Christine & Yongho Wedding Plan
Last updated 9/16/23 9am
Saturday, September 16, 2023
2pm Rehearsal – 4pm Ceremony – 4:45 Photos – 6pm Reception
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
666 S Catalina St, Los Angeles CA 90005 (Volunteers Parking)
Guests: 190 people
Contact Yongho: yokima@gmail.com
Wedding Day Coordinator: Charlie Allen
Venue | Setup | Ceremony | Reception
Timeline Highlights
- 2:00 Rehearsal
- 3:00 Family Group Photos in Main Sanctuary
- 4:15 Ceremony
- 4:45 Group Photos in Main Sanctuary
- 4:45 Appetizers in Parish Hall
- 6:00 Reception in Parish Hall
Coordinator will decide whether to move up the reception to start earlier at 5:30pm (depends on Group Photo schedule) - 6:30 Dinner
- 7:45pm Bride & Groom Thank You Speech
- 8pm Karaoke in Parish Hall
- 10pm Start to clean up and leave
Phone Numbers
- Coordinator: Charlie Allen
- Bride: Christine Tzeng
- Groom: Yongho Kim
- Flower: Jen Morrison
- Church/AV: MarAnthony Aparicio
- Rental: LJ’s Partyland
- Catering: Caroline Cho / Shin Mi Catering
- Photographer: Gary Wang
- Registration: Nathan Kim, Richard Suh
- Ushers: Susan Chen, Damian Kim, David Leong, Nicole Leong
- Reception MC: Alice Gonzales / Jinkyung Park (help with pronouncing Korean names)
- Reception DJ: Will Tseng
Venue
Main Entrance: 3300 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90010 (Main Sanctuary is accessible through this door)
Main Parking Lot: 665 S Berendo St, Los Angeles CA 90005 (65 spots; Berendo between Wilshire & 7th)
Vendors & Volunteers Parking: 666 S Catalina St, Los Angeles CA 90005 (35 spots). If you see this information, please park on Catalina Parking. Who should park here:
- All Vendors, Staff, Volunteers
- Everyone doing Rehearsal
- Adventure Buddies, The Thing
Wedding: Main Sanctuary (note that the church has 2 other chapels, Westminster & Chichester, which are not used for the wedding)
Appetizer & Reception: Parish Hall
Available Rooms: Session Room behind Main Sanctuary (green room for personnel), Bride Room, Groom Room
Setup & Rehearsal
- Wedding Day Coordinator: Charlie Allen
- Sound & Church Point Person: MarAnthony Aparicio
- Church Operations Manager: Niamby Rendon
- Flower Decoration: Jen Morrison
- Makeup: off-site
- Set up Reception: Shin Mi Catering
- Cake & Alcohol: Christine Tzeng
- Tables Rental: LJ Partyland
- Registration: Nathan Kim, Richard Suh
* Church will be pretty available on Saturday afternoon as there are no other events on Friday nor Saturday
* Church closes at 5pm on Friday
Friday Dropoff
Christine will purchase the following items and stores them in Parish Hall kitchen fridge around 3pm:
- 1 case of red wine, 1 case of white wine, beer 24 bottles/4 cases, champagne 24 bottles (8 ppl each bottle), water, coke/sodas, sparking apple cider
- wedding cake and sheet cake
- food for snacks/Saturday lunch (for about 5 people)
- flowers for bouquets
- Hang guest posterboards
Main Sanctuary Setup
- Church will lay out its own electric candles and aisle runners along the aisle
- 4 microphones: 1 for officiant, 1 for bride/groom, 2 for people doing other things (bible, poem, singing)
- 1 table behind Church Main Entrance for Guest Registration set up by Church
Available Furniture
- Church furniture:
- 220 chairs
- 35 tables (6′ banquet)
- LJ Partyland Rental:
- 14 tables (6′ banquet)
- 6 tablecloth floor length (long), white
- 42 tablecloth half-length, white
- 200 forks & knives
- Catering:
- 2 Black tablecloths
Furniture Setup
- 1 Table Registration, behind Church Main Entrance (Long tablecloth), 3 Chair
- 4 Tables Food Trays
- 2 Tables Appetizers (Long tablecloth)
- 2 Tables Bar (Black tablecloth)
- 2 Tables Coffee/Fruit
- 1 Table, 2 Chair DJ (Long tablecloth)
- 1 Table Bride & Groom (Long tablecloth)
- 34 Tables for Dinner, in pairs of 2 tables. (Use half-length tablecloth. Look at floor diagram for placements.)
- Total number of tables: 47
Parish Hall Setup Timeline
| 9:00 | Wedding Coordinator arrives | Charlie Allen (Yongho will try to arrive by 9am as well) |
| 9:00-11:00 | LJ Partyland delivers furniture Charlie and Yongho set up the extra tables | Charlie Allen, Yongho Kim – confirm where the donations box will be stored during ceremony & reception – familiarize with church layout |
| 12:30 | Lunch at Immanuel Session Room | Grab sandwiches/box lunch from Parish Hall Fridge |
| 1:00-3:00 | Shin Mi Catering sets up Tablecloths | Dining Tables: Tablecloths (white short), Paper Napkins, Fork & Knife Appetizer Table: Appetizer Coffee/Fruits Table: Coffee, Barley Tea, Beverage Dispenser, Water plastic cup Bar: Bar Tablecloth (Black), Champagne cup, Stemware Cake Table: Round Tablecloth, Cake Stand |
| 2:30 | Parish Hall A/V Setup | William Tseng, MarAnthony Aparicio DJ arrives and sets up equipment at Parish Hall. Church brings TV to Parish Hall and hands to DJ. |
| 3:00 | Table decorations | Tracy, Monique Succulent pots (it’s also a wedding favor), water vases with candle, table numbers |
| 3:00 | Cake Setup | Jen Morrison – Champagne glasses – sparkling apple cider (please fill glasses during reception) – cake stand (10″, from Catering) & cake (9″, Christine) – cake cutting knife (from Catering) – 2 small plates (from Catering) – 2 forks |
Main Sanctuary Setup and Rehearsal Timeline
| 1:30 | Wedding Party arrives at church | – Bride, Groom, Pastor, Bride’s Party, Groom’s Party, Luke (Ringbearer), Noelle (Flower Girl), Parents and siblings of Bride and Groom – Bride does hair & makeup at home and Sephora before arriving (10:30am-12:30pm) |
| 1:30 | Main Sanctuary Sound | MarAnthony Aparicio – pastor wireless mic – 1 mic for bride & groom – 2 mics with mic stands for other people with roles (poem, singer, bible reading, prayer) |
| 2:00 | Rehearsal at Main Sanctuary | |
| 3:00 | Photographer arrives | |
| 3:05 | Group Photos (Bride & Groom Families only) | in Main Sanctuary. List of groups in page below. They are all at the church since 1:30pm as part of the Wedding Party & Rehearsal |
| 3:00 | Registration Table Setup | Charlie shows Nathan Kim and Richard Suh where to store donations box – tablecloth in the registration table – guest book (Yongho will drop off) – envelopes for spare cash donations – 2 pens – box |
| 3:30 | Registration Table Opens Ushers briefing | Charlie shows Ushers (David, Nicole, Susan, Damian): – locations of Entrances & Bathroom – location of Catalina Parking Lot (for regular guests) – location of Green Room (Church Session Room) – how to walk from Main Sanctuary to Parish Hall for Appetizers/Reception |
| 4:15 | Wedding Ceremony Begins | |
| 4:15 | Close Guest Registration | Nathan will close registration and store the money and guestbook in a church office in the 3rd floor (room to be designated) |
Bring/Setup Chart
This information is in the above timeline, but is sorted based on who brings what by when, and who will set it up by when.
| What | Bring By | Who will bring | Set up Starts | Who will setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 case red wine 1 case white wine beer 24 bottles/4 cases champagne 24 bottles (8 ppl each bottle) water, Sparkling Apple Cider, coke/sodas | Friday | Christine & Yongho | 2:00 | Catering |
| Photobooth Banner & Setup | Friday | Christine & Yongho | Friday | Christine & Yongho |
| 200 chairs, 35 tables | Church | Church | ||
| 15 tables | 11:00 | LJ Partyland | 11:00 | Table: Charlie & Yongho Content: Catering |
| 48 tablecloths | 11:00 | LJ Partyland | 2:00 | Catering |
| Succulents and Water Vases with Candle on Tables | Friday | Christine | 3:00 | Tracy, Charlie, Monique |
| Bouquet Flowers | Friday | Christine & Yongho | ||
| Bar Table Layout, Bar Tablecloth (Black) | Catering | 3:00 | Catering | |
| Appetizer, Coffee, Barley Tea, Beverage Dispenser Paper Napkins, Stemware, Water plastic cup, Champagne cup | Catering | 2:00 | Catering | |
| Cake Table | Immanuel | 3:00 | Jen | |
| Cake Stand, Cake Tablecloth, 2 Small Plates, 2 Forks | 3:00 | Catering | 3:00 | Jen |
| Parish Hall Sound Equipment | 2:30 | DJ | 2:30 | DJ |
| TV | Church | 2:30 | Church, DJ |
Ceremony
- Officiant: Pastor Rev. Andrew Schwiebert, Immanuel Presbyterian Church
- Bride: Christine Tzeng
- Groom: Yongho Kim
- Bridal Party: Jen Morrison, Jeff Creely (Man of Honor), Laurence Jackson
- Groom Party: Caroline Lee (Best Matron), Jinkyung Park, Jenny Seon
- Ring Bearer: Luke Kim
- Flower Girl: Noelle Stimpson
- Ceremony Sound: MarAnthony Aparicio
All music will be sound files - Sing: Stephen Tzeng
- Poem: Charlie Allen
- Treasurer and Sign-in: Nathan Kim
- Ushers at Door (2): TBA
- Ushers Inside Chapel (2): TBA
- Photographer: Gary Wang
- No Videographer
Order of Ceremony
- 4pm Invitation Time
- 4:15pm Ceremony Time: Musical Prelude
- Processional
- Seating of Yongho’s parents
- Seating of Christine’s mom with Grace and Alice
- Yongho (enter from side door with Pastor Andy)
- Caroline Lee (Best Matron)
- Jenny Seon
- Jinkyung Park
- Noelle Stimpson + Luke Kim
- Laurence Jackson
- Jenifer Morrison with flower petals)
- Jeff Creely (Man of Honor)
- Christine with Dad
- Words of Welcome/Introduction (Pastor Andy)
- Thanking Parents with flowers
- Groom’s parents
- Bride’s parents
- Poetry Reading (Charles Allen)
- You Raise Me Up singing by Stephen Tzeng
- 1 Corinthians 13 reading
- Alice Gonzales (English)
- Marian Tzeng (Mandarin)
- Marta Ju-Yeob Oh (Korean)
- Message (Pastor Andy)
- Prayer by Timoteo Myung-Soo Kim (in Korean)
- Read Prayer Translation: Kris Kim
- Exchange of Vows (Pastor Andy)
- Ring Exchange (Pastor Andy)
- Kiss
- Recessional
go out the back, go around the sides and come back through the left corridor – Session Room- Bride and Groom
- Jeff and Caroline
- Jen and Jenny
- Laurence and Jinkyung
- 4:45pm. Ceremony ends
- Announcement of photography (Charlie Allen)
Photo Groups 3:00pm
- Yongho’s parents
- Both families
- Christine’s family
- Whole family
- Children only
- Grace’s family
- Alice’s family
- mom and dad
- sisters
- sisters+BIL
Photo Groups 4:45pm
Photographer: Gary Wang
Bring people for photos: David & Nicole Leong
Show people the way to Parish Hall: Susan Chen & Damian Kim
- Bride and Groom
- Yongho’s family
- parents + brother
- extended family
- Yongho Parents+Yongho’s Chile friends+Parents friends
- Christine’s family
- Jason Kang/ Rebecca
- Christine Parents + Christine’s parents’ friends
- Cousins dad side (Julia)
- Cousins mom side
- Wedding Parties
- Groom’s side + Ringbearer
- Both sides
- Bride’s side + Flower girl
- Guest Groups
- Adventure Buddies with partners
- Adventure Buddies only
- 626 Friends
- The Thing
- New Song
- Irene Schuler
- Movement People: Ahri and OC Action
- Compass
- Church of Peace
- Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Reception
| 4:45 | Ceremony Ends | |
| 4:45 | Family & Friends Photo Time Appetizers served in Parish Hall Photo Slides on TV | – Everyone who has taken photos exits Main Sanctuary and heads to Parish Hall. Start music in Parish Hall. – Appetizers: Chacuterie Boards for 150 people – Bride & Groom prepared a basic 20-minute photo slides video. Video has no audio. Play video on repeat until Toasts. (7:20pm) |
| 5:30 | Coordinator and MC decide on changing reception time | Set time between 5:30pm or 6:00pm depending on how quickly the group photos session can be wrapped up. Notify of the time change to Catering, DJ, MarAnthony, Photographer, Eddie (prayer). |
| 6:00 | Reception Starts | |
| 6:05 | Bride & Groom Enter Parish Hall | |
| 6:10 | Family Introductions | MCs Alice and Jinkyung |
| 6:25 | Meal Prayer | Eddie Gonzales |
| 6:28 | Dinner for Bride & Groom | |
| 6:30 | Dinner Service Starts | MCs will excuse batches of tables. Yongho: run photo slides video on the TV with iPad DJ: keep running music (the video doesn’t have its own music) |
| 7:00 | Table Greetings | Charlie will grab photographer and navigate through the tables. |
| 7:00 | Start Champagne Pour | Catering |
| 7:20 | Toasts | Jeff Cole, Jenny Seon |
| 7:35 | Cake Cutting | Bride & Groom start cut Catering finishes cutting and serves cake |
| 7:45 | Thank you Speech | Bride & Groom Yongho explains how people can add their song to the Karaoke list using their phone (a QR code on screen will lead to this page) |
| 8:00 | Photographer strikeout | |
| 8:00 | Start Karaoke | at Parish Hall. Move away cake and place iPad on Cake Table. Connect iPad to Sound system & TV via HDMI out (Yongho will bring adapter) and getting data through Yongho’s phone hotspot. Play YouTube out of iPad for Karaoke tracks. Karaoke iPad “Usher” to help people: Yongho & Charlie |
| 9:00 | Last call | Catering |
| 10:00 | End of program, strikeout Start cleanup | – Church tables & chairs: no need to move – Leave trash in trash bins – Pack for Sunday return: tablecloths, 15 tables, forks, knives |
| SUNDAY PICKUP | ||
| Sunday 11am-2pm | Rental Furniture pickup | LJ Partyland Rentals Park Truck on Catalina Parking Lot Yongho Kim will communicate with company |
