The Boratenski-Gunkel Wedding COVID-19 Policies Ceremony: 1. Masks will be required in the church at all times (except to receive communion and children are not required to wear masks) 2. Guests will have to sit in every other pew. To share a pew with other guests, there must be enough space in between for social distancing. Please try and sit with your family members or friends you have been spending time with already. 3. You must receive communion in the hand. 4. One side of the church will go up to receive communion before the other, so as to keep people from standing side by side. 5. Please walk down the center of the aisle, and keep six feet in between you and the others (follow tape on the floor of the church) 6. There will be no singing by the congregation. 7. No sign of peace. If the priest does ask for us to show a sign of peace, please do so with social distancing and no contact. 8. There will not be a receiving line at the end of the ceremony with the Bride and Groom. 9. The bride and groom will not be hugging or shaking hands with others, so as to minimize the possibility of spreading germs. 10. Please respect others and their want for social distancing! Ask before you hug or shake hands. 11. The Bride and Groom will be able to not wear masks due to them being separated from others in the front of the church. 12. The ceremony will be livestreamed, so please stay home if you are showing any signs of illness! ** These are guidelines of our Diocese and we ask that you respect them and the health and safety of others **

Reception: 1. Masks are required while up from your table. When you are seated at your table, please feel free to take off your mask. 2. Due to the 50% capacity, we will have to separate into 2 rooms! The majority will be in the main hall, and some will have to sit in the other room. There will only be assigned seating for immediate family and wedding party. Otherwise, it is first come first serve. **Subject to change based on what Phase we are in** 3. We are trying to minimize the number of people per table, and give more space for people to spread out and practice social distancing. 4. Again, the bride and groom will be doing their best to not hug or shake hands. We know this is extremely difficult, especially on our wedding day. Please be understanding and respectful of these times and our want to watch out for the health and safety of all our loved ones. We will come around and talk to you or have a creative way to talk face to face. 5. For dinner, tables will be called up one at a time. A table has to go get their food and return, before the next table will be called. Our MC will make sure of this. 6. Hand sanitizer will be at each table (feel free to take the bottle home at the end of the night) 7. There will be no dancing, besides the formal dances for bride and groom. We plan to have games and other entertainment for the evening! 8. All food will be served by the caterer. No one will be self serving, except for drinks (we will have gloves and hand sanitizer at the drink station). 9. Masks and gloves will be provided to the best of our ability for both ceremony and reception. Please bring your own if you can. 10. There will not be an official send off of the bride and groom so as to avoid a grouping of people. 11. We have access to the entire history center building, please feel free to explore and find some space during any down time. 12. And again, please respect others' wishes for social distancing. Ask before hugging or shaking hands.

Other General Guidelines: 1. Please ask parents before any contact with the few children or babies that will be present at our wedding. Most parents do not want any contact besides from immediate family. Please be respectful of their wishes. 2. If you are showing any symptoms of illness, PLEASE STAY HOME! We will be livestreaming the ceremony.

Due to restrictions set in place by the state of Indiana and our Diocese, we have had to change the church location to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bluffton, IN to accommodate the size of our guest list. We had already had to downsize our list from the beginning, and did not want to downsize it even more. The time of the wedding will be the same, and we will be live streaming the mass, as well. New Location Address: 1300 N Main St, Bluffton, IN 46714 Please know that masks will be required at all times while in the church. We will be posting a list of COVID-19 guidelines for the ceremony and reception ASAP. Thank you for your support and respect for others during this time! We cannot wait to celebrate with you!

We will be providing a live stream of the ceremony for those who cannot attend. We understand not all will feel safe travelling during this time with the coronavirus. Thank you for all your prayers and support as Nick and Hannah prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage! We hope to have our ceremony and reception as planned, and with the Indiana Governor's current plan, we should be allowed full capacity. There will be social distancing still being practiced as best as we can, and we will let you know what that will look like beforehand. We will continue to update you with more information!

We met in the most millennial way possible. You would think a coffee shop, but no... online. Our paths crossed in the magical world of Hogw-- I mean CatholicMatch. Hannah made sure to keep Nick on the hook waiting days to respond to his messages. After many aggravating weeks (for Nick), she finally decided to meet him in person. Hannah planned the first date, because 2019. It consisted of waiting an hour for food at Wendy's, walking through a park for hours to find a tower (never to be found), then watching basketball with her family. If that doesn't scream "Marry Her Now," I don't know what does. It was the first oddball date of many, and many more to come. We bonded over sports, bourbon, and Jesus. What more could you want? Nick moved to Fort Wayne for his bride to be in August, and decided after 7 months of dating to ask for her hand in marriage. What a crazy guy.... good luck Hannah... Nick proposed with a letter, the same way he first told her he loved her. The last sentence of the letter was this, "Even now, read the first letter of every sentence, it'll bring you to tears." And it spelled... W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E-? You can cry now. She said yes. ~This is Hannah... "Nick wrote this."