[rodgersorgan] Re: Blame the Preacher!!


A different twist on wedding mixups - and the preacher had no role in it:  My 
wife is a violinist.  She and I played for the
wedding of a young couple we've known for several years who had just graduated 
from college.  They planned a chapel wedding
instead of a sanctuary wedding in order to control costs.  We did not discuss 
money with the kids, feeling that (as in a few other
cases) our music might turn out to be our wedding gift to the couple.  Just 
before the wedding the groom handed me an envelope
with a nice card and some cash.  The amount was below what we would usually 
charge - but we knew that what they gave us was a
strain on their budget.

Next morning after church the bride's father and mother cornered us to say how 
much they appreciated the music - and another
envelope was passed.  This one contained a card and more cash - much more than 
our usual fee.  Was there a miscommunication
between the couple and the bride's parents?  Were the bride and groom asserting 
their independence by paying us what they could
manage?  Did the parents think they had to make up the difference?  We just 
don't know.

The two amounts together were almost twice what we would have charged.  We 
talked it over and made a donation to the church
library in honor of the bride and groom - the same amount that was in their 
card.  The librarian sent them an acknowledgement
listing the titles of books about Christian love that had been placed on the 
shelves in their honor.

What would you have done?

B.E.

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