And if you can remember that song lyric, well then I have an idea how old you are.
LoveNotes has a ministerial staff of 18 (although only 14 are pictured below). All of us have a habit, a practice, a policy which we call “Monday, Monday”. In simplest terms it means that every Monday evening we make contact with brides and/or wedding coordinators for weddings coming up in the subsequent 6 days. We verify every detail of a rehearsal and ceremony that involves us.
I think that all of your wedding vendors should do some version of Monday, Monday. This is true whether it’s cakes, photographer, DJ, musicians, flowers, or any other vendor essential to making your wedding and reception just as you picture it. Here’s why…
Occasionally I’ll hear a bride or parent lamenting the fact that they were presented a written contract by a florist, a cake person, DJ, etc. In order to book the event, they were expected to sign the agreement and make a deposit. Another way of looking at that is this—it protects the bride, as her wishes are then spelled out in black & white. Even though LoveNotes is mainly a ministry, we still work from a written agreement so that we have a clear understanding of our duty to our couples.
Oftentimes there may be last minute changes to time, location, or special instructions. Everyone involved needs to be kept in the loop. This is especially so for those of us at LoveNotes as we each may have more than one wedding scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday and there are usually multiple rehearsals on Fridays. Think what would happen if a couple had changed wedding time to 4:00pm when the original instruction was 5:00pm, but no one thought to tell the string quartet or florist. It would probably be a quiet ceremony with no flowers.
This is just one more reason why having a wedding coordinator and an experienced officiant on your side will make your event all that you dreamed of. If you want to know more about how LoveNotes operates, you can click the LoveNotes link at the right above, or just click here and to see a short video message from us click here
Blessings,
Ken
LoveNotes has a ministerial staff of 18 (although only 14 are pictured below). All of us have a habit, a practice, a policy which we call “Monday, Monday”. In simplest terms it means that every Monday evening we make contact with brides and/or wedding coordinators for weddings coming up in the subsequent 6 days. We verify every detail of a rehearsal and ceremony that involves us.
I think that all of your wedding vendors should do some version of Monday, Monday. This is true whether it’s cakes, photographer, DJ, musicians, flowers, or any other vendor essential to making your wedding and reception just as you picture it. Here’s why…
Occasionally I’ll hear a bride or parent lamenting the fact that they were presented a written contract by a florist, a cake person, DJ, etc. In order to book the event, they were expected to sign the agreement and make a deposit. Another way of looking at that is this—it protects the bride, as her wishes are then spelled out in black & white. Even though LoveNotes is mainly a ministry, we still work from a written agreement so that we have a clear understanding of our duty to our couples.
Oftentimes there may be last minute changes to time, location, or special instructions. Everyone involved needs to be kept in the loop. This is especially so for those of us at LoveNotes as we each may have more than one wedding scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday and there are usually multiple rehearsals on Fridays. Think what would happen if a couple had changed wedding time to 4:00pm when the original instruction was 5:00pm, but no one thought to tell the string quartet or florist. It would probably be a quiet ceremony with no flowers.
This is just one more reason why having a wedding coordinator and an experienced officiant on your side will make your event all that you dreamed of. If you want to know more about how LoveNotes operates, you can click the LoveNotes link at the right above, or just click here and to see a short video message from us click here
Blessings,
Ken
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