My sister and I are getting married at the same church, and found out their 'Guidelines' that they have... Do you know the flowers that you can have put up at the alter, well my sister is paying $400 for two of them, then planned on having them brought to the reception hall to put infront of the Bride and Groom table. WELL.... The church said,' Once the flowers are in the church, they are a 'Donation' and WILL NOT be removed.....' My sister is already paying a $575 'Donation' and extra for the organist, and now they want the flowers that cost $400!!!! Is this Absurd or what???!!!!!! And next year, I'm getting married there, and they're leaving such a bad taste in my mouth!!
Danielle2207
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I have never heard of that. That is ridiculous.
amyandeddie
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My church is the same way.
holly231
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I have heard this in my pre-cana class out here in RI....you leave them there....this is why I went with the way the church \was decorated....
all this 'donation' crap woth the church is ridiculous...they nickel and dime you for EVERYTHING...the church was my least favorite part,,,
Goldi1021
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I am not even Catholic and I think it sounds ridiculous.
chachou22
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i also heard of the that but I am not sure if my church reinforces it, but Fh and I decided to just leave them because we dont want to be embarassed
christy
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I find that to be unacceptable!
mrsmck
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Our church had the same policy, but since DH and I were using silk flowers for everything, the church didn't want them. So we took them to the reception hall.
Good luck, Donna 10/5/03
JacnRob729
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wow....that is ridiculous
girlygrl33
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Wow Im glad my church said to save money on the flowers they get flowers in everyday a ton of them and the pews will have candles on them and they will light them for us too, this is b/c our wedding falls in pentecost- (sp) so Im prob just doing bows for the pews thats it.
riniko
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Can you 'borrow' the 'donated flowers' for the reception if you assure them you will re-donate them?
Bebalina
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Posted by amyandeddie
My church is the same way.
so is mine
M&LSept1606
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that's why we're getting married on site at the Vineyards! that's ridiculous.
amy0405
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Wow, I didnt know this. I guess Ill add it to the growing list of questions I have for my church whenever I get to meet the priest thats marrying us
ravens_bride
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Wow! My church requires that they be removed immediately after the ceremony! They used to let you leave them because they made nice decoration, guess they don't like them anymore. But saying you have to!!!
LIJuneBride
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My church said leave them or take them, your choice. If you leave them, they just throw them out before the Saturday evening mass.
germai68
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That seems so silly. Churches can be crazy.
Ang&Rich
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If that's they way they want it then I personally say skip the flowers and add on to the bouquets - which you can take with you.
takeoutcook
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Yeah, some churches can be very particular. A friend of mine who is a priest says that for some churches it has to do with the fact that the flowers are on the altar, which is a sacred space, and some churches dont allow things to be moved around up there. Basically, if it goes up there, it stays up there.
I don't agree with the policy, but for some churches (including mine), that's the way it is.
suebride
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i would just have your florist remove them after the ceremony...
