Would yo ube mad at your church if...?

Would you be mad if you got your church newsletter and it said your 7pm Wedding was to be held at 7am, and that there was another wedding the SAME day at 1:30 in the afternoon (about the time photographers, florists, and decorators should be showing up to ready the church for your wedding?)

Would yo ube mad at your church if...?
WHY ARE YOU ON THE COMPUTER!!! CALL THEM!



btw, that is pretty early for your wedding to set up for. 0_o i know things take time, but that is a big gap. it might not be AS bad as you think it is.



another BTW, why would they think a wedding would start at 7 am? 0_o that is way too early, TIME TO CALL!
Reply::) that is good, you do not need anymore stress. Glad it worked out. Report It
Reply:Glad it worked out for you, I hope everything else goes smoothly from here on. Report It
Reply:Well, it's not great that they made the typo, but hopefully that's not your wedding invitation, just an announcement!

As for there being another wedding, that's totally normal in most cases. That's something you could have kept in touch with the minister or church office about.

Good luck - and don't be mad at ANYONE, and surely not a building!
Reply:I would be very upset. Weddings and everything that they entail are stressful enough as it is without the church messing up something as important as the time AND doublebooking the church. If I were you, I would call them and politely ask them to fix their mistake and I would let them know what time everyone is coming to set up for YOUR wedding. If they do not respond to your polite requests, then you need to get rude. It is your wedding. However, I do have to ask, was your wedding booked first or was the 1:30 wedding booked before your's? That is where you may run into a problem. Regardless, this is not only a big issue for you, but for the other couple having their wedding there that day, and it needs to be resolved as soon as possible!
Reply:OMG, You better call them up and speak to them toot sweet, thats a major misprint and who knows what they are planning for you, call them NOW!
Reply:The newsletter is not relevant in any way shape or form to your wedding. It doesn't matter what time it says, your invitations are correct. Also, you had to know that churches book more than one wedding per day if you pick a popular day. There were 3 weddings in my church the day I got married, no big deal. Churches are for the entire congregation, they aren't banquet halls with exclusive contracts. There is no reason why anyone needs to be in the church 5 hours before the wedding. An hour or two is more the sufficient for setting up.
Reply:call about the misprint but there is nothing you can do about the other wedding!

so you'll have to get your decorators and so forth to show up an hour after like 2:30- 3 p.m.
Reply:No it was a typo and the other wedding will surely be gone in plenty of time for yours. Of course I've already had my wedding so hindsight yeah I would be. Just call the church and calmly ask whats up. Calm down everything will work out. And congrats on the wedding.
Reply:Oh wow, that is horrible! I would be so mad! Try and get your thoughts straight though and call them ASAP, the misprint cannot be helped now so ignore that, and maybe try and do the set up an hour later if not two, that should be enough time as i'm sure the other wedding won't be rescheduled
Reply:Well, that could be a problem, but before you get mad, call the person in charge of scheduling events at the church and calmly ask them to verify that times etc. for the day in question. It is certainly possible that there was some sort of error on the part of the creator of the newsletter rather than the actual church calendar.



I sure hope it was just a typo!! In that case it is a very small problem compared to those that could affect your day.



If in fact there is a wedding scheduled at 1:30 find out exactly what time period is blocked off. More than one wedding can be held in the same location on a given day, and frequently arrangements are made to have a wedding around midday and another in the evening.



These things should, of course, have been made clear to you when you made arrangements.



If, in the end, a serious mistake has been made in the booking of the church, then - one hopes that you have paperwork from when you arrangements were made ... then you should proceed to address with the church staff whose arrangement were made first. I would think that if yours were your arrangements should be favored in any corrective arrangements.



Ask what they will do to correct the problem, and try to be a willing to compromise a little bit to make things work. (I'm not saying you should bend over backwards - but the bigger a fit you throw the more stress you will have and you may find people dig in their heels and become more of a problem themselves.)





Best Wishes and Good luck!
Reply:Yes i would be
Reply:yaaa thats really stupid talk to the pastor about it its your day dont let it be ruined
Reply:YAH!! i mean it's ur "big day" and u want it to be a special as u can get it..
Reply:You better call them and straighten it out. Don't worry about the other wedding earlier in the day. There is still plenty of time to have the church set up for your wedding after the other one - besides they wouldn't be showing up 6 hours before your wedding anyway.
Reply:OH YES!!! You need to contact someone and get this figured out, otherwise it may end up as a disaster.
Reply:Don't waste time getting mad re. this typo, contact the church and get it corrected. Also, I assume all your clergy, vendors and guests know the correct time? I don't know how much of a problem this would cause w/o a correction, but get it corrected ASAP just in case.
Reply:Yes. They should have talked to you. Tell them that they need to change it back because you already have everything set and cannot change it.
Reply:Probably not. There are more important things in the world to waste my stress over. And it is probably an oversight......there are so many weddings happening in a weekend, it is common for a church to have a morning wedding and an afternoon wedding.....I know it is a pain but you cant stop them from holding another event on the day. A wedding doesnt take that long really, and once they are out, your decorators etc can move in. As long as they get in there by about 5, there shouldnt be any problem. Most wedding ceremonies last less than an hour and with photos etc, I am sure they would be well and truly out of there by 4.30. Decorators can do miricles in a short amount of time.....let them stress over it, you worry about yourself, and getting yourself there in time. I would make sure the church puts out an ammended newsletter tho, so you dont have any guests turning up at 7 am. Good luck anyway, and dont sweat the small stuff. I am sure it will all work itself out.