Services Included

The Chapel

Bastyr offers several times for wedding ceremonies on Friday nights and weekends. A standard base rate for use of the facility includes a cleaning fee.

We allow four hours in the chapel per ceremony for: set-up and preparation, the ceremony and breakdown. For Saturday weddings there are two time slots from which to choose. This allows us to offer two ceremonies per day. For a Sunday wedding, you may choose any available 4-hour time period you would like. An hour of rehearsal time prior to the event is included in the fee.

For ceremonies in the gazebo, three hours are allotted for the event as well as an hour of rehearsal time prior to the event.

Private Preparation Rooms

We offer the wedding party two private rooms for changing and preparation during the rental period.

Privacy During your Wedding Ceremony

The Bastyr Conference Center may have conference groups or University activities booked at the same time as the wedding. However, the chapel area is separate from the meeting and conference areas. We guarantee privacy to the wedding party in the chapel during scheduled guest time. For garden weddings, Bastyr will post signs around the gazebo and tent indicating that they being used for a private event, asking people not to disturb the wedding.

Tables and Chairs

Most guests prefer to use the chapel's wooden pews, which seat up to 275, for guest seating. However, should additional chapel seating be desired, chairs and set-up for up to 450 guests are available for an extra fee. Bastyr will provide up to four tables in the chapel lobby for guest book and gift tables.

For weddings on our outside grounds, tables and chairs must be rented by the wedding party through Bastyr Catering. A bench for seating goes around the inside edge of gazebo. Bastyr does not allow any furniture from inside our facility to be used outside.

Restrooms

Four restrooms are available for guests on the University's main floor.

Parking and Loading Areas

Ample free parking is available on the Bastyr campus. Please do not park on the grass and please respect areas marked for reserved or disabled parking, as fire lanes or as other designated no-parking areas. There is a loading area available to the wedding party at the rear of the chapel.

Music and Sound Systems

The Bastyr chapel is renowned for its acoustics and is especially suitable for classical instrumental and choral music. The following items are available in the chapel for use by the wedding party: a baby grand piano at an extra charge, four microphones (two cordless/lapel microphones and two lectern/handheld microphones), a CD/cassette player with a MP3 adapter for recorded music. Bastyr does not provide any other musical instrument or sound system for singers and/or musicians. If you choose to bring your own sound equipment, it must be totally self-contained and may not be plugged into the Bastyr University system. No sound system is provided by Bastyr University for outside use.

Outdoor Areas

Landscaped grounds include an organic herb garden, extensive lawns, courtyards and surrounding woods, with an elaborate nature trail system into St. Edward State Park. Please speak to a conference services representative to request permission to use the outdoor areas for taking photographs to make sure that there will be no conflict of space usage.

Contact Us

(425) 602-3075
weddings@bastyr.edu

Top wedding photo by Cory Parris, bottom wedding photo by Corey Hage