I’ve seen this done a number of times. The wedding is held at the close of Sunday service. Members are invited to stick around if they like.
Pot luck dinner downstairs afterward, provided by the various families who are close to the couple.
Costs almost literally nothing. More likely to last than any six figure wedding in the Caribbean.
We had one of those weddings. With two ministers. One was a newbie and ours his first wedding, so we got a two-fer. For pre-marital counseling, too. Reception was dry, at the church hall and catered by the Ladies Aid and my late dad. Must’ve worked cuz that was a few decades ago :)
Our church does the same after the Saturday Service. One of our sons got married in our church after the Saturday Service. He and his bride had managementjobs and could get a lot of time off and used money that would have been spent on the wedding to make a down payment on a house.
They had a couple of close friends, immediate family and no other guests. We treated all 15 to a dinner at our favorite restaurant in a private dining room after the marriage. We and their friends paid for a weeks stay in a nice coastal lodge about 2 hours away.
The priest required 3 pre marriage discussions. 18+ years later they are still married and traded their first home up for a larger and nicer home.
Their close friends had similar small weddings and are also still married.
Every BrideZella Marriage of their other friends lasted about 2-3 years or less.