Thank you so much for making our wedding day memorable and pretty. You are a wonderful minister with so much to give to this gorgeous community. I feel so blessed to have found you. i have been praying for this ideal day for many years. And congratulations on your engagement! My name is Rev. Susan Bierker and I hope that we currently have an opportunity to suit.
Reviews (3)
Amy Keller
Mar 06, 2020
Truly disappointed in Rev Sophie. Our Wedding was supposed to be Labor Day weekend (today) but, due to the pending Hurricane Dorian and the state of Emergency called by Gov. DeSantis we decided is was safest to cancel and prepare our home and family for what could have been a direct hit from a Cat 5 Hurricane. We contacted Rev Sophie on Thursday 4 days before the ceremony and told her the news.
Of course, we are devastated that we had to cancel our wedding. It was just going to be an intimate ceremony with myself, my husband to-be, Rev Sophie and the photographer on the beach. Rev Sophie refuses to give us our money back. She has said that we are welcome to drive down to Sarasota (we live over 2 hours away) and she will do the ceremony but, she will not refund due to the Hurricane and state of emergency.
We did ask her if she wanted to come up here and do the ceremony because we will no longer be able to reschedule our destination wedding. I am heart broken I had to cancel my wedding that I have been planning for a year and I can not believe that a Rev a person of God is unwilling to understand that an Act of God is not something we can control. Please think twice before trusting this woman with your special day. I wish we had. Truly disappointed.
Of course, we are devastated that we had to cancel our wedding. It was just going to be an intimate ceremony with myself, my husband to-be, Rev Sophie and the photographer on the beach. Rev Sophie refuses to give us our money back. She has said that we are welcome to drive down to Sarasota (we live over 2 hours away) and she will do the ceremony but, she will not refund due to the Hurricane and state of emergency.
We did ask her if she wanted to come up here and do the ceremony because we will no longer be able to reschedule our destination wedding. I am heart broken I had to cancel my wedding that I have been planning for a year and I can not believe that a Rev a person of God is unwilling to understand that an Act of God is not something we can control. Please think twice before trusting this woman with your special day. I wish we had. Truly disappointed.
Ellen Ramm
Feb 03, 2020
Dismayed--Perplexed--Bad Review------ONE STAR! I was so alarmed when I read the "Hurricane Review, " inasmuch as it is so much in conflict with what I learned and know about the Reverend Sophie and her values. I contacted her and asked her to explain/share her purported action. After a lengthy back and forth discussion, the following is what I believe is a summary of Reverend Sophie in support of her position /defense.
This is what Reverend Sophie told me: "In October 2018 the contract was signed by both parties for me to perform a wedding ceremony at Longboat Key on September 1, 2019 at 10:30 AM. The contract stated that the wedding fee was non-refundable. Several days before the we3dding day, contact was made and the couple wanted to cancel the wedding because of a potential hurricane threat to Florida. Sometime before September 1st, the hurricane advisory was lifted.
I (Reverend Sophie) contacted the couple and offered to perform the wedding ceremony on September 1st as contracted. The couple chose not to come to Longboat Key. I then offered to perform the ceremony on Longboat Key any other day that week. The couple did not accept that offer. It turned out to be a beautiful day on Longboat Key on September 1st."
This is what Reverend Sophie told me: "In October 2018 the contract was signed by both parties for me to perform a wedding ceremony at Longboat Key on September 1, 2019 at 10:30 AM. The contract stated that the wedding fee was non-refundable. Several days before the we3dding day, contact was made and the couple wanted to cancel the wedding because of a potential hurricane threat to Florida. Sometime before September 1st, the hurricane advisory was lifted.
I (Reverend Sophie) contacted the couple and offered to perform the wedding ceremony on September 1st as contracted. The couple chose not to come to Longboat Key. I then offered to perform the ceremony on Longboat Key any other day that week. The couple did not accept that offer. It turned out to be a beautiful day on Longboat Key on September 1st."
Art Jones
Nov 20, 2019
