed, guests will
have to travel down Packer Avenue and make a right on Taylor
Street. You will see a sign on your right hand side that says
"entrance to Chandler/Ullman parking lot" - make an immediate right and
follow to the end of the lot that faces the back of Packer
Chapel. You may
drop your guest in that area - it is a flat area and they can walk to
the handicapped entrance. Drivers will then exit left to Williams Drive
and back to Taylor Street and Packer Avenue if parking is not available
in the Chandler Lot.
For
further information or questions concerning weddings in Packer
Church, please
contact
the Chaplain's Office at 610-758-3877 or send e-mail to
Sally
Schray
at: sas2@lehigh.edu
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