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I just wanted to thank you for doing such a fantastic job at our wedding! 
The “dropping of the ring" REALLY had me going and it lightened the mood tremendously! You put me at ease during both the rehearsal AND the ceremony! Everyone could not stop talking about what a cool guy you were. You were the first and only minister we contacted and I KNEW just from talking to you that you would be perfect. With out your idea of taking a family vow, we would not have thought how to incorporate our daughter into the ceremony. EVERYONE was in tears! And Chloe went to school the following Monday and bragged to all of her friends. She still wears the necklace everyday. It is a moment I will never forget. Jason and I agree that we could not have had a more perfect ceremony without your help. Your words touched us and we remember to live, laugh and love often.  From: Andrea  13/July/2007

Marty,
I wanted to drop a short note and let you know how wonderful of a job Randy Dicken did officiating the Smith/Bays Wedding on
tne 16^th. He was spiritual, funny, professional and liked by everyone who attended. I look forward to the next time he is here. And again, thanks for working with the City Club. Have a wonderful day.

Jacqueline Hickey
Wedding Coordinator
City Club of Fort Worth
817.878.4080

Marty,
We met Randy for the first time at our rehearsal yesterday and I just wanted to let you know that we absolutely LOVE him!!! He put us at ease like nobody else could. When I was talking to him (with everyone in the background freaking out) I was able to completely tune out everyone else and have a sense of calmness...Randy is a delightfully funny guy and I am so excited about having him conduct our ceremony. I am SOOOO excited!   Thank you again.   Andrea & Jason   June 11, 2007

Randy I composed a thank you reference letter. Not that I think you need another one  Thanks for being great!!!  Love in Christ, Jeanette

March 27, 2007
Love Notes
Re: Randy Dicken

Randy Dicken performed our wedding ceremony on March 17, 2007. We were unable to have one of the Pastors from our church available that day so “Love Notes” was recommended to us. We were unable to meet personally with Randy before the wedding, however, his constant contact with us and verification of our wedding vows made us very comfortable that he was the right man for the job.

Not only did Randy offer a wonderful presentation of our wedding vows and ceremony, he came well prepared and brought humor into the ceremony in the most appropriate moments. He went above and beyond when he also helped us make contact with some of the fun we had planned for our ceremony- two Jedi Knights as ushers!!!

Without Randy our ceremony would have been just another ceremony that comes and goes. We are so thankful to have such a great representative not only of the words of God spoken in our ceremony but his presence was as an angel himself.

Thank you so much for making the most memorable moments of our new life together like a sequence of dreams.  May God bless you and richly reward you for your service.

Sincerely,
Tony and Jeanette DeVito

Marty, 
 I just wanted to let you know that we have decided to use Randy for our wedding on March 25^th.  I have spoken with him twice since you forwarded his information to me, and I am very excited about meeting him in person.  He has been exceptionally helpful, and extremely knowledgeable about the process.  Not only is he confident and professional, but I can sense that he sincerely cares for us and wants the best for our big day.  We will be mailing our deposit to you tomorrow and look forward to “making this happen”!! 

PS…Your book is phenomenal!  I had always wondered if there was an option to the unity candle service-how wonderful to see such creative and special options.  I have enjoyed being able to select how every part of my ceremony will go—it truly makes it “our day”. You are a blessing and I hope the wedding goes as well as the planning has so far…look for our mail in the next couple of days!  03/05/2007
Melissa G Collins

Hi Marty, I wanted to thank you for introducing us to Randy Dicken. We were able to make a trip to Texas this past weekend and meet with him. We definitely will be using Randy for our wedding this September 8th, 2007. I'm going to mail in the deposit check and contract this week. Can you just email me and confirm when you receive it? 

Hi, Marty!

She's mailing the check to you. She had the envelope all sealed and stamped, so I'm sure it's on the way. I'll check with her to make sure.  By the way, Randy was absolutely phenomenal yesterday. The groom was super nervous and Randy totally helped to calm him down and relax him and lighten the mood at the ceremony. He was AWESOME!!! Everyone commented on what a wonderful job he did. I am so glad that I have people like you and your ministers to call on when I need a wedding minister. It means so much to me to know that I have people in place that I can trust to do a wonderful job!   You and your guys are THE BEST!

Dear LoveNotes, 
 My husband and I just wanted to say Thanks to Randy Dicken for his excellent officiating at our July 23, 2006 wedding.  We did not have any rehearsal and yet Randy made the entire ceremony relaxed and scripted.  We were completely taken by his great sense of humor and his professionalism both.  We had a recent death in the family, Brian’s father (the groom) passed away on July 14^th and the funeral was July 18^th and Randy paid tribute in a very elegant way.  I personally appreciated the way Randy presented himself as an easy to know person and his wife was very nice as well.  I am sorry that we weren’t able to spend more time talking to them both at the reception afterwards.  I would recommend LoveNotes to anyone due to the great experience we had. 

Thanks again Randy and just to let you know, happily married now for 13 days thanks to you.
Sincerely, Brian and Darla Waldrum.   8/7/2006

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Officiant (not religious) recommendations?

From: BreePug     Date: 7/1/2006 at 8:46 PM
Hi, FI and I are having a non-religious ceremony next year and I'd love to hear your Officiant recommendations! I really have no idea where to look and those I've found online have all been church officials.

From: cherish16   Date: 7/1/2006 at 8:55 PM
Marty Younkin from Love Notes is highly recommended.
His associate, Randy Dicken was our Officiant and he was so great.  
http://www.lovenotesweddings.com/

Dear Marty,

 I am writing this because of the wonderful person Randy Dicken is.  He married myself and my husband Colin on March 4 2006.  Because of his personality he made my ceremony perfect.  So perfect in fact that we have had many people tell us how Romantic, Sweet, Funny, Lighthearted yet touching our ceremony was.  We have had several people say it was Fun loving and surreal.  The one that touches my heart the most is when one of my friends came up to us and said, and I quote, "your wedding ceremony made me and my husband fall in love all over again, it was so wonderful words cannot express how we feel, thank you"  When she said this she had tears in her eyes, and her husband had a look I have not seen before on his face.  It was overwhelming as to the beauty that we felt and to see others feeling the same as us.  My dream ceremony came true but I truly believe without Randy it would not have been so.  He caught looks exchanged between us, he knew us well enough to know that we would appreciate them being accentuated.  He is the best ever.  Of my entire Wedding, my Ceremony is the ONLY part with which I am completely happy with, not only that it was and is the only thing that was better then OK it was perfection.  Thank you for letting Randy marry us.  It truly was a dream Ceremony come true.

Jackie and Colin Bayless  

Bride and Groom. 

Minister: Randy Dickens of Love Notes A+

I wasn’t sure about him at first because we didn’t know each other prior to the ceremony but it turned out perfect. He met us at rehearsal, asked us a few questions about our vows and ran through everything. The day of he kept the ceremony serious but lighthearted to fit our personalities.

 Anyone know anything about this Love Notes minister?
From: TXJade, 8/29/2005 at 10:52 am
Randy Dicken. Marty was booked on my date. =(
Please let me know any raves, disappointments, or so-so details! =) TIA!

REPLIES:

From: lynn-michelle, 8/29/2005 at 10:57 am
I liked Randy quite a bit. (didn't do my wedding, but I have seen him perform). He has a great sense of humor and is very personable. He's one of my favorites from Love Notes.

 From: SoonToBeSmith4, 8/29/2005 at 11:34 am
We have Randy Dicken and our ceremony isn't until Oct. 2nd, but so far he has been great to communicate with. We had the whole ceremony worked out a couple of months ago and he calls me a lot to check on different details.

From: musiclady, 8/29/2005 at 12:42 pm
We used Randy and he was great. We love him! I was extremely picky about the wording of our ceremony, even down to exact words I wanted used, and he was great. On time for both rehearsal and wedding, very calming, obviously has lots of experience. I wanted a very reverential ceremony, and he did just that. It was so beautiful that one of our guests made away with the text of the ceremony.

 Vendor Reviews: 6-18-05
From: ElizabethTX1L, 6/23/2005 at 8:02 pm

LoveNotes (Randy Dicken): A+. So professional and kind. Wonderful, wonderful.

Dear LoveNotes, Thank You for providing a wonderful Officiant for our wedding.  Randy was 
A pleasure and his sense of humor added a memorable touch to the ceremony that so perfectly 
reflected Steve’s and my style.  Everyone enjoyed the ceremony and several commented on Randy’s 
performance.  Thank you for making our day special.  Best regards, Shirley

6/5/2005          Officiant: Randy Dicken with Love Notes A++++++++ 
Randy did a wonderful job! He had us all cracking up at the rehearsal and threw some humor into 
the ceremony that was appropriate and helped break the ice at the beginning.

Minister Randy Dicken from Love Notes    From: sar17, 4/14/2005 at 2:50 pm 
Does anyone have any experience with this minister or used him for your wedding? 
Would like to know your opinion or review of his services or how he handled your ceremony. 
I would really appreciate your response before I send a deposit. Thanks a lot!

 REPLIES:      From: musiclady, 4/14/2005 at 2:59 pm  
We used him. I recommend him highly. 
Our venue messed up our rehearsal time, so we only had 30 minutes for it, 
and he got us through it just fine. He did exactly what we wanted him to for our wedding, 
and we were extremely happy with him. Our ceremony was beautiful-the book they give you 
really, really helps-and he did exactly what I wanted, and I had customized the ceremony a lot. 
He has a good sense of humor, but he didn't make our ceremony silly by any means.

From: sublimekel, 4/14/2005 at 5:05 pm  
We met him at the Paradise Cove tasting and booked him. 
He has been wonderful to work with so far. After he wrote up our ceremony and emailed it to me, 
I found something I wanted to add about a month ago and he got back to me right away with the addition. 
He has been very helpful and very prompt with emails and phone calls thus far.

We wanted to write and thank you for your help with our ceremony.  Even with the bad weather, it was a wonderful wedding.  Thanks!!!    Rebekah & Greg         31 May 2004

Randy Dicken (Love Notes) - A++
When DH & I got engaged, we thought about the type of minister we wanted to marry us. It's hard to put into words but we got that minister with Randy. He helped to make our ceremony memorable. It was the type of ceremony where people both laugh and cry. Throughout the evening, several people commented on how much they loved it.    Kelly     www.theknot.com      June 1, 2004

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:00:31 –0400                   Subject: Thank you so much
Hello Randy, We just wanted to tell you that the ceremony was perfect!   Everybody loved it! You and your wife did a great job. It was very special to hear John say his vows in Spanish, for me and for the rest of my family and guests.  Everybody complemented us on that! Everybody told me you had a very pleasant voice and the tone that both of you used, was very good. Even thought, it was bilingual, the ceremony was very easy to follow. The whole thing was very touching! We will have the best memories of that ceremony!!                              Thank you so much,    Nury & John   May 15, 2004

Love Notes-Randy A+++ Also, another great person who added so much to our day.
People really do comment on how personal they make your ceremony.
They are very great to work with!

Heather helm

We used Randy Dicken. You will be in very good hands with him. He was WONDERFUL! He organized our rehearsal when the venue was chaotic, and led us through everything precisely and with a wonderful sense of humor. The next day at the ceremony he was wonderful, I felt extremely "safe" knowing he would handle everything. He tells you exactly what to do at each step of the way. We customized out ceremony quite a bit, and he did exactly what we wanted. I can't say enough about how wonderful he was, and I don't think you would be disappointed.

From: danie_girl , 7/13/2004 at 5:11 pm

Thanks for the great feedback! i look forward to meeting him.       ~d

From: MrsK03 , 7/13/2004 at 5:16 pm             We also used Randy and he was great!

From: cherish16 , 7/13/2004 at 8:04 pm

Randy,  We just wanted to thank you for such an amazing service.  We have had tons of compliments and inquiries about the service.  Are you a practicing minister anywhere?  Several people were interested in attending a Sunday service if so.  Thank you again for an unforgettable job.  If we can be a reference for you, please let us know.  Thank you,     Marc and Keri Bartlett

Dear Lovenotes, we enjoyed meeting Randy very much and decided he would be perfect for our day.  Here is our deposit.  We will be emailing Randy with our ceremony picks very soon.
Thank You,     Gwen & Karl   October 1, 2004

Hello Randy!

 It was very nice to meet you and your wife on Friday. Stewart and I were both very pleased on the approach you will take with our wedding. I have sent in the deposit to Love Notes for our wedding date of March 13 and rehearsal date of March 12 (changed from March 11). We will begin to organize our wedding and send the information to you in the next few weeks.

 Thanks you so much! We can't wait to have you marry us!

Topic: Vendor Reviews 9/25/04 Wedding part 1
From:  Greg&Ally    Date: 12/1/2004 at 7:00 pm

Ok, so it has been over 2 months since my wedding, but better late than never, right? I didn't post much while I was planning my wedding, but I sure did find this website extremely helpful, especially the vendor reviews. So I wanted to post mine in hopes that it could help other girls as much as it helped me. I think I may need to break this up into sections. :o)

Cross Timbers Winery (www.crosstimberswinery.com) A+++++
This was the perfect location for our wedding and reception. It just fit us so well. And very affordable! Main Street Bread Baking Company (www.themainbakery.com) A+++++
They catered the food for the reception. Yasmine and Fabien were so sweet. They made sure that everything was perfect. The food was excellent and the waitstaff was wonderful as well.

Officiant--Randy Dicken with Love Notes (www.lovenotesweddings.com) A+++++
Randy was great. He personalized our ceremony exactly as we wanted it to be. I really felt like our wedding reflected us.

From: ambrose , 12/1/2004 at 7:07 pm

Glad to hear you were pleased with Love Notes. They're doing my wedding in 16 days and I couldn't be happier. Also, loved your pictures. You two make such a cute couple. :)

From: Greg&Ally , 12/1/2004 at 7:51 pm

Thanks!! You two make a very cute couple too. And I love your ring!! I know that you will be as happy as we were with love notes!!

From: musiclady , 12/2/2004 at 9:18 am

We used Randy Dicken, too and were more than pleased. Glad you liked him too.