Decorating the Building
Date___________________________________
Start Time______________________________
End Time_______________________________
Meeting with the wedding coordinator_____________
For specifics on decorating for weddings and showers at Hope, please see Decorating for Weddings and Showers below.
Dress Rehearsal
Date___________________________________
Start Time______________________________
End Time_______________________________
Audio/Visual Needs___________________________________________________________
Rehearsal Dinner
Date__________________________________
Room(s)_______________________________
Start Time______________________________
End Time______________________________
Audio/Visual Needs___________________________________________________________
Wedding Day (ceremony and/or reception)
Date_________________________
Catering Name and Arrival Time_____________________
Flowers Arrival Time______________________
Bakery Name and Cake Arrival Time________________________
Wedding Coordinator Arrival Time______________
Wedding Party Arrival Time_______________
Bridal Arrival Time_______________________
Ceremony Begins_________________________
Reception Begins _________________________
End Time (clean-up included)_______________
Bridal Party Changing Room__________________________
Grooms Party Changing Room_______________________________
Number of Guests Expected (max of 325)_____________
Audio/Visual Needs_______________________________________________________________________________________
One Month to Go: Checklist
If using a non-Hope Pastor for the ceremony, please send Hope the following:
- Location and date where he was licensed or ordained.
 - Where he went to school.
 
Two Weeks to Go: Checklist
To make sure everything goes smoothly at the rehearsal, have you:
- Contacted all support personnel (emcee, florists, photographer, caterers, decorators, and Hope’s wedding coordinator)?
 - Reminded your wedding party of the time of the dress rehearsal?
 - Secured all paper products to be used at the reception?
 - Secured a set-up crew for decorating the building?
 - Secured a clean-up crew for the building after the wedding?
 - Assembled materials needed for decorating?
 - Decided on any furniture arrangement/re-arrangement and discussed this with the Hope Church wedding coordinator?
 - Communicated to the officiating pastor and/or wedding coordinator that they will be responsible to conduct the rehearsal?
 - Finalized paperwork and have your wedding license?
 - Invited the officiating pastor to the rehearsal dinner?
 - Turned in a final, detailed outline of the wedding ceremony including music, lights, A/V cues to Brian Cropp for the A/V technician?
 - Submitted to Brian Cropp any DVD’s and/or CD’s with music for the dress rehearsal, pre-ceremony, wedding, and/or reception?
 - Met with Brian Cropp to go over any last details for the wedding?
 - Turned in a detailed outline of the wedding reception schedule (order of events for music cues, etc.) to Hope’s wedding coordinator?
 - Secured an emcee for the wedding reception?
 - Sent the emcee a detailed schedule of times of events (cake cutting, throwing the bouquet, etc.) along with the names of everyone in the wedding party?
 - Met with Hope’s wedding coordinator and discussed a detailed schedule of times of events for the rehearsal, wedding, and/or wedding reception? Please contact the wedding coordinator to set up this meeting.
 
One Week before the Wedding
The final payments are due.
Mail in a check or call Hope Church with a credit card.
Address: Hope Church, 1750 Beach Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76103
Phone: 817.535.5555
Day of the Wedding: Checklist
- Do you have the groom and bride’s wedding rings?
 - Has the officiating pastor signed the wedding license and mailed in your paperwork?
 
Clean-Up: Checklist
Town Hall
- Chairs put back in order for Sunday church services (see map below).
 - Decorations on stage taken down and put away.
 - Flower petals and other items swept off of the floor.
 - Leftover wedding programs are recycled in the work room (Room 5).
 - Wedding license signed and given to pastor or parent to mail in.
 
Main Street
- Tables and chairs put away.
 - Place Hope’s tablecloths on top of the washing machine in the work room (Room 5).
 - Place Hope decorations back in their proper places in the Green Room.
 - Personal decorations removed from the building.
 - Wedding gifts removed from the building.
 - Hope’s furniture (benches, bistro tables, etc.) put in original locations.
 - Trash taken out to dumpsters.
 - Flower vases rinsed, dried, and put away in Green Room.
 
Kitchen
- Dishes washed, dried, and put away.
 - Trash taken out to dumpsters.
 - Food packaged and taken home.
 - Tables returned to original locations.
 
Connections Plaza
- Tables and chairs put away.
 - Place Hope’s tablecloths on top of washing machine in the work room (Room 5).
 - Hope decorations put back in their proper places in the Green Room.
 
Bridal Changing Room
- Personal belongings removed.
 - Window covering removed.
 - Furniture returned to original location.
 
Groom’s Changing Room
- Personal belongings removed.
 - Window covering removed.
 - Furniture returned to original location.
 
One Day after the Wedding: Checklist
Your wedding coordinator will email the number of tablecloths used at your wedding to care@hopechurch.com. Hope will prepare an invoice* for the number of tablecloths used and email it to you.
*Payments for tablecloth usage are due 10 days after your wedding.