The availability of Hope facilities to decorate for the wedding will be determined by other events on the church calendar. Please contact the wedding coordinator ahead of time to check building availability to decorate.
For safety purposes, we require a police officer to be present if you will be decorating outside of our regular office hours. (Office hours are Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-6:00pm.) If you’d like to decorate after regular office hours, we will hire a police officer. The minimum amount of time police officers can be scheduled is for 4 hour increments. This is an added cost of $180 and will be added to your wedding bill. If you would like the officer to stay longer than 4 hours, that can be arranged with an additional cost.
Guidelines for Decorating
How can I borrow items from Hope? And what may I borrow?
- Decorations and tables that are the property of Hope Church must be reserved through Brian Cropp, Pastor of Arts and Communications (see below for a listing of the furniture and decorations available through Hope Church).
- Decorations in the Green Room are available for use. However, you must clear any usage ahead of time with Brian Cropp. Blank floor plans are available.
- Hope events take priority in decoration usage.
- If chairs in Town Hall are rearranged, they must be returned to the Sunday morning configuration during clean-up.
- Special stairs are provided for the wedding center aisle.
- Red velvet "Reserved Seating" signs are available upon request.
What Furniture and Tablecloths are available at Hope?
Tables at Hope
Round 6ft tables – 13 (each table seats 8-10 people)
Round 5ft tables – 16 (each table seats 6-8 people)
Rectangular tables – 13
Tall Round Bistro Tables – 3
Tablecloths
Hope has white floor length tablecloths for the round tables. You are welcome to use them for your wedding. The cleaning fee per tablecloth is $12 each. This fee is not included in the wedding package and will be added to your bill.
Where can I decorate?
- Decorations for weddings can be placed in the areas agreed upon in the Map of Usage form completed with the Hope Wedding Coordinator.
- Consult Brian Cropp before moving anything on stage in Town Hall.
- Please leave the Giving Kiosk located in the Connections Plaza where it is. Instead, plan to decorate around or in front of it. Ideas include a photo booth or draped fabric.
- No lit candles may be used as decorations; however, a unity candle on stage during the ceremony is permitted.
What do I need to leave alone?
- No signage or lighting displayed in the building can be moved or taken down.
- Exit signs and emergency exits must remain clear and uncovered.
- Please do not place any tape on any glass surfaces at Hope. Instead, easels are available upon request.
- Please leave the Giving Kiosk located in the Connections Plaza where it is.
When can I decorate?
- Generally decorating is best accomplished on the same day that the rehearsal is scheduled. (Keep in mind that decorating usually takes longer than expected.)
- For safety purposes, we require a police officer to be present if you will be decorating outside of our regular office hours. (Office hours are Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-6:00pm.) If you’d like to decorate after regular office hours, we will hire a police officer. The minimum amount of time police officers can be scheduled is for 4 hour increments. This is an added cost of $180 and will be added to your wedding bill. If you would like the officer to stay longer than 4 hours, that can be arranged with an additional cost.
What about Hanging Things/Making Holes/Using Ladders?
- DO NOT HANG ANYTHING FROM THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. This is a safety violation. Instead, use any of the MANY support beams located in the ceiling.
- When hanging things from the ceiling, please remove chords, fishing line, string, or other materials at the end of the event.
- To hang anything on the walls, you must use Command Strips instead of ANY type of tape.
- No holes can be placed in the wall, including thumb tacks; instead, use Command Strips and Command Hooks.
- Please use only ladders and foot stools when decorating. Chairs may be an easy and quick solution, but it damages the chair and the risk of falling increases.
- Do not hang anything with nails, screws, or staples. Check with Brian Cropp before hanging anything
What about Safety?
- For safety purposes, we require a police officer to be present if you will be decorating outside of our regular office hours. (Office hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-5:00pm.) If you’d like to decorate after regular office hours, we will hire a police officer. The minimum amount of time police officers can be scheduled is for 4 hour increments. This is an added cost of $180 and will be added to your wedding bill. If you would like the officer to stay longer than 4 hours, that can be arranged for an additional cost.
Clean-Up
Everything that is used should be put back where it was found.
The day of decorating, the wedding coordinator will keep an inventory of what is moved and where it is moved to. Please do not leave after the wedding ceremony until this inventory has been returned to it's proper place and has been checked off.
For more details on clean-up, see Weddings at Hope Game Plan below.
Showers
Decorations for showers may only be placed along the Kids’ Ministry area ramp, the Megazone, and the Parks area.
Furniture and Decorations available at Hope:
Tables at Hope
- Round 6ft tables – 13 (each table seats 8-10 people)
- Round 5ft tables – 16 (each table seats 6-8 people)
- Rectangular tables – 13
- Tall Round Bistro Tables – 3
Tablecloths
- Hope has white floor length tablecloths for the round tables. You are welcome to use them for your wedding. The cleaning fee per tablecloth is $12 each. This fee is not included in the wedding package and will be added to your bill.
