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Urban Environmental Park
Type of Functions – recreation, outdoor classroom, concerts, picnics
The Urban Environmental Park includes a 1.5 acre lake, amphitheater, walkways, fountain, and
rain gardens.
This beautiful, wooded area of campus will be available for weddings and wedding receptions in
the near future.
Yeilding Chapel
Type of Functions - Weddings, gatherings of religious groups, worship services, rituals. Weddings
only held for BSC faculty, staff, alumni or enrolled students.
Maximum Capacity -- 120
Equipment - No equipment, other than what is permanently housed in the Chapel, may be placed
in the Chapel. A piano is available in the Chapel. An organ is available for use provided the
requesting party provides a $25.00 refundable deposit.
Catering - Food and drink may not be served in the Chapel.
Chapel Wedding Policies
1.
No decorations may be used other than those already provided by the presence of the
paraments and candles on the communion table. This is in order that the beauty and
dignity of Yeilding Chapel may enhance the nature of the marriage ceremony as a deeply
religious experience. One exception and only one -- may be made to this rule: If the
participants feel that the use of flowers is essential, a small and simple arrangement may
be placed on the communion table. No additional candelabra may be used.\
2.
No tacks, pins, nails, glue, or tape of any description may be used on the walls, floor,
woodwork or furnishings of the Chapel. Any ribbon used for the purpose of marking
reserved seats must be tied on the seats.
3.
Use of flower petals, sometimes strewn before the bride, is prohibited.\
4.
Offices located in the Chapel may NOT be used as dressing rooms. Participants in the
wedding ceremony should plan to dress for the occasion at off-campus locations or they
may use the small restrooms in the Chapel.
5.
Payment of the fees is due two weeks in advance of the ceremony. The fee will be refunded
if the facility is not used. Checks should be made payable to Birmingham-Southern
College, with a notation in the corner that payment is for the use of the Yeilding Chapel.
Payment should be sent to the Facilities and Events Office, Box 549069, Birmingham-
Southern College, Birmingham, AL 35254.
